Gen Memo 35/12: AGM 10-12 Papers / ADB Deadline / New Member / Nautical Institute /

Murray GoldbIerg / ICSW Newsletter Dear Members,

PLEASE ENSURE THIS GEN MEMO IS WIDELY DISTRIBUTED WITHIN YOUR

INSTITUTION

1 AGM 1012 Papers

The agenda papers for the Annual General Meeting to be held at the Manila Yacht Club on the

evening of Wednesday 14 November are attached. Because of the size of the files, the audited

Financial Statements are being sent in an additional Gen Memo 35A/12. A signed hard copy of

the complete Financial Statements will be tabled at the meeting.

The AGM will convene following the closing for the day of the Asia Pacific Manning &

Training Conference at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza. Transport between the Sofitel and the Yacht

Club, which is nearby, will be arranged. We will aim to start the meeting at 1830 hours.

Members' attention is again respectfully drawn to the following, included in Gen Memo 34/12:

· Clause 1.2 of the GlobalMET Constitution provides "Member' means a person

described as a Member of GlobalMET in clause 5 and includes a Member present by

proxy;

· Clause 5 of the GlobalMET Constitution provides that a Member has been admitted

by the Board and paid subscriptions in full;

· Clause 11(e) of the GlobalMET Constitution provides Absentee Vote - The Members

who are unable to attend any General Meeting may exercise their vote by written

proxy;

· Clause 11(b) provides The Quorum for any general meeting shall be fifteen (15)

Members;

· the attached paper AGM 1012 (1) Att A 'Proxy Form.'

With the global nature of our network, it can be difficult to ensure a quorum. It is therefore

important that a representative of a Member unable to be represented at the Annual General

Meeting, sign and return the attached Nomination of Proxy form to the Secretariat

<secretariat@globalmet.org> or the ExecSec <rod.short3@gmail.com> well before the meeting

please.

Any Member wishing to have a matter raised at the AGM is requested to advise the ExecSec

accordingly as soon as possible.

2 ADB Extends Period for Lodging EoI

Please be advised that the Asian Development Bank has extend the period for receipt of

Expressions of Interest in SC 100966 REG: Human Resource Development in the Maritime

Sector in Asia and the Pacific to 5 November. As advised in Gen Memo 32/12 interested

candidates should register as consultants online for this assignment through the Consultant

Management System site -

https://uxdmz06.adb.org/OA_HTML/OA.jsp?OAFunc=XXCRS_CSRN_HOME_PAGE -

where it can be found under 'By Duration', 'Less than 3 months'.

3 New Academy Joins GlobalMET

Paul Russell, a Member of the GlobalMET Advisory Council has kindly provided the following

note about the formation of the Maritime Skills Academy in Dover, United Kingdom:

Dieter Jaenicke, Chairman and Founder of Viking Recruitment, has been in discussion with

different areas of the industry for a little while, and especially with his closest customers. Under

his leadership the vision of maritime education and training in Dover has started to take hold.

Dieter asked me to join the team last year and I have been responsible for putting together the

business plan and providing the detailed knowledge about the best way to proceed with

providing quality education and training. The main focus of the Academy will be to provide a

“one stop shop” professional development service within a recognised career roadmap.

Our aim is to build a facility that retains the best practices of “customer focus” combined with

professional educational values. In line with other GlobalMET members, we hope that the

students attending the Dover Campus will be able to take away the lessons learned and reflect on

how they impact on their life at sea. We also aim for the students to think about how they can

bring about change for the better by gradually improving the professional culture of the practices

on-board.

We are looking forward to being part of the global maritime education and training scene and to

working with GlobalMET.

It is a pleasure to warmly welcome the Maritime Skills Academy, to wish all involved every

success and to look forward to hearing more as development proceeds.

4 Nautical Institute Request

The following has been received from The Nautical Institute, a GlobalMET Member:

We would like to ask for your help.

The Nautical Institute is running a very short survey to find out which maritime publications you

read most often and also a little about your use of mobile technology.

