Mariner Training in Brazil: Inside the Institute of Nautical Sciences
of multidisciplinary research and studies, being an innovative organization, based on the principles of the Quality Management System,” said Andre Carvalho, Director President of ICN.ICN has its main office in downtown Rio de Janeiro adjacent to the Navy yard and the Port of Rio, overlooking Guanabara Bay, and also has a large and state-of-the-art training center, on the other side of the bay, in the Municipality of Maricá, around 60 km from downtown Rio. Where large groups of seafarers and prospective seafarers and practice hands on ship operations, safety and survival techniques, utilizing