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Where did 2022 go?

Another interesting and busy year in 2022

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So that was 2021

In 2021 we continued our successful on site and remote delivery of IALA VTS model courses

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VTS Online course delivery

AFS Consultants working with Marico Marine  delivering VTS training online.

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First Online LPS course booking received

We are pleased to announce that we have taken bookings for online delivery of our 3 days LPS course.

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Online delivery of "An Introduction to VTS" course for pilots

A one day course delivered online to Tees pilots

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More Indonesian VTS staff V103/1 trained

Two more groups of Indonesian VTS operators V103/1 trained

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Participation in IALA VTS workshop

Two of AFS Consultants' VTS team took part in the 2 day IALA workshop which was reviewing the 8 modules that make up the V103/1 VTS Operator qualification.

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Nice to receive Feedback

It is always nice to receive feedback and in consultantion with our clients we work to address any concerns that may be recorded. It is also nice to receive feedback of a positive nature as this one does for one of the HELM(M) courses that we delivered at South Tyneside College earlier this year

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AFS conduct course delivery and marking for Fleetwood Nautical College

AFS were pleased to be involved in delivery of part of the Maritime Management course in association with Fleetwood Nautical College, and also marking of assessment papers for the work based learning for deck and engineering students

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V103/1 Delivery via MS Teams to Mozambique students

During the Virus conditions and closure of South Tyneside College, we were pleased to deliver the V13/1 training to students from Mozambique

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A new venture in association with South Tyneside College in KSA

AFS Consultants deliver VTS training at the National Maritime Academy, KSA

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A very busy two weeks

A very busy period for AFS Consultants

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Another successful delivery on behalf of TUV

AFS Consutants delivered a Marine Projects and Planning course

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Airbus VTS assignment in Qatar completed

An extremely sucessul delivery of two V103/5 courses and one V103/4 course

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VTS Course dates in the UK 2019/2020

MIN 554 (M) Amendment 2 has been issued. It gives details of locations and dates of VTS course delivery in the UK in 2019/2020

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AFS Consultants help talented karate students reach international contest

A total of seven young people and adults, who practice the Japanese-style of karate, Go-Kan-Ryu (GKR), had been selected to represent Britain in the global event.

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Tandem HELM courses taking place at South Tyneside College

AFS Consultants are delivering more courses at South Tynesdie Colege this week

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VTS Humber Training Academy gain V103/5 approval from MCA

We were pleased to work woth ABP at their Grimsby site to deliver the first VTS course at their Training Academy.

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Another busy week for AFS Consultants

A busy week for AFS Consultants delivering 4 courses: LPS, HELM (M), HELM (O) and VTS V103/1 simulation.

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IALA Local Port Services (LPS) document due out this month

IALA G1142 "The Provision of Local Port Services Other than VTS" is due to be released soon, once it has council approval.

AFS Consultants have been engaged in delivery of LPS courses for many years and to date have delivered in 18 different port locations

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Second batch of HUBLA VTSOs attend V103/1 training

16 more HUBLA VTS staff members atended V103/1 training. 

Both of these courses have run smoothly and students and lecturer had a great rapport and in addition to sucessful learning had some laughs too

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Indonesian VTSOs attend IALA VTS training

14 VTSOs were welcomed at the inaurgral V103/1 course delivered near Jakarta in Indonesia. The attendees from many ports around Indonesia particularly enjoyed the simulation element of the course at great facilities

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First V103/5 delivered to Saudi Aramco VTS Operators

The first six VTS Operators from Saudi Aramco attended VTS V103/5 training at the Abu Dhabi Maritime Academy. All enjoyed the facilities and course content.

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October 2018, The inaugral VTS course at the Abu Dhabi Maritime Academy

AFS Consultants were pleased to deliver a V103/1 course in Abu Dhabi at the new Maritime Academy. The building has fantastic facilities and we look forward to many more courses taking place there

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June 2018 - Contracts signed with Nigeria LNG

Further to our succesful training missions in country, Nigeria LNG have recently completed the signing of an agreement with AFS Consultants that will utilise our Marine and VTS training courses at their Bonny Island Maritime Centre of Excellence.

