ABSTRACT

Korea Martime University (KMU), founded on Nov. 5 1945, has long been involved in maritime education and training (MET) to meet the needs of the Korean Merchant Marine and provided expertise for the wider marine-related activities in the country.

With the rapidly changing technology of maritime transport and cargo handing and the reorganisation of international transport systems, there have been growing concernsd in the fields of safety of life at sea, marine pollution, etc among the countries which have merchant fleets in the world.

The International Mritime Organisation(IMO) has long played a key role in improving maritime safety, and in the prevention of pollution and related fields. Last year the IMO adopted a new STCW Convention which is scheduled to be in effect in early 1997. The new STCW Convention has been changed in many respects compared to the existing one and is expected to influence Korea Maritime University in terms of curriculum and the educational system.

In this paper the latest developments in maritime education and training (MET) of the College of Maritime Sciences at Korea Maritime University will be descriptively mentioned to respond to the new STCW Convention.