The International Maritime Academy International Chamber of Commerce project on alternative certification of seafarers according to International Convention STCW 78 as amended.

International Chamber of Commerce
International Maritime Academy

Concept
• Introduction
• Vision
• Main target
• Action Plan
• Tasks Performance
Eduard M. P'yatakov – Philosophy Doctor, Professor
Katerina M. Prisyazhnaya – Postgraduate applicant

Concept
IMA ICC is a community of maritime figures,
organizations and academies which has declared
the improvement of maritime philosophy, strategy
and ways of maritime education development as
their main objective.
IMA ICC is involved in setting up of alternative
certification of seafarers in conformity with the
International Convention on Standards of Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping for seafarers STCW
1978 , as amended, development of normative
documents and performance of representative
functions abroad.

Concept
• IMA ICC task is to provide our graduates'
competitive capacity in the world labour market
owing to implementation of high quality training
standards, performance of all international and
national requirements to the quality of seafarers'
training, taking into account the highest training
demands of global leading shipping companies
into the training programs.

Concept
• IMA ICC considers the proposals and legislative
initiatives of all organizations irrespective of their
strength and formal registration by the present
state system and also implements its own
proposals to update the assembly to achieve the
worthy place in the world maritime system.

Concept
• IMA ICC undertakes to give effect to the
provisions of the Convention and the Annex
thereto, which shall constitute an integral part of
the Convention. Every reference to the
Convention constitutes at the same time a
reference to the Annex.

Concept
• IMA ICC undertakes to promulgate all laws,
decrees, orders and regulations and to take all
other steps which may be necessary to give the
Convention full and complete effect, as to
ensure that, from the point of view of safety of
life and property at sea and the protection of the
marine environment, seafarers on board ships
are qualified and fit for their duties.

Concept
• IMA ICC retains and implements new methods of
training. The provisions of the Convention will not
prevent IMA ICC from retaining or adopting other
educational and training arrangements including those
involving sea-going service and shipboard
organization especially adopted to technical
developments and to special types of ships and kinds
of trades provided that the level of sea-going service,
knowledge and efficiency as regards navigational and
technical handling of ship and cargo ensures safety at
sea and has a preventive effect as regards pollution
equivalent to the requirements of the Convention.

Concept
• Notwithstanding the certification requirements the
Academy may issue or authorize the issue of
certificates different from those mentioned in
chapters A-II/1 and A-II/2 of the STCW Code,
provided that the associated functions and levels of
responsibility to be stated in the certificates and
endorsements are selected from identical to those
appearing in sections A-II/1, A-II/2, A-II/3, A-II/4, A-
II/5, A-III/1, A-III/2, A-III/3, A-III/4, A-III/5, A-IV/2 of
the STCW Code.

Concept
• IMA ICC a as leading party authorized to issue
the alternative certificates, ensures that the
following principle should be observed:
 no alternative certification shall be
implemented unless it ensures a sufficient
degree of safety at sea and has a
preventive effect as regards pollution at
least equivalent that provided in the other
chapters.

IMA ICC Assembly
Council
IMA ICC Diploma
IMA ICC Executive Committee
IMA ICC Innovation
Department
IMA ICC Independent
Organizations Department
IMA ICC Management
Department
IMA ICC Academic
Department
IMA ICC Crew management
department
IMA ICC Public Relations
Department
IMA ICC Investment
Department
IMA ICC Technical and
Informational Department
IMA ICC Legal Department
IMA ICC Diploma and
Passport Department
IMA ICC Governing Board

Executive Committee
• Vice-Chancellor of technical and informational
department
• Vice-Chancellor of academic department
• Vice-Chancellor on methodical work
• Vice-Chancellor on legal matters
• Vice-Chancellor on financial matters
• Vice-Chancellor of personnel department

Executive Committee
Functions- implementation of IMA ICC Assembly decisions and
policies, consulting and general assistance.
Vice-Chancellor of
academic department
Vice-Chancellor on
methodical work
Vice-Chancellor on
legal matters
Vice-Chancellor on
financial matters
Vice-Chancellor of technical
and informational department
Vice-Chancellor of
personnel department

Vice-Chancellor of academic
department
 organization and coordination of the academic staff
working plan;
 control of students’ training load;
 control of educational process quality and recording
documentation;
 selection and deployment of academic staff and
improvement of their competency;
 keeping the academic staff and additional staff time-
sheet.

