Tag: World Maritime University

BIMCO is supporting a study conducted by the World Maritime University for the European Maritime Safety Agency to identify potential safety issues related to COVID-19 and the risks that may contribute to maritime accidents and incidents.

After the Amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) Annex VI entered into force, the World Maritime University welcomed the development.

On the occasion of United Nations Day, Dr Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, President of the World Maritime University (WMU), reflects on the important role the United Nations (UN) plays in gathering the world’s nations together.

From 29-31 August, the first face-to-face meeting of the Nordplus research project took place in Tallinn, Estonia. “Dealing with anxiety during a pandemic to improve adult well-being” was the theme of the meeting.

The World Maritime University is seeking to find out seafarers’ views on hours of work/rest, workload, and ship manning in a new survey.

The latest virtual regional train-the-trainer course to address the issue of underreporting of marine casualty investigations is underway (11- 29 October), as IMO announced.

IMO has called on all shipping stakeholders to provide input to the Experience Building Phase (EBP) designed to see just how the BWM Convention is working. BIMCO informs that shipowners can now submit such data directly to the World Maritime University. 

The video, released by the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative, presents Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, the first female president of the World Maritime University (WMU). The video forms part of the TUMI's 'Remarkable Women 2021' report. 

The World Maritime University (WMU) announced it is partnering on the EU funded Horizon 2020 (H2020) research project CHEK - deCarbonizing sHipping by Enabling Key technology symbiosis on real vessel concept designs.

Amid the review meeting for the Cyber-MAR project which took place on 10 November, World Maritime University (WMU) presented the initiative's work progression during its first year.