ETC is a consortium of leading maritime training institutes with uniform course material conducting ECDIS-training and certification on a franchise business basis worldwide.

ETC was created, and is controlled by MSG MarineServe, in order to improve the availability and accessibility of its ECDIS training.

ETC broadens the MSG concept both geographically and in terms of the equipment specific options.

ETC brings together most major manufacturers' software, established course structures and the customer contact in a one-stop training base with a single point of contact. ETC Partners are based in all important seafarer-recruiting countries:

• Western-Europe
• Baltic States
• Russian Federation
• Black Sea Region
• South-East Asia