Sailors’ Society Launches Sea Mate Training Pilot
million seafarers as possible, this role will help maintain crew wellbeing on board and offer that first and vital triage support when seafarers are in distress.”The Sea Mate pilot will take place this month (February). Seafarers from Seaspan, Seaarland Shipping Management Services, Uniteam Marine, Sanmar Group, MT Shipping, and Songa Shipmanagement will trial the three-day online course
Friends Strengthen Turkish Tug Builder
Reflecting its now dominant role in the international tug bulding market, Sanmar Shipyards in Turkey has taken the decision to significantly strengthen its team of executive directors with the appointment of two widely experienced men to bolster the existing board's range of experience and expertise. Although recruited independently, by some strange coincidence, the two new appointees first met as eleven year old boys. They had both been selected for a special training program preparing students proposing to take entrance examinations for foreign High Schools established in Turkey.Kerim
Oben Naki Heads to Canada
Emphasising the close working relationship which exists between naval architects Robert Allan Ltd and Turkish shipbuilders Sanmar Ltd, Sanmar's Oben Naki has relocated to Vancouver BC to join the Canadian designers as contracts manager (Turkey). Naki joined Sanmar Shipyards in 2007 immediately on qualifying as a naval architect and marine engineer. He has since gone on to obtain an MBA at Yeditepe University in Istanbul, Turkey’s leading educational establishment. Sanmar has currently constructed some 120 tugs of various sizes and power to Robert Allan designs.
IBAC Executive Training Participants Visit Sanmar
and ethical principles in the context of international business, was held for the 15th time this year. This was the first time an IBAC course was held in Istanbul, where the executives in training visited the major appliance manufacturer and supplier Arçelik and Turkey’s tugboat builder Sanmar. During the visit, IBAC participants had the opportunity to find out about Sanmar’s operations, management principles and corporate activities that involve cultural exchange during a presentation given by Sanmar Project Director Ali Gürün. Gürün, who shared his experiences
