For more INFORMATION: Anti-Piracy DVD
To learn more about the schools and educational organizations in this article, go to:
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy 300 Steamboat Road Kings Point, NY 11024 Telephone: 516-726-5800
http://www.usmma.edu/default.htm
Maine Maritime Academy 5 Pleasant St.
Castine, ME 04420-0001 Telephone: 800-227-8465
http://www.mainemaritime.edu/
California Maritime Academy 200 Maritime Academy Drive Vallejo, CA 94590
Telephone: 707- 654-1000
https://www.csum.edu/web/mycampus/home The STAR Center in Dania, Florida,
operated by the American Maritime Officers organization
2 West Dixie Highway
Dania Beach, FL 33004-4312 Telephone: 954- 920-3222 http://www.star-center.com/
The Seafarers International Union
635 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11232-1001 Telephone: 718-499-6600 http://www.seafarers.org/
Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education P.O. Box 75
Piney Point, MD 20674-0075 Telephone: 877-235-3275.
http://www.seafarers.org/paulhallcenter/phc.asp
MARAD's Ship Operations Cooperative Program, Inc. 12021 Open Run Road Ellicott City, MD 21042
Telephone: 301-LET-SOCP (538-7627) Acknowledgements:
The author thanks Dr. Evelyn Hively, Mr. Dennis Compton, Mr. Owen Doherty, Captain Bob Ford, Mr. Greg Hall, and Mr. Todd Ripley for their kind assistance.
About the author:
Captain Helmick led the development of U.S. maritime security education and training standards and curricula under the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002. He serves as author and co- author of model maritime security courses for the International Mar- itime Organization. He also chairs the MARAD/USCG committee that developed the national course approval program for maritime security training providers.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation's Mari- time Administration, in partnership with the Ship Operations Cooperative Program, produced a DVD to help train merchant mariners regarding best practices to reduce the risks associated with piracy, theft, and armed robbery at sea.
The DVD is divided into two sections:
1. onboard anti-piracy measures for mariners, 2. crew hostage situation awareness and response.
The final product is intended to prepare mer- chant mariners to undertake sensible anti-piracy actions, and, in the event of capture, to survive hostage situations.
To order the DVD, go to: www.socp.us.
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