BusinessWire India
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 27: Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, today inaugurated India's first-of-its-kind Maritime Simulation Centre at AMET Knowledge Park, Maersk's Centre of Excellence, Thenpattinam near Chennai. Also present at the inauguration ceremony were Shri Shyam Jagannathan, IAS, Director General of Shipping, Mr Peter Winther-Schmidt, Head of Trade and Innovation, Consulate General of Denmark, Bangalore, senior delegates from A.P. Moller - Maersk, and hundreds of budding seafarers.
The cutting-edge facility has been established through a strategic partnership between the Academy of Maritime Education and Training (AMET), a Deemed-to-be University, and A.P. Moller-Maersk. The facility has been established w