2022 CAREER4SEA Virtual Forum: Industry is taking action to embrace young generation - SAFETY4SEA - Safety4Sea

The 2022 CAREER4SEA Forum took spot virtually connected December 14th, focusing connected ways to pull the young procreation and rise its illustration to stakeholders extracurricular the sector.

Participants of this year’s lawsuit highlighted that maritime manufacture is an breathtaking assemblage that offers galore opportunities and a wide scope of options to those who are presently successful the pursuit of a promising career.

Furthermore, it was highlighted that the maritime manufacture indispensable commencement actively engaging with and investing successful the adjacent procreation of seafarers if it wants to support proviso chains sustainable implicit the adjacent decades. Young radical contiguous are precise dynamic, empowered and are genuinely passionate astir utilizing their talents to make a affirmative impact. They volition spell wherever they consciousness valued, respected, and inspired, truthful the maritime manufacture needs to measurement up and code holistically Diversity, Equity and Inclusion issues.

The lawsuit was organized by SAFETY4SEA having arsenic pb sponsors the pursuing organizations: MacGregor and SQEMARINE. Other sponsors were: American Club, ARCADIA SHIPMANAGEMENT CO. LTD, Blue Planet Shipping Ltd, Capital-Executive Ship Management Corp., Capital Gas Ship Management Corp., Capital Shipmanagement, Columbia Ship Management, Diaplous, Dorian LPG, Eastern Mediterranean Maritime Limited (EASTMED), EURONAV, Green Jakobsen, Latsco Marine Management Inc., Metropolitan College, North of England P&I Club, OCEANKING, RISK4SEA, SEAFiT, Standard Club, Steamship Mutual, UK Club.

Session #1 – Shipping Past, Present, Future

The archetypal sheet of the event, moderated by Namrata Nadkarni, Founder & CEO, Intent Communications Ltd addressed cardinal absorption areas for the station pandemic shipping. The pursuing experts participated: Costas Th. Kontes, Managing Director, V.Ships Greece Ltd.; Irene Notias, Country Manager, Sing Fuels Hellas & Founder, Director, Project Connect; Johan Smith, Head of Wellness, Sailors’ Society and; Evangelos Tzitzis, Unmanned Systems Manager, Diaplous Group.

A presumption by Apo Belokas, Managing Editor, SAFETY4SEA followed which focused connected trends shaping the vocation opportunities successful shipping. Furthermore, Nikos Marmatsouris, Group Senior Marketing Manager, GAC Shipping SA gave a presumption that serves arsenic a portion of vocation proposal to young shipping professional.

Session #2 – The Perfect Applicant

Experts of this panel, moderated by Gina Panayiotou, ESG Manager, West of England P&I Club, gave their proposal to young radical who are funny successful joining shipping and highlighted the request to put much successful brushed skills and skills development. The pursuing stakeholders participated: Cara Carter, Director, Halcyon Recruitment; Capt. Spyros Kyriakopoulos, Training Manager, Prime; Nina Natsolari, HR Manager, ERMA FIRST; Elpiniki Stylogianni, HR Manager, Almi Tankers S.A. and; Stamatios Tzanakis, Programme Leader, Metropolitan College

Sarah Tangan, Career Counsellor, International Maritime Recruiters Consulting, gave a presumption that focused connected reasons to articulation the shipping manufacture and what vocation prospects the manufacture offers.

Bjarke Jakobsen, Partner and Senior Consultant, Green Jakobsen suggested utile tools to equip leaders and make an charismatic moving environment.

Session #3 – Life onboard

The 3rd panel, moderated by Sandra Psychogiou, Editor In Chief, SAFETY4SEA, progressive treatment with seafarers/ captains connected challenges astatine sea. The pursuing seafarers participated: Oleksandr Kovalenko, Chief Officer, Ukrainian, Crude Oil Tanker, Euronav; Capt. Panagiotis Georgoulopoulos, Master, Maran Dry Management Inc.; Dimitrios Kylafis, Chief Engineer, Maran Gas Maritime Inc.; Capt. Theodoros Thymiakos, Master, Maran Tankers Management Inc. and; Capt. Nikolaos Tsakalis, Master/Aframax/Suezmax,Greece, Kyklades Maritime Corporation, who shared astatine archetypal manus acquisition of enactment and beingness onboard, discussed astir the skills that their concern requires, the pros and cons, encouraging the young procreation to articulation a vocation astatine sea.

The league ended with a presumption by Project Connect entitled ‘The archetypal Virtual Shipping Company Tour’ which explained the reasons down this inaugural that has created the 1st CV online information basal conscionable for students and grads of Shipping, since 2015.

Session #4 – Shipping manufacture arsenic an charismatic moving environment

The past sheet was moderated by Maria Mavroudi, Founding Partner, Searock Marine and included the pursuing experts: Capt. Sudhir Malhotra, Senior Surveyor Loss Prevention, Standard Club.; Capt. VS Parani, Vice President – Marine, Tufton Asset Management Ltd.; Sue Terpilowski, Managing Director, Image Line Communications Ltd; and Capt. Sokratis Tigkos, Crew Manager/Marine Manager, Omicron Ship Management. Experts highlighted that manufacture needs to go much unfastened to the young talents by embracing DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) portion intelligence information and intelligence wellness & wellbeing are presently apical issues to address.

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