Under the deal, AFS Consultants will provide trainers for the intitial traning courses to then be then furthered by a licencing deal - similar to those AFS have already in place in other countries, such as Brazil and Indonesia.

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May 2018 - Japanese VTS students visit ABP Humber Estuary Services

Students from TST Corporation, Yokohama take time out from their VTS V103/1 Operator training course at South Shields Marine School to visit the newly constructed VTS Control Room at Associated British Ports, Grimsby.

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April - 2018 Local Port Service (LPS) training keeps AFS busy this month

Local Port Services (LPS) training courses keep AFS busy during April. These courses follow the guidance in MGN 401 and training requirement as per the Port Marine Safety Code. To see more about those ports taking up this valuable and worthwhile training 'see more' or visit our course web page.

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January 2018 - Angola LNG VTS Staff get V103/5 Refresher Training.

AFS deliver V103/5 VTS Refresher recurrent training on site in Soyo, Angola.

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December 2017 - IALA publish guidlines on VTS VHF Communications

New guidelines for VTS VHF voice communications published by IALA.

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September 2017 - Anthony Greener joins AFS as a Consultant

Tony Greener joins AFS as a Consultant

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June 2017 - Contracts signed with Indonesia

Wow what a month June 2017 has been for AFS Consultants with an agreement to provide training services now signed with Pt. Visi Teknologi Samudra of Jakarta.

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June 2017 - Shelter, Brazil renew contracts for VTS Training

Shelter (Marine Consultants and Marine Training) of Rio De Janeiro have again selected AFS Consultants to provide VTS Training in Brazil for a further contract period.

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June 2017 - Nigeria LNG commission training mission to Bonny Island.

Nigeria LNG (NLNG) have signed contracts with AFS Consultants for the provision of VTS Operator training to be delivered at their Headquarters in Bonny Island. In addition, NLNG have commissioned a three-day On the Job Training Instructor course, to follow directly from the Operator course. 

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May 2017 - PLA reaches MOU for VTS Training with AFS

Port of London reaches Memorandum of Understanding with AFS Consultants to deliver IALA V103 VTS Training Courses at the PLA's Training Centre at Gravesend, London.

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August 2016 - IALA Launch V103-5 Revailidation course

The new IALA Model Course V103/5 for VTS Refresher training which was issued in June 2016 was published earlier this this month.

As an STCW qualification VTS Operator and Supervisor qualifications should be revalidated every five years in keeping with other Certificates of Competency. Competent Authorities (Flag State Administrations) are expected to adopt the new Model Course.

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June 2016 - AFS Consultants to provide training to this year’s intake of ABP’s Marine Apprentices.

Following the success in previous years, we have been asked to provide the initial marine training to Associated British Ports’ Marine Apprentices. The training will take place at the dock offices in Immingham, UK and culminate with the presentation of a Local Port Services (LPS) course.

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June 2016 - Middle East training contracts signed, to deliver Human Element, Leadership and Management (HELM) courses.

AFS Consultants are proud to announce the signing of a contract with Abu Dhabi Ports, to deliver Human Elements in Leadership and Management (HELM) courses at both Management (M) and Operational (O) levels, at their training facility in Abu Dhabi.

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June 2016 - Charting Early beginnings

Once again this year, one of our team visited a local primary school as part of their 'Industry Day' presentations. This was the fourth consecutive year that we have been invited and we were please to get involved and introduce the pupils to various aspects of the merchant navy and life at sea.

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April 2016 - AFS Consultants provide training for Peel Ports Group Managers.

AFS Consultants are delighted to have be chosen by Peel Ports Group to deliver training to five newly recruited Group Port Control Shift Managers. The comprehensive training package involved local knowledge training for the ports of Liverpool, Medway, Clydeport and Heysham and the development of a "local knowledge handbook" for each port. AFS Consultants also developed a Training Record Book and Workbook to compliment the training and assist in information gathering during port visits.

