Bridge Resource Management
Leadership and teamwork for navigating officers
This three-day course optimizes your leadership and teamwork skills on the bridge of seagoing ships. You work through realistic scenarios on full-mission bridge simulators, complementing theoretical knowledge with hands-on experience. The training covers situational awareness, communication, decision-making and emergency response. After completion, you meet the STCW requirements for Bridge Resource Management.

About this course
- Location
- Lloydstraat - Rotterdam
- Language
- English
- Education Format
- Classroom
- Type
- Basic
- Erkenning
- DNV-GL
General information
The course Bridge Resource Management (BRM) has the objective of optimizing the knowledge and skills of leadership and teamwork at operational and management level on board of seagoing ships. A bridge team needs to possess this insight and these skills in order to guarantee a safe and efficient passage in areas of high density traffic such as the entry and exit canals towards ports and passages of ‘congested areas’.
The course is developed in accordance with the dispositions in section A-II/1 and A-II/2 of the Standards of Training, Certification and Watch keeping for Seafarers (STCW), 1978, as amended. The course has been accredited by DNV-GL.
More about this study
During the three-day course Bridge Resource Management (BRM) you tackle realistic situations on our Full Mission Bridge simulators. These exercises are an ideal complement to the required theoretical knowledge.
The following learning objectives play a part during this course:
you have the knowledge and the capacity to apply effective resource management:
allocation, designation and prioritization of means
effective communication on board and onshore
decisions taken are in correspondence with the experience of the team
assertiveness and leadership, including motivation
obtaining and keeping of situational awareness
you have practical knowledge of personnel management and educational roadmaps
you have knowledge of related international maritime conventions and recommendations and national legislation
you have the capacity of applying workload management, including:
planning and coordination
task distribution amongst all personnel
limitations of time and means
prioritization
you have the knowledge and the capacity to apply decision making techniques:
situation and risk assessment
identification and consideration of generated options
selecting of work procedure
evaluation of the effectiveness
Courses
| Start date | End date | Location | Base price (from) | Available seats | Schedule | View course |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2026 | 30 September 2026 | Lloydstraat - Rotterdam | €2,210.00 (excl. VAT) | 2 | ||
| 2 November 2026 | 4 November 2026 | Lloydstraat - Rotterdam | €2,210.00 (excl. VAT) | Full | ||
| 16 November 2026 | 18 November 2026 | Lloydstraat - Rotterdam | €2,210.00 (excl. VAT) | Full | ||
| 7 December 2026 | 9 December 2026 | Lloydstraat - Rotterdam | €2,210.00 (excl. VAT) | 1 | ||
| 25 January 2027 | 27 January 2027 | Lloydstraat - Rotterdam | €2,210.00 (excl. VAT) | 6 | ||
| 1 March 2027 | 3 March 2027 | Lloydstraat - Rotterdam | €2,210.00 (excl. VAT) | 6 | ||
| 5 April 2027 | 7 April 2027 | Lloydstraat - Rotterdam | €2,210.00 (excl. VAT) | 6 | ||
| 10 May 2027 | 12 May 2027 | Lloydstraat - Rotterdam | €2,210.00 (excl. VAT) | 6 | ||
| 28 June 2027 | 30 June 2027 | Lloydstraat - Rotterdam | €2,210.00 (excl. VAT) | 5 | ||
| 27 September 2027 | 29 September 2027 | Lloydstraat - Rotterdam | €2,210.00 (excl. VAT) | 6 | ||
| 1 November 2027 | 3 November 2027 | Lloydstraat - Rotterdam | €2,210.00 (excl. VAT) | 6 | ||
| 6 December 2027 | 8 December 2027 | Lloydstraat - Rotterdam | €2,210.00 (excl. VAT) | 6 |
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