Happy 50th Anniversary DOT Department of Transportation! USDOT 50th Anniversary Announcement from DOT Secretary Anthony Foxx Celebrating a legacy of promoting and implementing safety, opportunity and innovation since 1966. The DOT is a critical part of our nation’s highway, air,..
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Panama Canal Expansion Progress Update – December 2015 The largest infrastructure project since the waterway’s original construction, the Panama Canal Expansion Program will create a new lane of traffic along the Canal through the construction of a new set of..
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Save 5% on ATMS Now Thru 3/31/2016 on today’s best training management system. Offer valid on 100 or more trainee license counts for new customers only. ATMS (Advanced Training Management System) is a Training Management System designed for regulatory compliance-based..
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A big shout out to one of our Commercial Aviation clients, JetBlue Airways, who is rolling out big changes on all of their Airbus A320 fleet. Go JetBlue! Written by Barbara Peterson, Conde Nast Traveler, January 25, 2016 Will the..
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Military operations in the littoral domain are typically associated with the Navy and the Marines. In the future, however, the U.S. Army will also play a key role By CIMSEC 2016-01-26 19:48:07 (By Aaron Jensen) U.S. Army Prepares to Join Maritime..
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Posted on Wednesday 27th January 2016 The Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) program will soon train C-17 aircrews at Boeing’s C-17 International Training Centre (ITC) in the United Kingdom under a new $8 million contract. SAC is comprised of ten NATO..
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As a technology company, AQT is proud of the innovators and inventors past and present like John Logie Baird FRSE, a Scottish engineer, innovator, one of the inventors of the mechanical television who on this 26th day in January back in..
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Map of scheduled airline traffic around the world, circa June 2009. Contains 54317 routes, rendered at 25% transparency. Base map is NASA Blue Marble (PD) plus airports from file:World-airport-map-2008.png, route data is from Airline Route Mapper, rendering by OpenFlights (Open..
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Published January 13th, 2016 by JP Medved in LMS 2015 saw a host of new advances and innovative additions to the instructional designer’s and e-savvy teacher’s online learning arsenal. From gamified learning management systems, to mLearning advances, to social learning..
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Client Spotlight: Richard Branson’s Latest Book “The Virgin Way: Everything I Know About Leadership” Richard Branson is a fascinating individual and a refreshingly modern thinker and leader. The AQT Solutions’ team is very proud to have him and Virgin America..
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What is the biggest shipbuilding company in the world? Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) is the world’s largest shipbuilding company, headquartered in Ulsan, South Korea. It has seven business divisions: Shipbuilding, Offshore & Engineering, Industrial Plant & Engineering, Engine & Machinery,..
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Guide to Maritime Logistics: A Guide to Contemporary Shipping and Port Management 2nd Edition by Dong-Wook Song (Editor), Photis M. Panayides (Editor) Globalization and the rapid increase in world trade in the past decade have contributed to greater demand for international..
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Best Cruise Lines of 2015: Readers’ Choice Awards 2015 Large Ship Lines #6: Celebrity Cruises Readers’ Rating: 81.729 Celebrity’s fleet sails seasonally up the East and West coasts, around the Caribbean, Europe, and South America, with year-round itineraries in the..
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Maritime Insights’ Amitava Chakrabarty describes the brain of a maritime pilot describing how during his or her maritime pilot training and throughout their careers, gathers information from different situations and the biological neural network inside his brain records it, triggering the neural..
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WASHINGTON – MARAD Awards Contracts for $1.96 Billion to National Defense Reserve Fleet Vessels. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that DOT has awarded contracts with a total award value of $1.96 billion over eight years to seven U.S...
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What are the Different Types of Maritime Simulation Training? Simulation is the imitation of the operation of a real-world process or system over time. The act of simulating something first requires that a model be developed; this model represents the key..
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One of the British Army’s youngest ever recruits has finished basic training and joined his regiment. Almost 500 soldiers of Wiltshire-based 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh lined the route as Fusilier (Fus) Llywelyn took his first steps on a road to a..
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Maritime Training Ships A training ship is a very important environment in which to train students as sailors. The term is especially used for ships employed by navies to train future officers. Essentially there are two types: those used for training..
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Massive FAA Drone Registration WASHINGTON – Nearly 300,000 owners have registered their small unmanned aircraft in the first 30 days after the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) online registration system went live. Owners who registered in the first month received a..
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By MarEx 2016-01-21 04:29:03 Polarcus is currently acquiring an ultra-wide 3D marine seismic project offshore Myanmar in a project that is setting a new record for the offshore industry. Polarcus Amani is towing an in-sea configuration that measures 1.8 kilometer..
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Posted on Friday 11th December 2015 Authored by Ms. Lori Ponoroff | Railroad Highway Maritime In line with the expansion of the port of Burgas, the City of Burgas and its association of environmental organizations has opened a new simulator centre for..
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IATA Publishes Addendum 57th Edition Dangerous Goods Regulations DGR The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has published Addendum No. 1 to be 57th Edition Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR). Users of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations are asked to note the..
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IS BETTER TRAINING MANAGEMENT THE ANSWER TO RAILROAD INCREASING SAFETY ON THE RAILS? According to the AAR, when you calculate previsao cotacao euro, annual investments in the US’s railroads to modernize and improve our freight rail network have significantly contributed..
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By JAMES J. GOLDSMITH, Training Industry’s eZine When one hears the word “robot,” the reaction frequently is one of either concern or amusement – concern because of movies like “The Terminator” and “I, Robot,” where machines decide it’s time for..
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According to CH-Aviation, FlySafair (FA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) has begun B737-800 commercial operations following the recent deployment of ZS-SJR (msn 32631), ZS-SJS (msn 32632), and ZS-SJT (msn 32633) into revenue service. The trio of aircraft were formerly in service with South..
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Top 10 Biggest Maritime Shipping Companies in the World 1. A.P. Møller-Maersk – 2.8m TEU Danish company A.P. Møller-Maersk’s container shipping division Maersk Line operates a fleet of 580 container vessels making it the world’s biggest shipping company. The fleet..
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Secretary Foxx Unveils President Obama’s FY17 Budget Proposal of Nearly $4 Billion for Automated Vehicles and Announces DOT Initiatives to Accelerate Self-Driving Vehicle Safety Innovations DOT 02-16 Thursday, January 14, 2016 Contact: DOT Press Office Tel.: (202) 366-4570 pressoffice@dot.gov DOT..
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Bill Carey describes new FAA oversight of pilot automation training – January 12, 2016, 10:12 AM New FAA Oversight of Pilot Automation Training – The Federal Aviation Administration does not have processes in place to assess if airline pilots adequately monitor automated systems..
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BTS 03-16 Wednesday, January 13, 2016 Contact: Dave Smallen Tel: 202-366-5568 Embargoed until Wednesday, January 13, 2016 11:30 a.m. EST The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry,..
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While automakers are still in the midst of developing driverless tech for cars, pilots are already relying too much on automated systems. According to the Department of Transportation, the Federal Aviation Administration isn’t even making sure they’re properly trained on..
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