The Russian Fishery Company (RFC) and Alfa Laval have launched a series of training seminars on the rules of operation of modern ship separators on a range of vessels including fishing vessels.
Lectures will be held at the Maritime State University in Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East. Specialists from the Russian division of Alfa Laval will train RFC mechanics in the rules for operating the latest separators used in the fuel system of the vessel and in the production equipment for processing fish products.
The main advantage of training is that specialists can learn directly from modern equipment manufacturers. “We aim to organise similar courses in partnership with all key companies supplying equipment for our vessels,” said Sergey Vikharev, head of the RFC’s Training Centre.
“For example, the mechanics of the lead ship from a series of new supertrawlers of the RFC were trained in Germany by MAN engine manufacturers, who pre-train mechanics in the procedures for servicing their equipment at special training stands of the MAN Academy,'' he continued.
“The main task is to prepare the fleet specialists so that they can quickly, efficiently and trouble-free start operating new modern equipment.”
Denis Uryvaev, head of the service department of Alfa Laval Potok, said that he hoped that training will continue on a regular basis. “We see that the RFC pays a lot of attention to the training of crews, and such combined work in relation to new ship equipment can be very useful,” he said.
