Academia

Capt. Prashant Widge of A.P. Moller – Maersk and the Blue MBA acclaimed in AMBA Excellence Awards

l to r: Sean Molony, Dr Malcolm Willingale, John Faraclas, Captain Prashant Widge, Irene Rosberg and Dr Aleka Mandaraka-Sheppard

Capt. Prashant Widge of A.P. Moller – Maersk and the Blue MBA acclaimed in AMBA Excellence Awards

A prestige award has gone to a key corporate sustainability expert at an A.P. Moller – Maersk, Capt. Prashant Widge, for his role in promoting world-leading standards in ship-recycling. Capt. Widge was proposed for the accolade by the Executive MBA in Shipping & Logistics...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/02/08/capt-prashant-widge-of-a-p-moller-maersk-and-the-blue-mba-acclaimed-in-amba-excellence-awards/

The Truth: the BDI@797

John Faraclas

“ ‘Tis strange- but true; for truth is always strange; Stranger than fiction !” Lord Byron was absolutely right…

So here we go with yet another Market total fall; The BDI lost 55 points and things ae getting sour but cool; cheer up the worse is yet to come. The geopolitics still perplexed. John Faraclas’ daily brief:

The Capes collapsed due to a multiple of reasons, but they collapsed. The BCI lost 123 points easy to count your losses, yes it’s 1,2 3…At 1,508 points everything is...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/01/29/the-truth-the-bdi797/

LR and UMAS release new ‘Zero-Emission Vessels Transition Pathways’ study

Katherine H. Palmer

29 January 2019 – Today, Lloyd’s Register (LR) and University Maritime Advisory Services (UMAS) have released ‘Zero-Emission Vessels Transition Pathways’, a study that aims to show what is needed to enable the transition, both at the ship and supply infrastructure level, to deliver zero-emission vessels (ZEVs) that are crucial to achieve the IMO’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Strategy 2050 ambition. The study demonstrates to all stakeholders what action needs to be taken now.

The new...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/01/29/lr-and-umas-release-new-zero-emission-vessels-transition-pathways-study/

“What’s in Your Stack?”

l to r: RADM Joe Servidio, Holland America Line; Captain Gordon Loebl, Hornblower Cruises and Events: Chris Brown, Chevron Shipping; Carleen Lyden Walker, NAMEPA

“What’s in Your Stack?”

Conference unites students, regulators, industry, and conservationists to

Save Our Seas

January 17, 2019 – The North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA) and California State University Maritime Academy (Cal Maritime) co-hosted the “What’s in Your Stack?” conference on January 11, 2019 on...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/01/17/whats-in-your-stack/

Blue MBA participant from AP Møller Maersk nominated for the ‘AMBA Business School Impact on Community and Society Award’

Irene Rosberg

Helping to create a more sustainable future for the maritime industry is at the core of the CBS Executive MBA in Shipping and Logistics (known informally as the Blue MBA), and we are excited to announce that AMBA has added a new award to the AMBA Business School Award ceremony in London. To be shortlisted for this accolade, business schools should demonstrate the impact their teaching has on the community and society and how they have taken the initiative in creCating a sustainable...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/01/15/blue-mba-participant-from-ap-moller-maersk-nominated-for-the-amba-business-school-impact-on-community-and-society-award/

Diversity – does it matter in shipping?

Professor Averil Macdonald OBE

Diversity – does it matter in shipping?

by  Professor Averil Macdonald OBE, DSc, D.Univ, FInstP, FRSA. Emeritus Professor University of Reading, Senior Warden Worshipful Company of Fuellers.

Organisations of all sizes across every industry sector are scrutinising their diversity statistics – and for good reason. They know that traditional businesses are being forced to innovate to survive and, just as a football team full of strikers would quickly be relegated, it is...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/11/21/diversity-does-it-matter-in-shipping/

Crowley Awards Scholarships to Two Williams-Mystic Students

Molly Tucker

(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.; Oct. 16, 2018) Two Williams-Mystic Maritime Studies Program students have been awarded scholarships by Crowley Maritime Corporation. Molly Tucker and Colby Weik were each chosen for their academic excellence, high morale and community involvement. The students also exhibited strong leadership qualities and were identified as articulate spokespeople for maritime education.

Tucker is a sophomore at Pomona College in California, where she studies environmental...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/15/crowley-awards-scholarships-to-two-williams-mystic-students/

A new MCA Seafarer Training Centre and Crew Residence Opens in Phuket

Anthony Gould AFNI FRGS, Chairman and CEO

Galileo Maritime Academy has this month announced the completion of its new architect designed professional crew training centre and crew residence in Phuket, Thailand.  The “T” shaped buildings comprise state-of-the-art training and recreation rooms, a seafarer medical centre, a culinary arts and hospitality school, a three metre deep survival training pool and first class accommodation for 30 students.

This central complex is located just above Yacht...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/11/a-new-mca-seafarer-training-centre-and-crew-residence-opens-in-phuket/

The Blue MBA appoints Gunnar Georgs as an Ambassador to enhance links with German market

Gunnar Georgs

Gunnar Georgs, a maritime industry personality with impressive experience in Europe and Asia, is to be an Ambassador for the Executive MBA in Shipping and Logistics (the Blue MBA) with special responsibility for the German market. He will enhance the links of the world-renowned Copenhagen Business School venture with the extensive German maritime sector.

Germany has the world’s fourth largest merchant fleet and a substantial role in ship management, shipbuilding, ship registration,...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/24/the-blue-mba-appoints-gunnar-georgs-as-an-ambassador-to-enhance-links-with-german-market/

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