Maritime Training Center

Aboa Mare offers high-quality maritime education and a wide range of training solutions for shipping companies, authorities, and individual seafarers. The maritime training can be customized with tailor-made ship models and sailing areas in our simulator bridges, delivering cost savings and safety advancements for our customers.

By choosing Aboa Mare, you:

can receive tailor-made training at Aboa Mare. The fact that e.g. newbuild bunkering checklists can be used during our IGF training program is highly appreciated.
can receive help with applications for Finnish CoP:s from Aboa Mare, which helps the shipping companies to save time and money.
receive training from a training center where the instructors cooperate with personnel from tech companies and therefore receive the newest information on the market.
are able to train your crew just before you sign on a newbuild. Similar customers often book following courses: Polar Code, IGF Code, ECDIS & bridge equipment and BRM&ERM training. All in one stop. The training can be conducted with the bridge equipment used on board (we have Wärtsilä, Sperry, Furuno, Transas and Consilium ship bridge simulators).

Upcoming courses

Booking information

Aboa Mare sends the participants a course confirmation two weeks before the course starts. We do not invoice for the cancellation of the participation if the cancellation is done at least 14 days prior to the course start. Cancellations received 7-14 days prior to the course start will be subject to 50 % of the course fee.

Cancellations made later than that are subject to the course fee in full. The course invoices will be sent after the course has started.

In case of a lost course certificate we will charge 50 € for giving out a Certificate of attendance.

Seafarers

We serve individual seafarers by offering highly up-to-date maritime courses.

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Shipping Companies and Authorities

Our strongest asset is our ability to tailor-make courses for shipping companies and authorities worldwide.

We also offer Training Need Analysis services, which can be used in order to find out your officers’ training needs.

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Instructor Training

With extensive global experience in training and simulation, we understand what it takes to be an effective instructor.

We offer instructor training tailored to meet your specific needs and training objectives.

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Domestic Traffic Area

In cooperation with Axxell, we offer courses for the domestic traffic sector. Courses leading to the Boatmaster’s Certificate, the Skipper’s Certificate for Domestic Service, and the Engine Attendant’s Certificate are held in Espoo, Vaasa, and Turku.

Please note: These courses are available only in Swedish and Finnish.

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Pilot Examination

Aboa Mare is an authorised, STCW-approved simulator training institute offering comprehensive simulator services.

At our simulation center, we can provide simulator tests for all pilotage fairways in Finland. Our bridge simulators feature equipment from several manufacturers, including Furuno, Sperry, and Wärtsilä NACOS-Platinum.

You can book a simulator test directly through Aboa Mare or by contacting the Pilot Dispatch Centre.

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Consultancy & Projects

We participate in diverse projects that enhance maritime training, promote safety at sea, and support environmental sustainability.

We have provided consulting services to our partners, including support in launching new simulator centres.

Additionally, we have constructed several ship simulator bridges that accurately replicate our clients’ actual bridge configurations.

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We provide a diversified training portfolio

We have a long history of co-operation with different authorities, not least with the Finnish Coast Guard. Our courses are audited by The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency, Traficom.

We provide a diversified training portfolio, including basic and advanced ice navigation training in accordance with the Polar Code, as well as ice navigation training for Baltic ice conditions including ship handling in ice.

Another frequently booked training programme is Aboa Mare´s IGF Code training programme. The programme consists of a basic & advanced IGF Code five day course (includes 1 day of practical IGF firefighting). Additionally, we offer an IGF Simulator – 5 day course. The IGF simulator course covers the required sea experience for an Advanced IGF CoP and 2 out of 3 required bunkerings.

State of the art simulation technology is used in training

In our simulators, course participants can practice and solve different highly realistic scenarios.

With the simulator interface we have developed, we can also generate technical faults to the real navigational instruments on the bridges.

The simulation resources of Aboa Mare consist of 9 ship bridge simulators, desktop simulators, an engine room simulator, VTS simulator and radio simulator (GMDSS). We can offer training on Wärtsilä NACOS Platinum, Sperry Marine, Furuno, Transas and Consilium ship bridge simulators.

In order to be able to offer a wide range of courses and satisfy the requirements of our clients, we have a large network of experts on diverse fields within seafaring, able to teach a large variety of courses.

All our instructors have extensive experience in shipping. Debriefing sessions after the exercises make it possible for course participants to discuss procedures and to get an understanding of varying ways to perform in challenging missions.

Course Contact Information

Thomas Friis
Training Director
thomas.friis@aboamare.fi
+358 40 512 5480

Capt. Jani Lampiola
Account Manager
sales@aboamare.fi
+358 50 357 0382

Elina Virta
Training Coordinator
training@aboamare.fi
+358 50 339 7743

Lena Forsman
Training Coordinator
training@aboamare.fi
+358 44 762 3129

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