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Back to school with IMO for World Maritime Day

IMO appears to be taking the imperative of getting young people into shipping quite literally as pupils from local and international schools paid a visit to its London headquarters for World Maritime Day.

Seatrade Maritime

September 22, 2015

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In-keeping with the World Maritime Day theme of "Maritime Education and Training", the students learned about various types of ships, the cargoes they carry, regulations for ships and a range of careers in the maritime world, and took part in interactive ship simulations, leaving them more with greater knowledge of the industry than the majority of British adults.

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