The results will help us to target communications to our members even more effectively going

forward.

Our survey only takes 2 minutes to complete – and you’ll have the chance of winning £50 worth

of Nautical Institute merchandise.

Take the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N7SRZ2C

The survey link will be closed on Friday 30th November 2012.

5 New Article from Maritime Training Issues: The Human Element on a Budget

Attached please find the latest article by Murray Goldberg. In his summary, Murray writes:

Organizations of any size and resource availability can (and should) make great strides to

improve how they train their employees. No budget is too small, and the benefits to the

organization will always outweigh the cost and effort expended. This article looks at how we can

improve in-house training outcomes and an organization's safety culture on a budget.

Read the full blog post here: http://www.marinels.com/about/blog.html

6 ICSW Newsletter

Attached please find the October Newsletter from the International Committee on Seafarers'

Welfare.

Kind regards

Rod Short

Executive Secretary

GlobalMET Limited

AGM 10-12 (1)

GlobalMET Limited Australian Company Number 103 233 754

10th

Annual General Meeting, 14 November 2012

Manila Yacht Club, Roxas Boulevard, Manila, Philippines

AGENDA

1. Adoption of Agenda, Attendance, Proxy Votes, Apologies AGM 10-12 (1)

- Form for Proxy Vote AGM 10-12 (1) Att A

2. Confirmation of Minutes of AGM 08-10 AGM 10-12 (2)

3. Matters Arising

4. Chairman’s Report AGM 10-12 (4)

5. Finance Report AGM 10-12 (5)

- Audited Financial Statements for FY 2010-2011 AGM 10-12 (5) Att A

6. Appointment of Auditor AGM 10-12 (6)

7. Development AGM 10-12 (7)

8. Election of Directors AGM 10-12 (8)

9. AGM 11-13: Venue, Date, Business & Activities

10. General Business

Anura Seneviratne

Australian Maritime College

Secretary

01 November 2012

AGM 10-12 (1) Att A

GlobalMET GlOBAL MARITIME EDUCATION & TRAINING ASSOCIATION

GlobalMET Limited ACN 103 233 754

Chair: New Zealand Maritime School 2 Commerce Street Private Bag 96028 Auckland New Zealand

ExecSec: Rod Short P O Box 307 Waikanae Kapiti Coast New Zealand rod.short3@gmail.com

Secretariat: Core Competency Marine Services C7/3 Main Massood Market Vasant Kunj New Delhi 110070 India

Tel 91 11 2612 4221 Fax 91 11 2689 4188 secretariat@globalmet.org www.globalmet.org

Annual General Meeting 10-12

Manila Yacht Club, Roxas Boulevard, Manila, Philippines, 14 November 2012

NOMINATION OF PROXY

I _____________________________________ being a representative of GlobalMET

Member Institution ____________________________________________________

do hereby authorise the Chairman of the Board of Directors of GlobalMET Limited to

exercise a vote on behalf of my institution.

Signed _______________________________

Date _______________________________

Please note:

A ‘Member’ has been admitted by the Board of GlobalMET Limited and has paid

membership subscriptions in full. The categories of Members are Member, Associate

Member, Honorary Member, Business Member, Individual Member, however only a

Member shall have the right to vote and hold office.

A quorum for a general meeting shall be 15 Members.

Given the global nature of the membership, to ensure a quorum it is important that each

Member unable to attend a general meeting sign and return this proxy form to the

Executive Secretary rod.short3@gmail.com or the Secretariat

secretariat@globalmet.org not later than 48 hours prior to the meeting, which is

expected to start at around 1800 hours on 14 November.

AGM 10-12 (2)

GlobalMET Limited Australian Company Number 103 233 754

UNCONFIRMED MINUTES OF

9TH

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 16 NOVEMBER 2011

MANILA YACHT CLUB, MANILA, PHILIPPINES

1 Adoption of Agenda, Attendance and Apologies

The meeting commenced at 1910 hours and was attended by delegates from 18 financial

Members and 4 non-financial Members.