Vice-Chancellor on Financial
Matters
 IMA ICC management of financial resources circulation
and financial relations regulation;
 detection of financial sources;
 negotiations with commercial banks, credit institutions,
analysis of financial and economic condition of the
Academy;
 management of assets;
 cost analysis for purchase of raw and other materials;;
 determination of the Academy investment policy on
reporting and financial issues.

Vice-Chancellor on Methodical
Work
 organization and coordination of the methodical activity;
 revision and development of the methodical materials;
 predicting and planning of training, retraining and
advanced training courses for administrators and other
employees of the Academy;
 participation in prospective planning of methodical work
of the Academy, publication of training tutorial guides;
 control of publishing activity (scientific journals,
collections of IMA ICC articles).

Vice-Chancellor of Personnel
Department
 staff recruitment for the required positions;
 development of personnel policy and personnel strategy;
 employment, deployment of young specialists,
registration,hiring, rotation and internal transfer of
workers as well as their dismissal in compliance with the
labour legislation, provisions, instructions, statute;
 Student body control.

Vice-Chancellor of technical and
informational department
 development and assistance in acquiring innovative
programs and technologies by academic staff;
 IMA ICC provision with the software;
 organisation and planning of training process
computering;
 participation in assessment and adoptation of the
created and purchased software for educational process.

Vice-Chancellor on Legal
Matters
 development and participation in drawing up of legal
documents, provision with legal assistance for structural
subdivisions in legal documents registration;
 participation in preparation of well-grounded answers to
legal letters, documents, contracts; recording and storing
of completed judicial and arbitration affairs;
 development and ratification of contract and financial
documentation;
 representation of the Academy interests in the courts.

IMA ICC Academic Department
• Faculty members;
• Training methodical council;
• Training process control committee;
• Control education quality committee.

Academic
Department
Educational process
Subdepartment
Scientific methodical
Subdepartment
Graduating students
certification Subdepartment
Professional sea skills
Subdepartment
Dispatching service

Educational process Subdepartment
• is engaged in professional and teaching staff selection according to a staff-list established in
conformity with regulations on appointing on vacant positions on a competitive basis and
hiring of teaching staff and also employment of additional personnel together with the chairs;
• develops and amends curricula, forms and calculates teaching load together with deans and
heads of chairs;
• controls teaching load execution by chairs and lecturers;
• plans, organizes and controls lecturers’ advanced training;
• employs lecturers hourly paid;
• keeps record, analyses the current students progress and evaluates the examination results;
develops schedules of the training process;
• organizes and conducts students’ Academic Competitions and participation of winners in
Maritime Academic Competitions;
• provides the control of lecturers’ lessons and students’ attendance, etc.;
• consults all chairs of the Academy on teaching issues and teaching process organization.

Scientific methodical Subdepartment
- to develop a plan of control of chairs’ methodical work and provide their sufficient
methodical support of the subjects;
- to draw up plans of publishing (including electronic editions): textbooks and manuals
with the seal ICC ; short notes of the lectures;
- to develop methodical instructions to different types of studies; plans of the
demonstration lectures conducted by the leading lecturers of the chairs using an
interactive board and modern hardware; plans of the lectures conducted by the
leading professionals of the branches connected with Academy specialities;
- to provide editing of instructive-methodical materials and notes of the lectures on the
subjects taught in IMA ICC;
- to coordinate work of the Academy councils in specialities and chairmen work of
permanently functioning commisions of methodical council; to control performance of
plans and adopted decisions, to consult them on methodical issues prepared for the
meetings;
- to create IMA ICC data base;
- to create standard working programs on the IMA ICC subjects;
- to participate in fulfillment of regulation concerning working training program of the
subjects conducted by IMA ICC lecturers;

