Novikontas

20/08/2026

⚙️ Novikontas Engineering Hub: from plans to action

Following the delivery of equipment from our partner Wilhelmsen, construction of the Novikontas Engineering Hub is now underway. The new facility will house the Unitor Welding School.

🏗️ Container by container, the hub is taking shape.

Designed to support Novikontas Academy, Novikontas Training Center and Novikontas Energy, the new facility will expand opportunities for practical training across all three directions. More hands-on experience, modern equipment and realistic training environments will benefit cadets, active seafarers and energy sector professionals.

There's still plenty of work ahead before the first trainees walk through the doors. We'll share our progress along the way.

🤝 Thank you to Wilhelmsen for partnering with us on this project.

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20/08/2026

🔥 The rulebook for methanol and ammonia engineers is taking shape.

In May 2026, the IMO approved its first interim fuel-specific training guidelines for seafarers serving on methanol- and ammonia-fuelled ships. Until now, these fuels had no dedicated international training framework. Now they do — while hydrogen, LPG and battery technologies remain on the IMO's development roadmap through 2029.

For engineers, this is a rare moment: the competence framework for the next generation of marine fuels is taking shape while the first vessels are already in operation.

Those who train early will be ready when these standards become the industry practice.

Would you take a contract on an ammonia-fuelled vessel if you had the right training?

Basis: Lloyd's Register – MSC 111 Summary Report
https://tinyurl.com/5abzp85s

Explore our Engineer Department Courses here: https://tinyurl.com/3dw9dv2d
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19/08/2026

⚓ Recovering a person from the water is one of the most time-critical operations at sea.

The Proficiency in Fast Rescue Boats course develops the practical skills needed to safely launch, operate, and recover fast rescue boats; carry out search patterns; and recover casualties from the water in accordance with STCW requirements.

Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/5an9y3nu
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18/08/2026

Your next ECDIS will speak a new language.

Not a new menu. A new language.

Since January 2026, manufacturers have been able to type-approve new ECDIS under the S-100 framework. From January 2029, every newly installed system will have to comply with it.

S-101 charts will progressively replace the S-57 format navigators have used for decades. And for a while, both will appear on the same screen — old symbols and new ones, side by side, on a live watch.

New symbology. New alarms. New data layers.

You won't meet them in a classroom. You'll read them at 03:00, in traffic, with the master already on his way to the bridge.

That's why our ECDIS courses train the one thing no format change can take away: understanding how the system interprets navigational data and presents it to you — not where this year's menu is hiding.

So here's the real question. When next-generation charts put more data on your screen, do you want more to look at — or more you can actually act on?

Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/a847dyph
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📚 Basis: https://tinyurl.com/3sap5jch

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17/08/2026

These smiles have a reason.

They reflect the confidence built through five days of intensive hands-on training, realistic medical scenarios and practical exercises designed to prepare participants to provide medical care for sick and injured persons while they remain on board.🩺

By the final day, participants have practised wound suturing, intravenous catheter insertion, immobilisation techniques and other medical procedures required to take charge of medical care on board.💉

Practical experience is the best preparation for medical emergencies at sea.

Watch on YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/22wrtdbx
Learn more about the Medical Care course: https://tinyurl.com/yc9rznan

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12/08/2026

Around 20,000 professionals train at Novikontas every year.

What happens behind that number?

The latest BlackBox Show takes you inside Novikontas for a closer look at how professionals are trained for work in the maritime, energy and wind industries.

▶️ Enjoy the episode.

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12/08/2026

STCW is being rewritten — with the human element taking centre stage.

IMO's comprehensive review of the STCW Convention is one of the most ambitious in its history. More than 400 identified gaps are now under revision, with proposed provisions covering violence and harassment prevention, mental health, cyber discipline, and the possible use of simulator time to replace part of required sea service. The revised Convention is still under development, but its direction is already clear.

🛡️ The STCW A-VI/1-4 course on the prevention of violence and harassment, introduced under Resolution MSC.560(108), is already part of our Training Centre schedule.

Which proposed change do you think will have the greatest impact on the future of maritime training?

Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/4f29ajca
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📚 Sources:
https://www.bimco.org/news-insights/bimco-news/2026/03/03-htw/
https://www.imo.org/en/mediacentre/hottopics/pages/comprehensive-review-of-the-stcw-convention-and-code-faq.aspx

11/08/2026

Firefighting skills stay effective through regular practice.🔥

The Basic Safety Training Refresher course gives seafarers the opportunity to refresh practical firefighting techniques in realistic training conditions. Participants work in full protective equipment, use breathing apparatus and practise responding to onboard fire scenarios.

Find out more: https://tinyurl.com/2p9makad
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05/08/2026

Every refresher is another opportunity to practise the actions that matter onboard.

The Novikontas Safety and Survival Theater provides a realistic environment for practical training in Personal Survival Techniques as part of the Basic Safety Training - Refresher course.

Find out more: https://tinyurl.com/2p9makad
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04/08/2026

Advanced MMA Welding at Novikontas — training built for the toughest welding applications. 🔥

The course focuses on producing full-penetration welds on structural joints and pipes, while welders refine electrode control, consistency, and precision that high-quality results demand.

Training takes place in a supervised workshop with industry-standard equipment, across horizontal and vertical welding positions — the skills that ship repair, offshore operations and heavy industry rely on every day.

Every weld completed here is another step towards higher qualifications and greater professional opportunities.

Ready to advance your welding qualifications? Get in touch to join an upcoming course.

Find out more: https://tinyurl.com/5n88uhvz
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