MARI 124 - Advanced Shiphandling

6 Credits
This course is divided into two (2), one-week modules. Both weeks must be completed successfully within one (1) year of each other before a final STCW compliant certificate of competence is issued. Week one includes: forces, turning and stopping review, traffic separation schemes and VTS, pilot station maneuvers, restricted waters, anchoring, heavy weather, search and rescue, and ice. Week two includes: review of pivot point and transverse thrust, propulsion and rudder systems, docking and undocking, ship and tug interaction, dry-docking, advanced docking/undocking, and emergency procedures.