The following Directors and the Executive Secretary were present:

Capt Tim Wilson - New Zealand Maritime School – Chairman

VAdm Eduardo Santos – Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific – Vice Chairman

Capt John Lloyd – Australian Maritime College – Secretary/Treasurer

Capt Vinayak Mohla – Anglo-Eastern Group – on behalf of Capt Pradeep Chawla

Mr David Fredrick – Akademi Laut Malaysia

Prof Hideo Yabuki– Tokyo University of Marine Science & Technology

Capt Richard Teo – Seafood and Maritime Industries Training

Mr Swapan Das Sarma – Teledata Marine Solutions

Apologies were received from 12 Members and 1 Associate Member. Ten proxies were

received from financial Members . It was confirmed that a quorum existed. Details of

attendance and apologies were duly recorded.

With the exception of Agenda Item 8, which was attended to after confirmation of the

minutes of AGM 08/10, the Agenda as proposed was accepted. It was agreed, that

because of time constraints and availability of venue, papers would be taken as read and

items agreed that were not discussed.

2 Confirmation of Minutes of AGM 08/10

The Minutes of Annual General Meeting 08/10 were confirmed and adopted as a true and

correct record of the meeting.

Moved: Capt Tim Wilson – New Zealand Maritime School

Seconded: VAdm Eduardo Santos – Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific

3 Election of Directors, Chairman and Vice Chairman

On the expiry of their three year term, the five elected directors:

Capt Tim Wilson - New Zealand Maritime School – Chairman

VAdm Eduardo Santos – Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific – Vice Chairman

Capt John Lloyd – Australian Maritime College – Secretary/Treasurer

Capt Vinayak Mohla – Anglo-Eastern Group – on behalf of Capt Pradeep Chawla

Mr David Fredrick – Akademi Laut Malaysia

stood down and were unanimously re-elected for the period to AGM 12/2014.

Moved: Capt Richard Teo – Seafood and Maritime Industries Training

Seconded: Mr Swapan Das Sarma – American Digital University

Capt Tim Wilson was unanimously re-elected Chairman

VAdm Eduardo Santos was unanimously re-elected Vice Chairman

Moved: Mr George Hoyt – NewsLink / Face of Shipping

Seconded: Capt Richard Teo – Seafood and Maritime Industries Training

4 Matters Arising

It was agreed that any matters arising would be discussed under the relevant agenda item.

5 Chairman’s Report

IMO Model Courses: GlobalMET formally thanked the following Member institutes for

the work done on the model courses.

· 7.01: Master and Chief Mate. (Anglo-Eastern Ship Management)

· 7.02: Chief and 2nd Engineer Officer. (Australian Maritime College)

· 7.03: Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch. (Malaysian Maritime Academy

and now being finalised by Anglo-Eastern Ship Management)

· 7.04: Officer in Charge of an Engineering Watch. (Tokyo University of Marine

Science and Technology and the National Institute for Sea Training);

IMO Model Course 7.01 and 7.02 are already validated by IMO which has expressed

gratitude to GlobalMET.

The new model course on “Leadership and Teamwork” is currently being drafted by a

GlobalMET Working Group of 12, led by the Executive Secretary.

Deck and Engine Cadet Record Books: GlobalMET expressed appreciation and

formally thanked Anglo-Eastern Ship Management for the work done on the cadet record

books and activity work books, particularly by Capt Vinayak Mohla. Members

were requested to endorse these books and seek national flag administration’s approval.

Generation of a cash flow additional to subscription revenue is strategically important

GlobalMET, NI, WWF Posters: The posters being developed in collaboration with the

Nautical Institute and the World Wide Fund for Nature were discussed. The first,

depicting the Sargasso Sea, is in draft, with others planned. Seeding funds have been

provided by WWF. Overall funding was discussed and Capt Kuba Szymanski, Secretary

General of InterManager and Capt Christer Lindvall, President of the International

Federation of Ship Masters' Associations, expressed support for the project and a desire

to be involved. GlobalMET is to provide a written proposal. It was commented that other

companies will also like to put their logo alongside those of GlobalMET, NI and WWF.