Scientific methodical Subdepartment
- to consult the Academy lectureres on structure, content and consideration order of
training and working programs.;
- to coordinate the work of scientific and methodical commission;
- to study and analyze new technologies of students’ training;
- to organize work of permanently functioning psycological-educational seminars and
provide consultations of the seminar heads on methodical issues;
- to provide methodical support of progressive teaching skills;
- to organize annual scientific and methodical conference of the Academy lecturers; to
prepare conference materials for publishing;
- to inform chairs about the themes and terms of international conferences; to oblige
the lecturers to participate and to present their reports; to analyze materials of these
conferences in order to distribute training innovation technologies in IMA ICC;
- to collect, analyze and summarize the current and total results of educational,
methodical, scientific work of the Academy chairs.

Professional Sea Skills Subdepartment
IMA ICC standard of Competency Sea Skills
- Competence Requirements for Ship’s Electrical
Officers
- Electrical Standard
- Ship’s Electrical Officers
- Ship board LNG Cargo Operations
- STCW Basic Safety for Seafarers
- Standard of Security Officers Competency

Graduating Students
Certification Subdepartment
-- organizes work of state final examination commissions
-- collects and analyzes reports submitted by chairmen of state final
examination commissions ;
-- prepares documentation of diplomas;
-- organizes issue of diplomas and appendixes;
-- issues the academic references, diploma dublicates and appendixes.
Dispatching service
makes up the time-table of classes and controls its performance

IMA ICC Legal Department Accredited by
Maritime Administrations
• Nostrification
• Documents equivalence verification
• Consulting
• Visas
• Documentation Archive

IMA ICC Technical and Informational
Department
• Documents verification
• Maritime Documents Register
• Students’ data identification
• Communicative academic information
support

IMA ICC Diploma and Passport Department
accredited by Maritime Administrations
• Diplomas and Seaman’s Books issue
• Documents’ copies assurance
• Sailing records execution
• Archive record issue etc.

IMA ICC Innovation Department
• Provision with resources
• E-library data base of training materials
• Material technical basis

Innovation
Department
TasksFunctions
3. Material and technical
basis
2. E-library data base of
training materials
1. Provision with
resources
1. Data search
2. Implementation
3. Improvement

1. Provision with the resources
а) work resources for improvement of management system quality;
b) resources for consumers and other parties satisfaction;
suppliers and partners:
to interact with suppliers and partners for support and simplification of informing to ensure the mutual
improvement of productivity and efficiency of the processes;
natural and financial resources:
To develop plans or plans for action in case of unforeseen circumstances to ensure availability of the
resources and to prevent or minimize negative effect on the Academy activity;
to develop plans, to ensure availability and management of the financial resources.
industrial environment:
to create the industrial environment to achieve the working goals;
employees:
To determine competency and training level of employees (experience, knowledge of planning means,
collective work principles, communication skills, social behavior standards);
information:
to define the information need, to get access to the internal and external sources of information, to
assess the number of advantages received due to information use, to improve the information and
knowledge management.

2. E-library data base of the training
materials
- Free access to the joint intellectual capital of the educational
institution for lectures and students irrespective of their territorial
location;
- User can get access to review and store training materials by
means of Internet site or a special mobile application for the tablets and
smartphones;
- Digital educational materials are stored in the e-library (Aped, TIFF,
PDF, PowerPoint presentations, MP3 audiofiles).

3. Material and technical basis.
– set of the tangible products and means of production;
– registration of the available material resources;
– arrangement of data about the condition of material and technical basis;
– control of the essential elements correctness;
– registration of the personnel data;
– indication of the documents’ essential elements;
– list of available rooms and their equipment.

Tasks
– to study prospective trends of the educational process;
– to receive, develop and implement new educational materials;
– to organize approbation and implementation of new training methods;
– to provide information support of the lecture halls and the Academy functioning;
– to ensure active participation in the Academy technical modernization;
– to improve staff training methods;
– to implement the Internet resources in the educational process
– to improve quality management system;
– to ensure competency;
– to involve new partners;
– to implement innovations;
– to control documents.

