ICS rolls out new online initiatives

TRAINING ORGANISATIONS worldwide are increasingly
harnessing technology to address the skills dearth against a background of limited resources.
This was in strong evidence at last week’s
Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers annual
international education seminar in London attended by 56 delegates from around the world.
Continued improvement of its Coracle Online
offering, which is already providing education podcasts covering the ICS Tutorship Courses, is on the cards for the year ahead along
with the introduction of an online membership tool – www.argo0.com – aimed
at creating a shipping network similar to the many social online networks like
FaceBook.
“If the Institute can further successfully involve all its students in the
shipping podcasts and achieve shared information
on Argo0, we will have eliminated the looming
training resource shortage, as well as increased the worldwide skills pool,” ICS
education officer Megan Harris, who attended the
event, told FTW.
Another technological breakthrough coming soon
will be the introduction of shipping podcasts where the internet will be used to
provide a live commentary on freight rates, bunker prices, chartering market
reports and the like.