Alternatives to a poster could be a calendar, table mats or screensavers.

GlobalMET website: The members in general thought more could be done with the

present GlobalMET website. The comments received were “not easily accessible”, “not

effective”, and “cannot search for any content easily”. It was decided that GlobalMET

will explore further development of the website and will solicit feedback from members

and younger people such as maritime college students. It was agreed that the final

payment be made for the development work already done.

It was agreed that the Chairman’s Report be received

Moved: VAdm E Santos – Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific

Seconded: George Hoyt – NewsLink / Face of Shipping

6 Finance Report

Chairman Capt T Wilson explained that, although changes in Australian regulatory

requirements for small non-profit companies, with liability limited by guarantee would

enable GlobalMET to do without an external audit each year, the established practice of

annual audit of the GlobalMET accounts and production of the annual Financial

Statements should continue.

It was agreed to continue with the annual external audit of the GlobalMET accounts and

production of the annual Financial Statements.

Moved: Capt John Lloyd – Australian Maritime College

Seconded: Mr David Fredrick – Malaysian Maritime Academy

7 Appointment of Auditors

It was agreed that Garrott and Garrott, be re-appointed as auditors of GlobalMET Limited

for the year ending 30 June 2012.

Moved: Capt John Lloyd – Australian Maritime College

Seconded: George Hoyt – NewsLink / Face of Shipping

8 Development

A comprehensive discussion addressed the following matters:

need to improve revenue and financial resources overall and how this might be

achieved; eg improved marketing, increased membership, financial benefits to

members such as discounts on publications and conference registration fees;

to address the shortage of competent trainers, initiating training in competency

based training and assessment, as well as provision of guidance notes;

the need for a quality academy bench marking system; there should be liaison

with the World Maritime University where some work is under way;

more involvement in the revision of IMO model courses and in capacity building

in reponse to the Manila amendments;

liaison with Informa with respect to a lower cost MET conference on the Friday

following the 2012 Asia Pacific Manning & Training Conference.

9 AGM 10/12

Preference for the next AGM to also be held in Manila in association with the 2012 Asia

Pacific Manning & Training Conference was expressed.

10 Any Other Business

The meeting was advised of the intention of the GlobalMET forum to be held on 18

November and also of the discussions being held with the Asian Development Bank.

The Chairman closed the meeting at 2100 hours, with an expression of thanks to all

participants, to VAdm Eduardo Santos for kindly arranging the meeting venue and

transport and to the Manila Yacht Club for providing the venue.

Resolution

That these minutes be signed as a true and correct record of Annual General Meeting 09/11

held on 16 November 2011 at the Manila Yacht Club, Manila, Philippines.

Chairman’s Signature __________________________ Date ____________________

AGM 10-12 (4)

GlobalMET Limited Australian Company Number 103 233 754

10th

Annual General Meeting, 14 November 2012

Manila Yacht Club, Roxas Boulevard, Manila, Philippines

CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

1 Board of Directors

The composition of the existing Board is: Elected: Capt Timothy Wilson - New Zealand Maritime School, Chair VAdm Eduardo Ma Santos - Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific, V/Chair Capt Pradeep Chawla - Anglo-Eastern Ship Management, Immediate Past Chair Capt Anura Seneviratne - Australian Maritime College, Secretary Mr David Fredrick - Malaysian Maritime Academy Coopted: Capt Richard Teo - Seafood and Maritime Industries Training Prof Hideo Yabuki - Tokyo University of Marine Science & Technology Mr Roland Tan - Singapore Maritime Academy* Mr Swapan Das Sarma – American Digital University * Designated Alternative Director Capt Mhd Salleh

Elected Directors are appointed for a term of three years. Current Directors were elected at AGM 09/11 and their term expires at the time of AGM 12/14. Coopted Directors are appointed by the Board for 12 months and all four have agreed to serve for another 12 months. 2 Advisory Council The composition of the existing Council is:

Dr Barrie Lewarn – Consultant: Ports, Shipping and Maritime Education Mr George Hoyt – Founder & CEO, Face of Shipping Prof Capt Stephen Cross – Director of Projects, Maritime Institute ‘Willem Barentsz’ Capt J A Clarkson – Member, Transportation Accident Board, Canada Capt K N Deboo – Principal, Anglo-Eastern Maritime Training Centre Mr Paul Russell – Director, Thamesview Maritime Mr Matt Gasparich – President, Maritime Training Services Mr Subir Mukerjee – former Principal Lecturer, Singapore Maritime Academy

Prof Imazu of Tokyo University of Marine Science & Technology has advised inability to continue.

3 Chairman Since AGM 09/11, in addition to routine duties, I have had the pleasure of participating on behalf of GlobalMET as follows:

In IMO STW 43 from 30 April to 04 May, during which considerable time was spent reviewing the draft revisions of Model Courses 7.01, 7.02, 7.03 and 7.04 done by GlobalMET members

Anglo-Eastern Ship Management The Australian Maritime College The Malaysian Maritime Academy Tokyo University of Marine Science & Technology, in collaboration with the National Institute of Sea Training;

In the Annual Conference of the International Association of Marine Insurance (IUMI), held in San Diego on 16-19 September, during which he gave a presentation on “Human Factors in Maritime Accidents and Claims: What Marine Underwriters Must Look For” at the President’s Workshop; the IUMI President has since requested collaboration in determining what should be done through developing MET to reduce risk;

Following participation in the IUMI Conference, in a meeting with the IMO Secretariat at which the revised model courses were discussed. A verbal report will be provided at the AGM.

4 Executive Secretary Since AGM 09/11, the Executive Secretary, in addition to routine duties, has:

Promoted The GlobalMET Deck Cadet Structured Shipboard Training Programme Record Book and the Training and Assessment Record Book for Assistant Engineer Officer and associated supplements to regulatory authorities in Panama, Liberia, Marshall Islands, Philippines and Singapore and to GlobalMET members. Interest has been expressed, but to date, apart from a set requested for review by Uniteam (Singapore), no orders have been received.

Further to the following as recorded in the STW 42 Report to the MSC (STW 42/14):

11.7 The GlobalMET observer, supported by South Africa, expressed the view that there was a serious need to form a group of experts to clarify relevant issues and to provide leadership, direction and advice concerning the development of training strategies in the short, medium and long term and in particular, with regard to:

.1 the development of maritime education and training relevant to the needs of current and future generations of seafarers;

.2 the role of technology in shipboard and maritime operations and associated training requirements; and

.3 the utilization of technology and state-of-the-art methodologies in the delivery of maritime education and training,

in order to assist the Organization in the development of maritime education and training that will meet the needs of an efficient, safe, clean and secure shipping industry in the future. In this context, the Sub-Committee advised them to make an appropriate proposal for a new unplanned output to the Maritime Safety Committee.

11.8 In this context, the delegation of South Africa further suggested that the Sub-Committee should also explore the possibility of considering the status of provision of maritime training, taking into account:

.1 advancement in technology;

.2 that many maritime training experts around the world have since retired or are on the verge of doing so; and

.3 younger seafarers will be dependent on internet-based technology, and that there was an urgent need to carry out a survey of training facilities available globally along with the list of courses validated by the Organization with a view to evaluating the possibility of delivering some of these courses electronically and/or through internet-based solutions.

instead of making a submission to the MSC, it was decided to pursue Asian Development Bank (ADB) funding for a project in the Asia Pacific Region.

Following liaison with the ADB, a presentation by the ExecSec supported

by GlobalMET Vice Chairman VAdm Eduardo Santos, Vice Chairman Dito Borromeo, Pacific Transmarine Carriers and Chairman of InterManager, HE Ambassador Alberto Encomienda (former Philippine Ambassador to Greece, Malaysia and Singapore and Head of Secretariat, Commission on Maritime and Ocean Affairs (CMOA)), on the need for development of MET in the Asia Pacific region was given to ADB staff on 3 September.

