Castrol partners with Maersk in lubrication training scheme

The Castrol Academy material, which includes printed course materials and DVDs, will be re-distributed by Maersk Training. Castrol says it can thus take advantage of Maersk Training’s established global infrastructure to promote Castrol Academy in order to deliver engineering expertise to new and existing customers of both companies.

The agreement also encompasses the promotion of Maersk Training courses to Castrol customers. The Danish-based learning provider has, over the past 30 years, built a portfolio of courses specifically developed for the maritime, offshore and wind-power industries. Through this agreement Castrol customers will receive a 10% discount when booking a Maersk Training course.

Castrol Academy was developed in direct response to an industry-wide problem: a survey by the Institute of Engineering and Technology revealed that 55% of those polled reported problems recruiting experienced, well-trained technical ship crews.

Albert Chan, global offer director for Castrol Marine, said: “Lack of skilled marine officers is pushing up operating costs and holding back the development of fleets. Castrol Academy was created to help address increasing fears of crew shortages while providing a source of added value to customers such as improving efficiencies.

Like Castrol Academy, Maersk Training is said to have been established in response to the perceived industry-wide problem of paper certification not necessarily matching real-life capabilities and performance.

In 2010 the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group merged all its educational entities under Maersk Training, with headquarters at Svendborg in Denmark and specialist training centres in Aberdeen, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ( UK), Esbjerg (Denmark), Chennai (India), Port Harcourt (Nigeria) plus other branch activities in Norway, Angola and the Middle East.