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The Australian Maritime College (AMC) is a tertiary education institution based in Launceston, Tasmania, established by the ''Maritime College Act 1978'' (Cth). Tertiary education is provided and organised by the University of Tasmania (UTAS) as the Australian Maritime College (AMC) at the University of Tasmania (AMC@UTAS).〔http://www.amc.edu.au/welcome-australian-maritime-college-amc〕〔http://www.amc.edu.au/content/corporate-information, Heads of Agreement in respect of the integration of the Australian Maritime College and the University of Tasmania〕 However the college's educational curriculum is governed by the independent AMC Board.〔http://www.amc.edu.au/amc-board, AMC Board〕 The AMC is Australia's national centre for maritime education, training and research. It has two campuses located within of each other in Northern Tasmania, each with different facilities and residence. AMC comprises three national centres that offer courses in maritime engineering, marine environment, maritime logistics and seafaring. The national centres are: *The National Centre for Maritime Engineering and Hydrodynamics *The National Centre for Ports and Shipping *The National Centre for Marine Environment and Resource Sustainability AMC also has a commercial arm, AMC Search Ltd, that provides maritime related training and consultancy for a wide range of international and Australian organisations and individuals including the Federal Government Pacific Patrol Boat Program. ==Newnham Campus== The AMC's main campus is situated at Newnham, 6 kilometres from the centre of Tasmania's second largest city, Launceston. Facilities located at the Newnham campus include: *Centre for Maritime Simulation Recently refurbished facility that boasts a full mission bridge, tug bridge and six smaller, fully integrated simulators capable of reproducing busy ports in a range of conditions. *Towing Tank The only commercially operating facility in Australia, this long tank is used to measure the resistance of ships hulls in order to provide powering predictions. *Model Test Basin This facility is ideally suited for conducting hydrodynamic experiments with an emphasis on maritime operations within shallow water environments. *Aquaculture Centre One of the only dedicated facilities for the study of fish and shellfish cultivation in Australia and as such has extensive aquarium facilities used for both research and teaching. *Cavitation Research Laboratory This facility is dedicated to the study of cavitation - vapour cavities formed by low pressure - on foils, propellers and other underwater forms. It also features rigorous control of dissolved and free small bubble gas content. *Survival Centre The Centre is used for the conduct of training exercises, to test new life saving appliances and for some research activities. It consists of an indoor heated pool and a mock ship’s superstructure, complete with life raft launching facilities. The AMC is unique as it is the only University in the world to have all these facilities in one area. AMC also has a Marine Firetraining Centre located at Bell Bay, 48 km north of Launceston, which is equipped with a full range of marine firefighting equipment and specialises in practical training. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Australian Maritime College」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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