Marine engineers and senior faculty with premier Maritime Training Institutes, Mr. Vikram Gokhale and Mr. N. Nanda are both famous for their NG Series of text-books. In this article, they explain the importance of having the right attitude in life to achieve true success and happiness.
The Urgent Need of Proper Vocational Guidance for Maritime Careers
Fresh candidates seeking maritime careers are often misguided with misleading advertisements of maritime institutes. Proper vocational guidance for the new entrants is urgently needed in the maritime industry.
Marine Teaching Profession – Getting A Much-Needed Face-Lift
Although praised as one of the noblest of professions, the teaching field, at least as far as Mariners were concerned, was not the first choice, for many an anxious ‘shore-bound’ mariner, with his weather eye open for suitable employment, of a more settled nature. Continue reading inside…
Maritime Examinations & Courses – Are They Worth the Moolah ?
In today’s 21st century shipping scenario, sophisticated computer controlled machinery will completely replace the ageing mechanical control systems, of the past century. The sea change taking place is also due to the accelerated phase-out of old ships, which fail to meet the current and future norms.