ABSTRACT

Today, Constanta Maritime University is the principal academic training institution in Romania. This position was acquired through a continuous effort to offer to the future deck and engine officers the best training and knowledge in the interest field. In this respect, changes were made, starting with revaluation of curricula, brought it more closely to the present requirements of the STCW Convention and shipping industry, succeeded by the improvements of teaching methods, usage of the high technology and newest simulators in this process, and, finally, but not the last, improvement and increase the level of the trainers and teachers accordingly with the latest technological development in this area of training.