IMA ICC Independent Organizations
Department
• Representatives of Academic Department
• Independent experts
• Trustees council of Insurance Fund
• Pension Fund

Pension Fund
Trustees Council of
Insurance Fund
Independent experts
Representatives of Academic
Department
Independent
organizations

Independent experts
Functions:
• to collect data;
• to draw up documentation;
• to control working process of the Academy departments;
• to determine normative amount of resources necessary for
performance of required tasks;
• to develop working documentation;
• to arrange technical and executive documentation;
• to verify working documentation in complience with the rules ;
• to determine the correct arrangement of documentation and
working process performance;
• to perform quality control.

Trustees Council of Insurance Fundd
• Member of Council;
• Bursar;
• Chairman;
• Secretary;
Functions:
• to provide financial assistance for seafarers and their families;
• to monitor insurance fund and supervise distribution and collection of
monetary resources;
• to organize experts' consultations;
• to control performance of required work concerning insurance fund;
• to keep records.

Representatives of Academic Department
• postgraduate education center;
• distant education center; online training;
• training and advisory centers;
• educational innovations.
Functions:
• to control the educational process and licenses;
• to provide experience exchange;
• to control professional competency level of lecturers;
• to provide information exchange concerning the latest changes
in educational process.

Vice-Chancellors
President
Vice-president
Chancellor
Governing Board

Governing Board
• Chancellor considers proposals and submits the next year project plan for
adoption by Governing Board meeting.
• Recommendations accepted by the Governing Board for the Council and
Academic Department considerations should be arranged in orders and
instructions on the basis of which decisions of the Governing Board come
into force.
• Lecturers and employees have the right to familiarize with Governing Board
materials concerning them personally.
• The scientific council of the Governing Board issues extracts from its
permissions. Once a year the information on their execution is submitted to
the Governing Board meeting.
• Governing Board activity is carried out according to the annual working
plan. Suggestions to the annual working plan are submitted to the Secretary
by members of the Board.
• Drafts of decisions on the issues included in the Governing Board agenda
are submitted for discussion to the chancellor who gives his
recommendations.
• The final decision on all issues is made by the Chancellor. Governing Board
materials are included into the protocol in term of three days.
• Governing Board meeting date is appointed by the Chancellor.

Crew management department
• Cooperation agreements subscription with
International crewing agencies
• Recording of seafarers to the data base of
IMA ICC Employment Exchange
• IMA ICC clients data base
• IMA ICC Assembly staff

Crew Management System
Complete recycling
program
Victualling
Insurance
Crew selection
Interview
Previous services
Preparation
Medical examination
Certification review
Seafarers' visa
Flag certification
Flight arrangements
Certification follow-
up
Rejoining program
ITF -IBF coverage
Marine Management offers a wide range of crewing services that are grouped in two fundamental
Crew manning options.
A. Basic Recruitment solution
This is the basic crew management service,
offering client of shipowners' crew department
with a low-cost solution covering all aspects of
seafarers' recruitment.
B. Total crew management solution
This is the complete crew management solution, offering
best-value-for-money services to ship owners by
undertaking all crew related operations ashore. In addition
to the services offered in the Basic Recruitment Solution,
Crewing agency offers following services:

A. Basic Recruitment solution
This is the basic crew management service, offering client shipowners'
crew department with a low-cost solution covering all aspects of
seafarers' recruitment.
With the establishment of very strict procedures for crew interviewing and
selection, Marine Management guarantees effective crew selection in terms of
skills, experience and motivation to work.
All officers selected for employment are interviewed for their English abilities by
Marine port captains, either during their regular visits in the manning agency
offices around the world or over the phone/tele-conferencing facilities.
Reference from previous employers are obtained to ensure that each seaman has
successfully served on his previous vessels and his performance/attitude was
professional.
Once approved, seamen are prepared for joining with all necessary certificates in
accordance with national and international regulations as well as with Owners'
standing instructions. Moreover, our manning agencies have the necessary
presentation facilities to conduct familiarisation training to approved seafarers
according to shipowners' ISM requirements.
Previous
services
Preparation
Interview
Crew selection

