1.   Van Vuuren finished high school in the Netherlands and hoped to enter the maritime academy.

2.   Amosup, which has its own maritime academy recently purchased the vessel to be used for training cadets and upgrading the ratings of officers.

3.   He noted that he plans to hire foreign instructors, preferably from the British merchant navy to run the envisioned maritime academy.

4.   Links have now been developed with AMETIAP and other Chinese and Philippine maritime academies to assist Asia in developing a consistent and unified approach to training seafarers.

5.   One of the requirements of STCW is that if you have a maritime academy or a university, it must be complemented by a training ship.