Tag: Maritime Knowledge

To reduce the risk of large nurdle spills experienced in recent years, the regulatory work is now focusing on packaging requirements for plastic pellets within the freight container, notification to the carrier so that containers containing plastic pellets can be identified quickly to aid recovery, and stowage requirements for containers containing plastic pellets, argues Mrs. Kim Jefferies, Special Adviser, Arendal. 

During the 2023 SAFETY4SEA Limassol Forum, Evros Damianou, Education Program Lead, KeelX Education, referred to the major challenges of e-learning and the new technologies which will framework the future of the eLearning market.

During the 2023 SAFETY4SEA Limassol Forum, Nicholas Rich, Group Technical Manager – Systems at Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM), pointed out that complexity increases the need for training.

During the 2023 SAFETY4SEA Limassol Forum, Giampiero Soncini, Managing Director, Oceanly Srl, questioned whether the new breed of maritime software that is coming, is good for the industry and why this software is so special.

During the 2023 SAFETY4SEA Limassol Forum, Marvin Bielek, Project Manager and Instructional Designer, MINTRA, noticed that modern technologies develop at a lightning speed and are adopted by our industry quicker than ever.

During the 2023 SAFETY4SEA Limassol Forum, Capt. VS Parani, Vice President- Marine at Tufton Asset Management Ltd., highlighted that a robust culture is required even when we have the best equipment or people on board.

During the 2023 SAFETY4SEA Limassol Forum, Panagiotis Bousounis, Cyprus Operations Manager, DNV Maritime, elaborated on the alternative fuel scenarios and explained that fuel flexibility and bridging of technologies will pave the way towards de-carbonization.

During the 2023 SMART4SEA Forum, Mr. Ross Millar, Loss Prevention Associate, Steamship Mutual, gave a presentation titled “Augmented Reality adoption: Prospects & Hurdles for Navigational Safety in Shipping”, explaining the benefits of such systems, which training standards are vital and what kind of experience is needed towards.

Mr. Jacob Damgaard, Associate Director, Loss Prevention, Britannia P&I Club says that the construction of offshore windmill farms has been a booming market over the last decade and expected to grow even further in the years to come as more and more countries are shifting to green energy.

During the 2023 SMART4SEA Forum, Mr. Valentinos Steliou, Innovation Director, Mintra, referred to the benefits of AI and machine learning to support the upskilling as well as reskilling of seafarers globally. The development of the next generation of seafarers calls for tools and means beyond our capabilities today, he concluded.