Approved seafarers are passing medical and drug & alcohol examinations in
reliable medical centers, in accordance with Owners' P&I club requirements, if
applicable.
Specially trained personnel is checking the certification of approved seafarers to
confirm that they are holders of all certificates necessary with respect to their
position, the type and the flag of the vessel. Validity and genuinity of certificates
is verified through the respective national and flag authorities. Criminal record of
seafarers is obtained in order to comply with vessels' SSP requirements.
Certification
review
Medical
examination
is arranging seafarer's visa, whenever such is required for the seamen to be
allowed to fly and join vessels in particular countries. For urgent crew
replacements, Schengen and/or USA visa can be arranged at short notice.
Marine agency is arranging timely issuance of flag endorsement and all other
applicable flag certification (SBKs, stickers, etc.) in accordance with flag
administration requirements.
Through affiliated travel agency, Crewing agency can make all necessary
travelling arrangements for onsigning and offsigning crew members at very
competitive prices and liaise with vessel's local agents and the Master for
coordinating the whole replacement process.
Seafarers' visa
Flag
certification
Flight
arrangements

is arranging seafarer's visa, whenever such is required for the seamen to be
allowed to fly and join vessels in particular countries. For urgent crew
replacements, Schengen and/or USA visa can be arranged at short notice.
Marine agency is arranging timely issuance of flag endorsement and all other
applicable flag certification (SBKs, stickers, etc.) in accordance with flag
administration requirements.
Through affiliated travel agency, Crewing agency can make all necessary
travelling arrangements for onsigning and offsigning crew members at very
competitive prices and liaise with vessel's local agents and the Master for
coordinating the whole replacement process.
Crewing agency is following up expiry of certificates and other documents of the
seamen and will inform you about expiring certificates (incl. vaccination, medical
examination certificate, etc.) in due time so as to renew them or replace the
respective seaman.
In cooperation with company’s crew department and/or Master of client’s
vessel(s), there can be established a comprehensive rejoining program in order to
ensure better re-employment of ex-company seafarers and timely replacement of
seamen completing their services, making, if requested, all repatriation
arrangements.
Being a member of International Maritime Employment's Committee (IMEC),
Marine Management can offer full coverage and compliance with International
Bargaining Forum (IBF) Agreement.
Seafarers' visa
Flag
certification
Rejoining
program
ITF - IBF
coverage
Flight
arrangements
Certification
follow-up

Complete
recycling program
Through a complete recycling program covering all necessary incentives
for the seamen, marine agency can guarantee high re-employment rates
for all key positions onboard the vessel.
Complete, cost-effective and quality provision of crew victuals all around
the world.
Insurance to cover all Owners' P&I club deductible expenses, related to
the crew and the obligations of the Owners are arised by the crew
contracts of employment and the international conventions and the
shipping practice.
B. Total crew management solution
This is the complete crew management solution, offering best-value-for-
money services to ship owners by undertaking all crew related
operations ashore. In addition to the services offered in the Basic
Recruitment Solution, Crewing agency offers following services:
Victualling
Insurance

IMA ICC Public Relations Department
• Interrelation with intergovernmental
organizations;
• International cooperation with maritime
associations;
• Academy members in different countries.

International Federation of
Shipmasters Associations
(IFSAM)
International Ship Managers’
Association (INTERMANAGER)
International Chamber of
Shipping (ICS)
Cruise Lines International
Association(CLIA)
International Shipping
Federations (IFS)
International Association of
Independent Tanker Owners
(INTERTANKO)
Global Maritime Education and
Training Association
(GlobalMET)
Maritime Institute (МI)
International Maritime Health
Association (IMHA)
International Association of
Maritime Universities (IAMU)
European
Commission (ЕC)
League of Arab State (ASL)
IMA ICC Public
Relations
Department

IMA ICC Investment Department
• IMA ICC Governing Board
• IMA ICC Investors
• IMA ICC Creditors
• IMA ICC Contractors
• IMA ICC Assembly Staff

