Are you, or is someone you know, preparing for ICS exams next April?
April may seem a long way off, but now is a great time to start working through the wealth of information available to help you prepare for those exams....
If you would like any help selecting courses, then please contact us
The Daily Draft
The Daily Draft is a new and totally free six-day course on commercial shipping delivered by email. It explains the main ship types and the job that shipping does in the world today, and provides a mass of background information and extra learning materials to put everything in context.
The Daily Draft is an introductory course and a great opportunity to get a taste of the other courses Coracle offers. In only ten minutes a day, you'll get a solid general understanding of ship types and a grasp of the bigger picture that will help you in your work and studies.
Amver support for Shipping Podcasts
Amver is a voluntary worldwide search and rescue system sponsored by the United States Coast Guard. Since 1958 Amver has provided a worldwide blanket of protection at sea with participation from tens of thousands of vessels from over 140 nations. Countless lives have been saved. On any day there are over 3,600 ships available to assist those in distress. Enrol your ships today at www.amver.com to ensure no call for help goes unanswered.
Would you like the latest Shipping Podcasts on your site or blog? Please let us know which topics interest you, and we'll send a few lines of code - a widget - and your site will be updated automatically every time we publish a new episode. You can see an example on the Maritime Executive website
App success
Thank you to all you iPhone / iPod touch users who have downloaded one of our apps. We have been delighted to receive lots of feedback and have seen some great reviews of the game. Here's an example from Crazy Mikes App Store
Atlantic Freedom
Coracle is delighted to be supporting Atlantic Freedom in their row across the Atlantic.
We will be posting an audio interview on www.ShippingPodcasts.com soon and will be following their progress via a series of podcasts.
Mark Story and Steve McCann will be rowing the Atlantic in December to raise money for Ellie's Haven. If you can help by donating £1 to their charity, they'd be very grateful... www.justgiving.com/atlanticfreedom
Twitter
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Quick quiz fun
This months' quick quiz looks at Marine Insurance.