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February 2016 - John Hewett joins AFS as a Consultant

John Hewett joins the AFS team as a consultant. Following his retirement from South Tyneside College, Marine School Curriculum Leader John Hewett joins AFS Consultants.

AFS Director, Alan Liversedge says “John brings with him a wealth of experience, having worked as a lecturer in the Marine Simulation Centre at South Tyneside College for 16 years, latterly being the Curriculum Leader for the department."

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January 2016 - AFS Consultants (AFS) commence Local Port Services (LPS) Training worldwide.

Baku, Azerbaijan - In January 2016, following a successful number of years delivering LPS training in the U.K., AFS were delighted when they were commissioned to deliver their 3-day Local Port Services (LPS) course on-site, in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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January 2016 - MCA also approve HELM (O) training for AFS Consultants

After a formal course observation, during the delivery of a Human Element Leadership and Management (HELM) at the Operational (O) Level, the United Kingdom's Maritime and Coastguard Agency have subsequently awarded a certificate of course approval to AFS Consultants.

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June 2015 - AFS gains coveted MCA Approval for HELM (M) Course

Following the successful 'pilot' course at Immingham, the MCA have awarded AFS Consultants approval to run 5-day HELM(M) courses.

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First courses delivered in Middle East under new contract with major ports group.

Following the award of a contract to supply VTS Training in the United Arab Emirates to Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC), two of our consultants recently completed the inaugural training mission. Candidates received IALA module 4 Nautical Knowledge training and went onto experience the IALA V103/1 Underpinning Knowledge and VTS simulator training in a new Kongsberg VTS simulation suite...

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AFS Consultants help to stabilise the Humberside Fire and Rescue Service

AFS recently completed the first of 2 presentations to senior fire officers from the Humberside Fire and Rescue Service at their Killingholme fire station. The topics covered were ship’s stability and in particular the impact on a ship’s stability when fighting a ship fire. In addition to the presentation, there was a practical exercise and case studies.

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Teaching Management System (TMS) keeps AFS Consultants up to speed

AFS Consultants' robust TMS allows us to keep pace with the rapid changes in documentation. The recent publication in December 2012 of IALA Guideline 1089 On provision of VTS types of service and the triennial updating of the UK Port Marine Safety Code (PMSC) also in December 2012, were both captured by our TMS. Our teaching material was revised and updated to reflect the relevant changes. Our Clients can be confident that courses delivered by AFS Consultants contain the most up to date information and documentation available.

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Associated British Ports choose AFS Consultants to begin Port Marine Operations Apprentices training scheme

Associated British Ports (ABP), a major UK port operator recently engaged AFS Consultants to provide a bespoke 10-day Basic Induction Course for their apprentice training scheme.The course was delivered at the ABP Port of Immingham in five sessions of 2-days each and featured all aspects of Port Operations including Ship construction, Bridge procedures, Bridge equipment, Port operations, Ship handling, Buoyage, Colregs, Compass work, Mooring, Anchoring, Passage planning, Time zones, Load lines, Towage, Conservancy, SOLAS, Nautical publications, Legislation, Risk assessments, Contingency planning, Meteorology, Chart work, Tide theory, Waterways, Personal attributes Accident investigation, PMSC, Stability, ISPS, IMDG & Basic communications.

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AFS Consultants provide training support for IMO training mission to India

Staff from AFS Consultants were again selected to provide training on behalf IMO, on this occasion a mission to India. The training package featured training to IALA V103 standard for both VTS Operators and Supervisors in Mumbai. The simulation training was delivered using Ledwood Technology's IRIS radar system. 

The training undertaken for Mumbai Port Trust and JNPT was completed on time and on budget. A total of 11 Operators and 10 Supervisors received training following the IALA model courses for both V103/1 & V103/2 respectively.

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