IMA ICC Investment
Department
Structure
- to define investment policy of the
enterprise, conditions of insurance and
ensure guarantees against
noncommercial risks;
- to provide income receiving timely;
- to determine tax policy of the
enterprise;
- to preside the implementation of the
financial accounting and accounting
records standards;
- to ensure the records of the financial
means circulation and draw up the
authentic accounting records of the
financial activity results;
- to organize keeping reports on the
financial issues for heads and owners of
the enterprise.
Functions
IMA ICC Investors
IMA ICC Contractors
IMA ICC Creditors

• Chancellor
• Vice-Chancellor
• Academic Council
• Legal Adviser

IMA ICC Contractors
Organizations to which a set of the internal
services provided by IMA ICC can be
transferred.

IMA ICC Investors
• persons or organizations (a shipping
company, a state) which make the capital
investments connected with the risk aimed
at receiving profit or result..

IMA ICC Creditors
• members of credit relations, private and
legal persons which have available funds
at their disposal and transfer them in
temporary use.

Functions
• To define investment policy of the enterprise according to the following points:
conditions of the production market, volumes of its output; financial and economic
condition of the enterprise; technological level of production; combinations of own
and loan resources; financial conditions of the investment in the capital market; the
privileges received by the investor from the state; commercial and budget
effectiveness of investment actions; conditions of insurance and receiving
guarantees against non-commercial risks, etc.
To provide duly revenue of incomes, arrangement of the financial accounting and
banking operations due to the fixed period , payment of suppliers and contractors
invoices, vendors, cancellation of loans, payment of percents, workers and
employees salaries, transfer payment to bank institutions.
• To provide tax policy of the enterprise and organize tax budget development.

Functions
• To provide transfer of the taxes and fees to federal, regional and local budgets, to
state non-budget social funds stipulated by the legislation.
• To manage the development of the standards of financial accounting standards and
their interconnection with the accounting records (the report forms which have not
been approved at normative and legal level; terms; system of information streams
and documents circulation, etc.).
• To provide the records of financial means circulation and to draw up the reports of
the financial activity results according to the standards of the financial accounting
and reporting, reliability of financial information; to control the correctness of the
development and arrangement of the reporting documentation.
• To organize work of keeping records on the financial issues for heads and owners
of the enterprise.

IMA ICC Assembly
Structurally the Assembly will consist of IMA ICC
Investment Department with its own internal units:
• IMA ICC government
• contractors
• investors
• creditors
Members of the Committee will be elected by the
Assembly.

IMA ICC Assembly
IMA ICC International Assembly is a community of
maritime authorities , organizations and maritime
academies, which has declared the improvement of
maritime philosophy, strategy and ways of maritime
education development as their main objective.
.

IMA ICC Assembly
After its foundation the Assembly will unite the
representatives of different maritime public
organizations and states.

IMA ICC Assembly
- considers proposals and legislative motions;
- implements its own objectives to update the
assembly to achieve the worthy place in the world
system of maritime education.

IMA ICC Assembly
The target of IMA ICC is to make our graduates
competitive in the world labour market owing to
introduction of high quality training standards,
performance of all international and national
requirements for seafarers' training, including
the implementation of the highest training
demands of global leading shipping companies
into the training programs.

IMA ICC Assembly
Fundamental documents of
IMA ICC are :
- maritime declaration proclaiming the foundation
of International Maritime Assembly ICC;
- charter defining tasks of its members.

