Marine Log - June 2008 - (Page 25)

SHIPPING the opportunities for cross-fertilization of experience and ideas across the Unicommanaged fleet. This will go some way to addressing tightness in the labor markets and to delivering relevant training and experience quickly. “While our focus on single language [Russian] crews provides clear operational and safety benefits, as our fleet expands it does mean we need to increase our recruitment efforts in the Former Soviet Union (FSU) beyond the traditional maritime clusters of St. Petersburg, Novorossiysk, Vladivostok and Odessa, where Unicom already has crewing offices.” In a bid to ease crew shortages, the Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement Group is being selective about the new vessels it is taking into the fleet and focusing on existing principals and their individual expansion plans. According to CEO Andreas Droussiotis: “We have been very selective about the number of vessels we take in [to the fleet]. We have a serious approach towards our existing clients’ needs and requirements and we look after them first before looking for additional owners and vessels. We have been offering more structured training and have been monitoring operations and performance through extra visits to our ships.” INTERMANAGER SUPPORTS SEAFARERS OVER UNFAIR CRIMINALIZATION InterManager, the trade association for in-house and third-party ship managers as well as crew managers, has thrown its weight behind the call for seafarers to be protected against unfair criminalization in the event of a casualty. At a recent meeting of the InterManager Executive Committee in London, the association said it strongly supported its members’ position that seafarers should not be made victims of a system whereby they are incarcerated because they are the only representatives of an owner in the country where the incident took place. “The situation is different if the person concerned is negligent because then they should be liable for their actions. But we cannot have our masters being the victims if they have done everything right Director of Justice and Welfare ata the Mission to Seafarers, the Rev. Ken Peters and Captain David John, Deputy CEO of Graig Ship Management holding up the signed MoU www.marinelog.com JUNE 2008 YEARBOOK MARINE LOG 25 http://www.arl.psu.edu http://www.arl.psu.edu http://www.marinelog.com

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Marine Log - June 2008 Contents Editorial Second Thoughts Update Inside Washington Innovation Needed to Meet Crew Shortage Optimism Abounds Despite Slowing Economy Can Shipping's Shopaholics Keep Up the Buying Binge? Can Congress Keep Navy Shipbuilding Off the Rocks? Fitting the Ultra-deepwater Pieces Together Generation Next Higher Demand, Higher Prices Demand Up For Large Combination Vessels The Dirty Truth About Emissions SSAS: Realizing Its Potential Fuel Saving Technology Newsmakers Tech News Contracts Events Buyer's Guide Website Directory ML Marketplace Tech Talk

Marine Log - June 2008

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