Tag: Interviews

Ms. Katerina Stathopoulou, Member of the WISTA International Executive Committee, advises how to ensure a long term career in shipping and talks about WISTA’s efforts to achieve gender balance in shipping, which by nature is a male –dominated industry. Ms Stathopoulou refers to WISTA’s powerful collaborations with big Associations, confirming that the organisation continues action towards women’s empowerment in the maritime community.

RINA Academy Philippines is the winner of the SAFETY4SEA Training Award this year. Capt Nicolo Terrei discusses about the current and future challenges concerning seafarers' training and emphasizes on the need for making seafarers fully familiarized with the new technology introduced onboard. Capt. Terrei further says that training needs to change direction and focus on enhancing the skill of the officer with a deeper familiarization and training ashore as well as on board. 

Marlink's ‘Xchange Telemed’ is the winner of the SAFETY4SEA Technology Award this year. Mr. Panagiotis Falidouris, General Manager CG, Marlink Hellas, highlights ways to meet the new MLC and STCW regulations for health and medical treatment onboard.

Barry Bryant (Commodore, RN), Director General at Seafarers UK, talks about the actions that the welfare charity has taken for providing vital support to seafarers in need and their families. He discusses about the most common challenges faced by men and women at sea  and gives his advice  to younger generation  looking to develop a career at sea

Raal Harris, Videotel’s Creative Content Director, encourages the industry to re-appraise the way it conducts and manages training. Referring to his company’s approach, Mr. Harris highlights the importance to design and offer training in accordance with the digital evolution and discusses about the current and future challenges of seafarers’ training.

In an exclusive interview with SAFETY4SEA, Johannah Christensen & Michael Soested, Directors of the Global Maritime Forum, talk about their hopes & and present and the agenda of the forum which intends to present the first results of its initiatives at the inaugural summit in October 2018.

Dr.Stefan Micallef, Director, Marine Environment Division, IMO outlines the important issues concerning the BWM Convention after MEPC71.  Dr. Micallef highlights that the latest IMO Committee was a significant milestone for the Convention and explains how the decisions made at MEPC71 aim to enhance certainty and confidence among the industry stakeholders with regard to the BWMC effective implementation.

Craig Patrick, Wartsila refers to company’s actions towards providing proper training for its BTWS. It is important the market to fully understand and value the importance of crew training for successful integration and safe operations, Mr. Patrick notes. Hence, Wartsila offers extensive training for the successful implementation of its BWTS.

Jad Mouawad, CEO at Mouawad Consulting, clarifies important issues with respect to the BWM Convention implementation after MEPC71 and highlights that only the D-2 standard has been pushed forward; from 8 September 2017, industry will officially start protecting the marine environment through exchange.

In an exclusive interview with GREEN4SEA, Mr. Alexis Rodriguez, Panama Canal’s Environmental Protection Specialist, discussed the Canal’s efforts to reduce its carbon footprint. After one year of operation, the Expanded Canal contributed to a reduction of more than 17 million tons of CO2, however, this is only the beginning. Mr. Rodriguez said that the Canal has in store various environmental sustainability and renewable energy initiatives which reinforce that the Panama Canal is a unique ‘Green Route’ for the worldwide trade.