Council
Approves working
plans
Controls academy
activity
Accepts standards,
rules and procedures
Issues orders
Submits the academy
budget to the
Assembly
Develops strategic
planning

Management Department
Carries out public control to
observe the rights and interests
of the academy employees.
Structural unit of the Academy
providing implementation of
the academy policy on self-
management issues.
Tasks:
- to draw up and implement the
vectors aimed at the local self-
management development;
- to provide organizational
methodical support of the local
self-management activity;
- to submit latest information
concerning Committee activity
to the Governing Board;
- to render advisory assistance
to the Self -administration
Committee.
Public organization created by
the employees to protect their
social interests.
Tasks:
- to participate in public
opinion formation;
- to participate in development
and implementation of the
target programs;
- to involve the material and
intellectual resources for
ensuring activity support;
- to render social help to the
academy employees.
3. Staff Association
2. Self Administration
Committee
1. Representative in all
organizations

IMA ICC Diploma
• IMA ICC Diploma will be worked out as
alternative, global, irrespective of national and
territorial origin document according to the ICC
standard with official Academy seal. IMA ICC will
develop alternative and training curriculum in
training, refresher and updating training,
certification of seafarers and employees of
maritime industry in compliance with the
International Convention STCW 1978 as
amended. After finishing training the Academy
Diploma will be issued.

IMA ICC Diploma
• IMA ICC will be entitled to issue the Diploma of
approved standard and level of qualification,
certified by IMA ICC seal, to persons
successfully completed their training in
accordance with implemented or education
programs and passed final attestation.
• The Diploma of appropriate training level and
qualification issued by IMA ICC gives their
holders the same rights as provided by the State
Diploma of adequate education level and
qualification.

IMA ICC Diploma
• Having adopted the Manila amendments to the
International Convention on Standards of
Training, Certification and Whatchkeeping for
Seafarers,1978, and to the Seafarers Training,
Certification and Whatchkeeping Code, as
amended (STCW Convention and Code), IMA
ICC has noted with concern the reported and
anticipated shortage of qualified officers to
effectively man and operate ships engaged in
the International Maritime Carriage of Cargoes
system.

IMA ICC Diploma
• Having into consideration that the effectiveness
of selection, training and certification process
may be evaluated only by the assessment of
knowledge, skills, abilities and competency, fully
exercised by seafarers in the process of sea
service on ships.

To obtain and implement into practice the highest
standards of technical knowledge, skills and
professional competency demonstrated by
seafarers during their service on board ships
IMA ICC Diploma
ensures the
fulfillment of the
following
obligations
To control the compliance of personnel competency
levels with conventional requirements and
standards
To monitor carefully and review frequently the
progress made by junior personnel in the
acquisition of knowledge and skills during their
service on board ships
To provide refresher and updating training at
suitable intervals or should be occasion arise
To take all appropriate measures to instill pride in
the maritime profession and encourage the creation
of safety culture at sea and improvement of
environmental culture

IMA ICC Diploma
• IMA ICC Diploma recognizes the significant contribution
made to seafarers training and certification through
model courses, validated and published by the
International Maritime Organization (IMO), providing core
curriculum based on the minimum requirements of the
STCW Convention and Code, and takes into
consideration that the aforementioned model courses
have assisted many training institutions to improve the
quality of the training they provide and have been used
to improve procedures of assessing competency and
achieve greater uniformity in the application of the
training and assessment provisions of the STCW
Convention and Code.

IMA ICC Diploma
• Being aware that more than 90% of world trade
cargoes are carried by sea and recognizing the
seafarers are the major participants of the
shipping industry that contributes significantly to
global and sustainable development and
prosperity.
• Recognizing also the need for today’s
increasingly sophisticated ships to be entrusted
to seafarers who are competent in all respects to
operate them in a safe, secure, efficient and
environmentally-sound manner.

IMA ICC Diploma
• Noting with concern the reported and anticipated
shortage of qualified officers to effectively man
and operate ships, Convention recommends all
Administrations, shipping companies, ship
owners, ship managers, seafarers associations
and any concerned entities to do their utmost to
promote among young persons a career at sea
and to retain existing seafarers within the
industry.

