FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The UK’s Maritime Professional Council (MPC) has published a paper on the safety implications of reducing sea service requirements for STCW Officer of the Watch certification. The paper argues against reducing the required sea service for STCW Officer of the Watch (OOW) certification from 12 months to 9 months with simulator substitution. It stresses that this change was not supported by clear safety evidence and risks weakening the competence of newly qualified officers. RelatedNews Liberia issues advisory highlighting hazards of fumigation using phosphide Key navigational practices to prevent collisions in China waters during fishing season var jnews_module_21372526_0_6a04586e980dc = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21372526","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"19,458,2339,2804,214","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":""