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Says InterManager Secretary General Capt Kuba Szymanski Modern corporate social responsibility should include measures to care for crew as well as the environment, says InterManager Secretary General Captain Kuba Szymanski.Discussing corporate social responsibility (CSR) at this year's InterManager Annual General Meeting, Capt. Szymanski said: "People talk of 'hugging trees', I say let's hug seafarers first!"Urging ship managers to embrace crew concerns when implementing a CSR programme, Capt. Szymanski asked: "Why do we care more about birds and whales than we do about seafarers?"Demonstrating the effects of increasing amounts of legislation, former ship's Master Capt. Szymanski stripped off an item of clothing for each official law that audience members' could call out - stopping after tearing off his jacket and tie to the relief of amused delegates attending InterManager's AGM in Manila, Philippines this week."Educate do not regulate," Capt. Szymanski urged international organisations like the IMO and EU, vowing to ensure InterManager members will work to self-regulate to ensure mandatory regulation is minimised. He later explained: "I am all in favour of protecting wildlife and the environment of course but I want to make sure that it is achievable and manageable. I am a great believer in empowering ships' crew and ...

Says InterManager President The "horrors" of piracy have dominated the first year of Meridian Marine Management Managing Director Alastair Evitt's first year in his role as President of InterManager, the international trade association for the shipmanagement industry.Summing up his first year representing the world's third-party and in-house ship managers, Mr Evitt told the InterManager Annual General Meeting today (November 15th) that the fight against global piracy is a priority for his presidency and praised the way the shipping industry has united to fight it."With 273 seafarers held hostage at this time, I feel it is appropriate to acknowledge the horrors of international piracy," Mr Evitt said. "This issue has brought the shipping industry together." He praised industry initiatives, particularly the Save Our Seafarers campaign and the work of the Maritime Piracy Human Response Programme, and highlighted InterManager's campaign urging Flag States to allow ship owners and managers the "freedom to choose" whether they wish to deploy armed guards onboard during transits through piracy zones like the Indian Ocean.Mr Evitt, who has completed the first year of his two-year term of office, said: "Our sea staff are the backbone of our industry and their safety and well being are a primary ...

Reaction and comments by ITF, SOS, Nautilus and Intermanager News that the UK Government has endorsed the use of armed guards on UK-flagged vessels has triggered comment from the major shipping organisations, most of which were favourable but with caveats.ITF's general secretary David Cockroft said: "Somali-based piracy has been allowed to become so successful, savage and wide-ranging that seafarers' and seafaring organisations' worries about armed guards have had to be set aside. However, guards can never be anything but a supplement to the sorely-tried existing naval presence, which is now trying to cover an entire ocean."The ITF, like the International Shipping Federation and International Chamber of Shipping, would like to see on-vessel detachments made up of the ship's flag state forces whenever possible."He continued: "Sadly no move is without risks. Pirate gangs are making fortunes out of their crimes. It is easy for them to reach for heavier and heavier weapons and turn to obscene levels of violence to counter defensive measures."'We welcome David Cameron's interest in maritime affairs, but we also have to warn him that the current defence cuts are likely to compromise the Royal Navy's ability to fight piracy."ITF seafarers' section chair Dave Heindel added: "What's an ...

Supporting the SaveOurSeafarers Campaign Capt Kuba Szymanski, Secretary General of InterManager, is giving a presentation regarding the SaveOurSeafarers Campaign, during the 2nd Annual Safety4Sea Forum, Session 1The 2nd Safety4Sea Forum, a PRO BONO event, successfully completed on 5th of October 2011 in Athens, covering a wide range in QHSE issues.The event has been attended by over 340 delegates at the venue representing more than 170 companies, plus more than 100 persons watching live streaming. The event organized by IBS Marine Consulting Group and sponsored by Aspida Maritime Security, Dorian Hellas, Transmar Shipping and Lloyd's Register and supported by BIMCO, Intermanager, SaveOurSeafarers campaign, Steamship Mutual, Green Award, Cardiff University, ELNAVI, NAFTIKA XRONIKA, Tanker Operator, Shipmanagement International and Marintech NewsFor more information about the Forum visithttp://www.safety4sea.com/forum/2For more information about Safety4Sea visit the official site http://www.safety4sea.com

InterManager campaign has received more than 90% support InterManager members have called for more proactive methods to be developed in the protection of ships transiting pirate-infested trade lanes by launching a campaign to allow owners and third party managers the freedom of choice in employing armed guards onboard ships they manage.The InterManager campaign, which has received more than 90% support from its members, proposes to lobby Flag States and Charterers to review their rules relating to armed guards onboard ship.It claims that any decision taken to provide armed guards should be based on a robust risk assessment of each vessel and its transit and should be in accordance with the guidance set out in Best Management Practices 4 (BMP4) - the recently produced IMO guidelines on the employment of armed guards. Such decisions should be unhindered by restrictive Flag State legislation or Charter Party agreements.Pressure for greater protection of ships transiting danger areas such as the Gulf of Aden and the NW Indian Ocean has grown following concerns over the effectiveness of naval operations in the area. Notwithstanding the efforts of the international community's naval forces deployed in the area since 2008, more than 3,500 seafarers have been taken hostage ...

An industry wide performance measurement tool InterManager, the international trade association for the shipmanagement industry, announced the completion of the development phase of its six-year project to produce an industry wide performance measurement tool.The Project is set to be rolled-out to the worldwide shipping industry.Working with The Norwegian Research Council , Marintek, Wilhelmsen ASA and a range of Industry Stakeholders, InterManager has developed a global shipping industry standard for defining, measuring and reporting information on operational performance.The Shipping KPI Project proposes a global shipping industry standard for defining, measuring and reporting information on operational performance in order to boost performance improvements internally in companies engaged in ship operation activities and provide an efficient communication platform about ship operation performance information to internal and external stakeholders through increased transparency.InterManager President Alastair Evitt, Managing Director of Meridian MarineManagement Limited, announced this milestone at a lunchtime reception at the London offices of the International Maritime Organisation today (June 21st)."I am delighted that InterManager members, in collaboration with many industry stakeholders, have been able to bring this comprehensive new measurement system to the worldwide maritime industry.It has taken a great many hours of work and a huge commitment from our membership and other stakeholders ...