For in this respect IMA ICC does everything possible to assist young
persons have chosen the profession of seafarers and have issued the IMA
ICC Diploma by adopting and maintaining the following priorities
Engendering a more favorable
public perception, in particular
among young people of the
maritime industry
Encouraging all officers serving on
their ships to participate actively in
the training and monitoring of
junior personnel during their
service on board ship
Promoting a greater awareness and
knowledge among young people of
the opportunities offered by a
seafarer’s profession
Encouraging the provision of
adequate accommodations and
working conditions for trainee on
new-build ships
Taking all appropriate measures to
instill pride in the maritime
profession. Encourage the
creation of a safety culture and
environmental conscience

IMA ICC Diploma
• Noting the long and medium-term plans for the
Integration of Women in the Maritime sector
developed by the IMO, regarding support for the
latter’s aims to promote the training of women in
the maritime sector, adopted by the International
Labor Conference of the International Labor
Organization on 22nd February 2006,
considering highly desirable that both men and
women have equal free access opportunities to
maritime training and employment on board
ships.

IMA ICC Diploma
• Pay attention to gender problem in maritime
education and promote greater participation of
women in maritime training at all levels in the
maritime industry.
• To support the provision of on-the-job training
opportunities so that women may acquire the
appropriate level of practical experience
required to enhance professional maritime skills.

IMA ICC Diploma
• IMA ICC Diploma endeavors so that women can
participate full and without hindrance in
seafaring activities in order to facilitate
effectively the achievement of Millennium
Development Goals (MDG) and promote gender
equality and empower women.
• The order of obtaining a license in educational
activity and accreditation of International
Maritime Academy ICC is established by IMA
ICC Government.

CONCLUSION
• Noting that all leading countries around the world pay
particular attention and implement the policies of
modernization and development of education systems in
all fields including the maritime sector. The International
Maritime Academy ICC as the center of high-level
maritime education and research undertakes and fulfills
the obligations and responsibilities to provide uniformity
and effective implementation of IMO goals aimed at
highly qualified maritime personnel training. Efficient
maritime education system is the barest necessity for
economic development and social prosperity ensuring
the economic improvement of individual trading nations,
their businesses and their workforces.

CONCLUSION
• The IMO Assembly adopted resolution A 680/17/ by which it
further recognizes the need of appropriate organization of
management on board ships in order to achieve and maintain the
highest standards of safety, security regulations, environmental
protection. It will require high levels of knowledge acquisition,
appropriate professional training and approved certification of
specialists engaged in maritime business.
• For the purpose the International Maritime Academy ICC
constantly promotes the highest standards in maritime
transportation taking into account modern developments such as
containerization, multimodal transport, e-commerce and
competitive, efficient transport markets worldwide.
• IMA ICC will seek to bring together shippers and carriers to
elaborate global business positions on issues such as
liberalization, competition and environment protection.

CONCLUSION
• International Maritime Academy ICC will realize the
following practical aims:
 to increase the number of highly qualified personnel involved in
cargo transportation, noting that the number of international
containerized cargo movement is expected to rise substantially,
the number of loaded TEUs handled by the world ports may rise
by eight to 10 percent per year. Trans-Pacific cargo
transportation is estimated to grow at 10 to 12 percent this year.
Russia's container traffic is rising by per year. Container traffic
between China and its trading partners will continue to expand.
To cope with surge in container traffic a great number of
qualified, competent, well-skilled and well-trained maritime
specialists for port, terminal and ship operations is required now.

CONCLUSION
• International Maritime Academy ICC will realize the
following practical aims:
 to implement the International Convention on Standards of
Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 as
amended
 to response to current and future customers’ requirements
 to render consultancy services on key international issues of
importance to maritime business
 to promote the market economy system based on free fair
competition activities
 to undertake research activities in field of maritime safety and
security, fighting against pirates for the benefit of the whole
maritime business community.

CONTACTS
Ukrainian National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce
Permanent Inter-Regional Sea Administrative Commission
19-b, Reytarskaya Str., Kiev, Ukraine, 01034
Phone: +380 44 226 33 23, Fax: +380 44 270 68 29
web: www.iccua.org, e-mail: seacomm@iccua.org
Eduard M. P'yatakov
Vice-Chairman ICC Ukraine on Transport and Logistics
Chairman Permanent Inter-Regional
Sea Administrative Commission ICC Ukraine
Member of ICC commission on Transport and Logistics
Philosophy Doctor in Navigation and Ship Traffic Monitoring
e-mail: pyatakov@kmtc.com.ua

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