Maritime Education and Training

Women at WISTA 2018 who fly the education flag

Monika Lemajic, Irene Rosbergand Minica Kohli

What an exceptional encounter we had during the main day in Tromsø, Norway, of the WISTA 2018 AGM and Conference! Serendipity is always the name of the game for us in the media and we continue to be blessed by Lady Luck!

During our week-long stay in Tromsø we were fortunate to meet dozens of WISTA ladies we have known over the years from all over Planet Ocean and to make new friends. It is always rewarding to meet women prominent in the shipping...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/26/women-at-wista-2018-who-fly-the-education-flag/

Seafarers’ Mental Health is focus of New Training Programme offered free to Mariners Worldwide

KVH Videotel introduced a new training package, “Seafarers Mental Health and Wellbeing,” yesterday during the 5th Annual International Shipowning & Shipmanagement Summit in London, and announced that the package will be available free of charge throughout the industry due to the critical importance of the topic. The programme was produced in association with the International Seafarers Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN) and comprises a short video, facilitator notes, and information...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/17/seafarers-mental-health-is-focus-of-new-training-programme-offered-free-to-mariners-worldwide/

Free training programme on mental health offered to seafarers worldwide

A new training package produced by KVH Videotel and ISWAN was introduced yesterday during the 5th Annual International Shipowning & Shipmanagement Summit in London.

The package, ‘Seafarers’ Mental Health and Wellbeing’ will be available free of charge throughout the industry due to the critical importance of the topic. The programme was produced in association with ISWAN and comprises a short video, facilitator notes, and information booklets from ISWAN on mental health issues at sea.

‘Seafar...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/17/free-training-programme-on-mental-health-offered-to-seafarers-worldwide/

The BDI@1,578: an expected volatility and contained fall…

John Faraclas

The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) lost six points thanks to the Capes’ fall… Geopolitics as crucial as ever… particularly on the platoon and financial sector… John Faraclas daily briefing:

The Capes’ BCI was down 25 points at 2,164 – …the classic volatile size…

Panamaxes were up saving the day with the BPI at 1,793; hope the 1,800 points will soon be conquered…

The Supras lost the 1,200 point threshold and now read 1,196 – minus four…

The Handies’ BHSI continue to prove that you don’t have to...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/16/the-bdi1578-an-expected-volatility-and-contained-fall/

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/

Reminder: IBIA’s seminar- Mass Flow Meters Seminar : New rules – New Fuels – Digital Solutions October 24 @ 13:30 – 19:00

Mass Flow Meters Seminar : New rules – New Fuels – Digital Solutions

October 24 @ 13:30 – 19:00

Join us in London at the UK Chamber for Shipping for our IBIA seminar, where we will discuss the following topics:

13:30-13:50 Event registration

13:50-14:00 Welcome address Bob Sanguinetti, UKCS & Steven Endress Managing Director Endress+Hauser

14:00-14:30 Nigel Draffin,  Author and Board Member, IBIA – Understanding the IMO 2020 regulations

14:30-15:00 Michael Green, Intertek – Managing New Fuels

15:00-15:...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/10/reminder-ibias-seminar-mass-flow-meters-seminar-new-rules-new-fuels-digital-solutions-october-24-1330-1900/

OCIMF releases best practices for conducting navigational assessments

10 October 2018 – London OCIMF has today released a new information paper on best practices for conducting navigational assessments, called A Guide to Best Practice for Navigational Assessments and Audits.

Navigational assessments and audits help vessel owners, operators and Masters to identify areas for improvement and increase safety. They also assure companies that high standards of navigation and watchkeeping are being maintained.

While a wide range of navigational assessments are used in the...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/10/ocimf-releases-best-practices-for-conducting-navigational-assessments/

Bunker trading and operations | Piraeus, Greece

Piraeus, Greece

BUNKER TRADING AND OPERATIONS

20-21 November 2018 • PIRAEUS

This two-day advanced-level course is designed for management and staff involved in key areas of bunkering activity. It examines bunker trading and sales, price risk management, fuel supply and bunkering operations. It will cover the essentials of oil trading, cargo purchase and terminal storage, fuel quality and availability, the use of alternative fuels, and the far-reaching impact on global bunker markets of new...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/09/bunker-trading-and-operations-piraeus-greece/

UK’s largest marine simulation training centre to operate using Wärtsilä equipment

l to r: Lars Lippuner, Head of Commercial Operations, Warsash School of Maritime Science and Engineering; Alex Ponomarev, Area Sales Manager, Wärtsilä; Muhammad Shafique, Senior Lecturer, Warsash School of Maritime Science and Engineering; Syamantak Bhattacharya, Dean, Warsash School of Maritime Science and Engineering

Wärtsilä Corporation,  5 October 2018 at 10 am EEST – The technology group Wärtsilä has been selected to provide a full scope of marine simulators for a new training facility at...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/05/uks-largest-marine-simulation-training-centre-to-operate-using-wartsila-equipment/

SQE Marine and HudsonAnalytix Create Alliance Providing a Global Framework for Maritime Risk Management

Cynthia Hudson, HudsonAnalytix

Agreement Aligns Strengths of Both Teams

October 2, 2018–  SQE Marine of Piraeus, Greece, and HudsonAnalytix, headquartered in the Philadelphia area of the United States, announce they have formed a Teaming Agreement between their respective organizations for collaboration in the broad area of maritime risk management.  They will be working jointly to offer one another’s services and products to the shipping industry and to develop new offerings encompassing...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/02/sqe-marine-and-hudsonanalytix-create-alliance-providing-a-global-framework-for-maritime-risk-management/

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