Webinar: Ship Crew Management Resilience by BS Group

About Virtual Conference

Statistically, human error causes 75% of shipboard fires and explosions as well as 90% collisions at sea which leads to environmental and economical losses. So to avoid human errors and safely operate ships the owner company should ensure crew management resilience and sustainability. We decided to arrange an event which can be informative for both seafarers and owners (employers) within sharing experiences as well as solutions for challenges. In two day agenda we will discuss following topics:

Day1: - 26 May 2021

• Current challenges: Covid 19 restrictions, crew change, vaccination
• Particular support programmes to help seafarers manage and reduce stress
• Digitalization benefits in ship crewing

Day 2: - 27 May 2021

• Safety compliances for crew
• Crew training and certification

Meet The Presenters

Stefan Vis

Client Solutions Manager

RelyOn Nutec

Mr. Stefan Vis has worked in developing and delivering maritime safety training for the last 15 years, having taught STCW safety training to crews from the cruise industry, shipping and offshore support vessels. Stefan has developed the combined STCW training refreshers, known as the 3-Combi, which has become the de-facto standard approach to delivering STCW refresher courses in the maritime industry in the Netherlands. Today, Stefan’s work focuses on ensuring that maritime crews have the proper competences consistently over time rather than only focusing on compliance and certifications. In RelyOn Nutec we support this by offering e-Learning, Competence management systems, innovative approaches to practical such as scenario-based custom training programs and much more.
Stefanos Chatzinikolaou

Manager, Global Marine Training Centre

RINA

Dr. Stefanos Chatzinikolaou is the manager of the Global Marine Training Centre of RINA and the head of RINA’s marine research projects in Southeast Europe. He is a graduate of the School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, where he also concluded his PhD in methodologies for assessing sustainability in the maritime transport sector. His professional background includes research (ten years of experience in EU funded research projects), professional maritime training, and consulting engineering. His main fields of work and interest are ship energy efficiency, ship life cycle assessment, ship air emissions, maritime safety, and human factors. In 2020, he was elected Assistant Professor in the Department of Maritime Studies of the University of Piraeus, Greece.
Christos Sialakoumas

Crew Manager

Dorian LPG

Christos Sialakoumas has nineteen years of experience in the heart of the shipping industry.
After graduating from Metropolitan University with a Master’s degree in “Shipping Business with Shipping Management” he spent six successful years working for “Inchcape Shipping Services Agency”, being responsible for operational matters along with seafarers’ crew changes. Afterwards, he transitioned to “EasyCruise” holding the position of Marine Operations Coordinator and in 2010 he started working for “TMS Tankers LTD” as a tanker crew operator, whereas he was handling a fleet of tanker vessels taking care of all crew relative matters. In 2013, until present day, he joined “Dorian LPG Management Corp” taking over the position of Crew Manager handling a fleet composed of twenty two vessels, whereas the Crew Department within such a Company needs to be conducted efficiently, especially in this highly demanding market.
Jason Zuidema

General Secretary

International Christian Maritime Association (ICMA)

Jason Zuidema (PhD, McGill University) is Executive Director of the North American Maritime Ministry Association (NAMMA) and General Secretary of the International Christian Maritime Association (ICMA).
Shashank Jahagirdar

Global Head of Crewing & Marine HR

Maersk Tankers

After sailing for 21 years, Captain Shashank Jahagirdar moved ashore in 2012 to start shore career in HSSEQ in Singapore. He moved to India to head manning office of Maersk Line and Maersk Tankers, responsible for 3500 seafarers. Shashank played a key role in incorporating Maersk Tankers in India and setting up a new office in Mumbai in 2017. In January 2018, he continued his responsibilities as Head of manning office India for Maersk Tankers as well as Director of Maersk Tankers India. Same year in November, Shashank was promoted to Global Head of Crewing & Marine HR for Maersk Tankers. After completing MBA in 2017, he enrolled for phD and expected to get his Doctorate degree August this year.
Dimitrios Fokas

Training Manager

Angelicoussis Shipping Group

Dimitris Fokas is the Training Manager of Angelicoussis Shipping Group based in Greece. He is 61 years old, married with 2 children. He graduated as a Naval Architect and Marine Engineer from the National Technical University of Athens in 1983. He joined in 1984 the Hellenic Ministry of Mercantile Marine as an officer of the Hellenic Coast Guard and served in various posts as Port State Control and in Merchant Ships Inspection Service. He was appointed in 2001 as the technical representative of Greece to IMO in London for 2 years. He then joined the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) in Brussels as senior assessor of Classification Societies for a period of 3 years until 2007. He retired as commodore as Director of Safety of Navigation in the Hellenic Coast Guard. He then worked for 2 years as Area Quality Manager of Germanischer Lloyd, when he joined in 2011 the Angelicoussis Shipping Group as Training Manager of DELPHIC, the inhouse training center of the group. He is the vice chair of INTERTANKO Human Element committee.
Alexander Dimitrevich

Managing Director

IMCRS

Alexander is a Clinical psychologist, did his master’s degree scientific work at Odessa National State University, he is also a candidate for PHD in sociology. Since 2002 he has been working for different International and National organizations including ITF, ETF, MPHRP, and Sailors’ Society as Crisis-at-Sea Response Programme coordinator and consultant. Alexander is trained and experienced in organizing and providing support for trauma survivors, helping seafarers affected by piracy and other calamities that happened at sea. This programme was successful in its objectives, winning awards including Safety at Sea and Seatrade Maritime Security Award presented by HRH Princess Royal. Alexander has Maritime Lloyd’s Academy Diploma in Crew Management and he is March on Stress associate. He is trained as Trauma Risk Management (TRiM Practitioner/Manager). In 2015 he helped to organize and interviewed Ukrainian piracy survivors in the framework of Long-term impact of Maritime Piracy on Seafarers –International survey conducted by Ocean Beyond the Piracy/One Earth Future Foundation.
Alexander is co-author and trainer of Three Layer Psychosocial support system for trauma survivors which was recognized by Odessa National State University and has been utilizing as a basic training model for non-psychologists in Ukraine. This training course is being given to militants, National Guard, Navy, Fire Brigades, First Responders, social workers and other professionals in Ukraine.
He is a certified Wellness-at-Sea trainer and has been giving training for seafarers, managers and crewmanning departments of International shipping companies. Currently Alexander is founder and Managing Director of Intelligent Management & Crisis Response Solutions Ltd
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WE ARE A CLOSE TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK TOGETHER TO PROVIDE THE EFFICIENT NETWORKING AND MATCHMAKING SOLUTIONS.

This Virtual Conference Has 2 Sections

Session 1

Ship Crew Management Resilience - Day 1

Wednesday, May 26, 2021 · 3:00 PM CEST

Statistically, human error causes 75% of shipboard fires and explosions as well as 90% collisions at sea which leads to environmental and economical losses. So to avoid human errors and safely operate ships the owner company should ensure crew management resilience and sustainability. We decided to arrange an event which can be informative for both seafarers and owners (employers) within sharing experiences as well as solutions for challenges. In two day agenda we will discuss following topics:

Day1: - 26 May 2021

• Current challenges: Covid 19 restrictions, crew change, vaccination
• Particular support programmes to help seafarers manage and reduce stress
• Digitalization benefits in ship crewing

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Session 2

Ship Crew Management Resilience -Day 2

Thursday, May 27, 2021 · 3:00 PM CEST

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