The Neapolitan Grimaldi group and the IMAT training center - Italian Maritime Academy Technologies have renewed the agreement Five-year collaboration for crew training employed on board the ships of the Neapolitan shipping group. From internationally standardised compulsory training (STCW), the partnership between Grimaldi and IMAT has progressively transformed, including, during the first five-year period of structured collaboration, the provision of training strongly oriented to specific operational needs of the shipowner, such as, for example, the training carried out with the entry of the first hybrid unit into the fleet of the company, with instructors from the training center who have elaborated and developed the "Battery Pack" course before the ship had left the shipyards. The same goes for containment (firefighting) training to improve levels of safety on transport services dedicated to EVs (Electric Vehicle), the result of a study that lasted a year and a half.

With the new agreement, IMAT will guarantee the Grimaldi group access to staff training for the most advanced technologies used in the shipping sector. Soon the center will install a true dual-fuel engine, already purchased, of 250 tons plus a second engine of last hybrid generation capable of using both methanol and ammonia. "It's a matter of - he explained the sole director of IMAT, Erminia Della Monica - of a A radical revolution in the field of education. The goal is to replace traditional simulation with real-world experience, direct contact with the controls, equipment, systems that the seafarers will find on board the ships. On a par with the companies We are investing heavily in the next technologies that revolutionise the industry, so that we are already ready for the requests that will come in the future."