Written by Gordon Wilmsmeier  |  Thursday, 04 February 2010  | 

Are you interested in testing your technical knowledge on container vessels by interactively naming the most important features of this type of vessel?

Use one of our NMU learning tools and check your results. Click here.

If you are interested in finding out more about our learning tools and the NMU Modules please contact Gordon Wilmsmeier ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or Philippa Lenz ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

We would like to thank Klaas van Dokkum for allowing us to use the images from his book: Ship Knowledge published 2008 in the Dokmar Verlag, The Netherlands.

Written by Gesine Stück  |  Wednesday, 03 February 2010  | 

All about the NMU activities in the latest issue of “Seaways”, February 2010 (p. 29).

Seaways, published monthly by The Nautical Institute, is recognised as a leading and influential international maritime journal. It provides authoritative commentary on current professional developments in the merchant and military navies. It aims to advance the highest standards of safe, efficient and practical ship operations.

For more information click here.

NMU in Ship Management International

Written by Indah Rosalie Lengkong  |  Tuesday, 26 January 2010  | 

News on NMU project's plan to create a transnational maritime university, which will help address a major skills shortage in the maritime sector, has been published in Ship Management International (SMI) press release. Kevin Cullinane and Gordon Wilmsmeier of TRI, Edinburgh Napier University, briefly overviewed the project's background and motivation in this press release, titled "Scotland ‘to lead’ global seafarer training".

The Ship Management International (SMI) presents most update news on issues affecting the way they manage their ships, dedicated to ship owning and ship management company chief executives, managing directors, and ship managers.

To read the full article please visit SMI website.

Logistikmagasinet writes about NMU

Written by Gesine Stück  |  Thursday, 17 December 2009  | 

“Important to educate future carriers” – this is the title of the article about the NMU activities published in the latest issue of Logistikmagasinet, December 2009 (p. 34-35).

Logistikmagasinet is the largest industry journal within transportation and logistics in Sweden in terms of circulation. It is published by DB Schenker, Sweden, and among other things sent to all their customers.

The article in Swedish can be downloaded here.

NSB – one more NMU stakeholder

Written by Gesine Stück  |  Wednesday, 25 November 2009  | 

The shipping company NSB is the latest member of the NMU stakeholder group. Actually there are 20 maritime companies and organisations participating in developing the NMU modules.

Niederelbe Schiffahrtsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG (REEDEREI NSB), Germany, presents itself as one of the leading shipping companies worldwide. The range of services reaches from ship management of container ships and tankers to supervision of ship new buildings throughout the world.

The company carries on his own NSBacademy. Specifically captains and officers are being instructed in regular intervals at the training facility. The technological high light of the NSBacademy is an ultramodern ship navigation simulator, equipped with identical ship navigation consoles as used aboard NSB ships.


More information about NSB. 
More information about the NMU stakeholder group.