Mark Heward Named Director at MITAGS
HM Ships WESTMINSTER and SOMERSET as Operations Officer, where he participated in Op BLOWBACK’s interception of 5 tons of narcotics in UK Waters. Heward also deployed on Op COUGAR, providing maritime force protection to Her Majesty the Queen during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Conference in Malta (2015).During his time with the Royal Navy, Heward also served as a Navigating Officer. He completed Preliminary and then Fleet Navigating Officer courses in 2007, joining IRON DUKE through successive Atlantic Patrol Task (North) deployments in 2008 and 2009, including a short and unexpected APT
Maltese Firms Partner on Maritime Training
and Training Center (MaritimeMT) and the International Safety Training College (ISTC) will create a new set of courses covering both maritime training and the oil and gas sectors offering some of the highest training standards in these industry sectors from January 2021.MaritimeMT, founded by the Malta Maritime Pilots in 2010, currently offers online and classroom training courses for local and foreign ports with curriculum designed specifically for ship masters, tug masters, ships’ officers, naval officers and cadets. Over the coming months, MaritimeMT will develop its fire-fighting courses
Malta Maritime Forum Targets Professional Education
The Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and the Malta Maritime Forum have signed an MoU which will support the education of shipping professionals in Malta as part of the island’s maritime growth strategy. The MoU formalizes informal co-operation between the MMF and the Institute which goes back 40 years and will serve as a vehicle to jointly formulate and develop activities. The MMF will build upon this link to provide the local maritime industry with formal education which is recognized internationally. “Malta is already well served with courses for engineers, masters
European Dockworkers to Hold Two-hour Strike
states of the European Union. The IDC added it completely opposes any attempts to increase job instability and precariousness in the ports, along with any form of privatization that opposes the interests of workers. Dockworkers from Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Greece, Malta, Montenegro, Portugal, Britain, Spain, Slovenia, Sweden and Latvia met in Koper, Slovenia in a demonstration of unity
MLC, 2006 Inspections Yield Positive Results
of the onboard complaint procedure (5 percent). Most of the 3,674 ships inspected during the CIC were general cargo/multi-purpose ships (1,062, 28.9 percent) and bulk carriers (789, 21.5 percent), and most inspections were performed aboard vessels flying the flags of Panama (433, 11.8 percent), Malta with (328, 8.9 percent) and Liberia with (314, 8.5 percent). The campaign results will be further analyszd and findings will be presented to the Port State Control Committee. The final CIC report will be published on the Paris MoU website
Keppel Wins $88.5M in Floating Production Contracts
by Yinson Production (West Africa) Pte Ltd (Yinson), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yinson Holdings Berhad. Work on the LNG FSU conversion for Bumi Armada is scheduled to be completed in 3Q 2016. Upon completion, the LNG FSU vessel will operate at the Delimara LNG Regasification Terminal in Malta. As for the FPSO conversion for Yinson, work is expected to commence in 1Q 2016. The work scope includes modification work, new equipment installation complete with associated piping, electrical and instrumentation systems as well as installation and integration of the FPSO process topsides
Education and Training the Theme for World Maritime Day
was a cornerstone of global maritime education and training and a vital and integral part of the IMO family. “At IMO, we are unique among UN agencies to have two affiliated educational institutions – the World Maritime University and the International Maritime Law Institute (in Malta). We are very proud of these and of the many graduates they have produced who now hold positions of responsibility and influence within the maritime community,” he said. Without a quality labor force, motivated, trained and skilled to the appropriate international standards,
High Seas Becoming Less Secure
significantly to the numbers of migrants entering Europe by boat from Libya – itself in the throes of a chaotic and violent aftermath of the demise of the Gadhafi regime. Astbury added: “More than 190,000 people have been trafficked this year alone through Libya into mainly Italy and Malta. With the cost of a passage estimated at up to USD1000 per person this implies a flow of funds into to criminal networks of almost USD200 million over the same period. Experience in the Horn of Africa and elsewhere has indicated a close connection between people trafficking, piracy and the trafficking
Paris MoU Reports 113 MLC Detentions in First Year
started enforcing the MLC, 2006 from August 20, 2013: Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, the Russian Federation, Spain and Sweden. During the first year of implementation, member states Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Malta and the United Kingdom began to enforce MLC, 2006, bringing the total to 21
Global Entities Convene for Maritime Career Day
The Malta Maritime Careers Day will see the participation of three eminent international entities in its first year of staging. These will be ICOMIA - the International Council of Marine Industry Associations, SNAME - The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers - based in Virginia, U.S. and the IMO International Maritime Law Institute. The objective of the Malta Maritime Careers Day is to bring together professionals, educators and leading industry players to discuss and encourage the improvement in academic and practical training for the common benefit of interested students, the industry
Xuereb Named CEO at Valletta Cruise Port
Group with effect from June 1, 2014. Xuereb succeeds John Portelli who has been at the helm of the company over the past five years. Xuereb, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Accountants and a Henley MBA graduate, played a central role in Valletta Cruise Port plc’s success (formerly Viset Malta plc) since its inception in 2002. Xuereb’s current role is that of group’s Chief Finance Officer, a position he has occupied since 2009. He has been responsible for the setting up of the finance and administration function, overseeing the financing of the €37 million capital intensive