The towage and salvage operator Svitzer is training 71 Angolan cadets on board the training ship Danmark. They will crew a number of tugs and other vessels at the liquid natural gas terminal in Soyo, Angola, when their maritime education is complete.

The cadets will undertake an almost three month long journey in the Atlantic to learn seamanship and the value of safety and teamwork. On-board are also 14 officers who conduct the training.

Danmark is owned by the Danish government and is managed by the Maritime Training and Education Centre (MARTEC). During World War II the ship was visiting the World Fair in New York, when Nazi forces invaded Denmark. The captain offered the use of the ship to the U.S. government which used it non-stop as a training ship for coast guard cadets from 1942 to the end of the war.

Svitzer is part of the A.P. Moller -- Maersk Group.

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