{
  "id": 237649,
  "title": "Flag States urged to accelerate approval of digital training record books",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/flag-states-urged-to-accelerate-approval-of-digital-training-record",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-06T21:00:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hellenic Shipping News",
    "slug": "hellenic-shipping-news",
    "url": "https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/flag-states-urged-to-accelerate-approval-of-digital-training-record-books/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Maritime e-learning provider MarinePALS is calling on flag States that continue to rely on paper-based seafarer training record books to establish approved digital alternatives for officer cadets and wider onboard training programmes. Approaches are increasingly diverging. The United Kingdom has begun phasing out paper training record books in favour of an electronic system, while the ...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hellenic Shipping News",
        "title": "States urged to support the IMO Net-Zero Framework over watered down alternatives",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/states-urged-to-support-the-imo-net-zero-framework-over-watered-down",
        "published": "2026-08-06T10:00:59.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}