Subsequent liaison has resulted the ADB agreeing to provide USD 55K for the consultancy: SC 100966 REG: Human Resource Development in the Maritime Sector in Asia and the Pacific. The closing date for EoI was 23 October. The ToR are very broad and enable HRD and maritime education other than seafarer training to be considered.

Further to agreement last year for GlobalMET to collaborate with WWF International and the Nautical Institute to develop a series of posters for display aboard ships and in academies, depicting specific areas and associated matters of interest, WWF has provided start-up funds and the first poster, featuring the Sargasso Sea, has been completed. Considerable help has been provided by GlobalMET Member Maritime Training Services, based in Seattle, USA, which did the design and printing. Of the 1000 copies printed, 537 copies have been sold, including 80 posters to BW Fleet Management. Anglo-Eastern Ship Management has undertaken to print sufficient copies for a poster to be placed on each of the 400+ ships under management. To date a small profit of USD 16.25 has been made.

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has requested participation in the project, which is welcome.

While promotion of the Sargasso Sea poster will continue, consideration is now being given to the next poster. This was expressed at the 5th Co-operation Forum on the Co-operative Mechanism on Safety of Navigation and Environmental Protection in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, held in Singapore on 24-25 September 2012. As a result the possibility of preparing a poster featuring the straits is being explored.

Led the 12 member GlobalMET Working Group on the development of the new

Leadership and Teamwork Model Course in response to a request from IMO, which has Management Guidelines as an appendix, a draft text was submitted to the IMO Secretariat; following a review of the draft. IMO has requested that more references be included, which is in hand.

Participated in the 5th Manning & Training in India Conference, in Mumbai on 19-20 April, at which GlobalMET organised a debate on MET standards.

Participated in the 2012 MARTECH Conference held in collaboration with

MARSIM 2012 organised by the Singapore Maritime Academy, from 23 to 27

April, during Singapore Maritime Week and supported by the Maritime and Port

Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI). A

paper was delivered on behalf of GlobalMET.

Participated, in response to an invitation to GlobalMET, in the three Center for

Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington DC, Pacific Forum two-day workshops, held in Ho Chi Minh City in March, in Kuala Lumpur in June and in Jakarta in August, at which presentations were given on behalf of GlobalMET and representations made on behalf of merchant seafarers. As these workshops focussed mainly on maritime governance, security and defence, a request has been made to the CSIS for one or more workshops focussed on merchant seafarer needs in the Asia Pacific Region.

Participated in response to an invitation in the 2nd International Logistics

Conference “Challenges and New Opportunities in Logistics Education, at the Shipping & Logistics Centre at Chung-Ang University, Seoul, in September.

Assisted with the organisation of the 2nd Maritime Logistics International

Forum, to be held in Darwin on 8-9 November, being jointly organised by GlobalMET and the Northern Territory Branch of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Australia.

Assisted with the teaching on the three Maritime Experiential Learning 4-day

cruises Singapore-Penang-Phuket-Singapore aboard Super Star Virgo, in March, July and October; these cruises attract some 100 students predominantly from Singapore, but they also come from China, India, Japan and Korea and are comprised of those studying to be seagoing or shore-based shipping industry employees. The ExecSec’s role is to speak about the global shipping industry and GlobalMET headed power point slides are used.

Participated in response to an invitation in the 5th Co-operation Forum on the Co-operative Mechanism on Safety of Navigation and Environmental Protection in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, held in Singapore on 25-25 September; while the littoral states - Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore - have the key roles, there were delegates from 25 other countries and from 16 NGO’s. A major initiative is the Marine Electronic Highway (MEH) to optimise traffic flow in the approaches and through the straits; 72,000 ships. In 2010. The completed demonstration phase has shown the viability of the project and now implementation of the full MEH is to begin, funded by the Environment Facility/World Bank and executed by the IMO. It is a privilege for GlobalMET to be asked to participate and to follow up with proposals for more effective promulgation of the developments to seafarers and with a proposal for a poster of the Malacca and Singapore Straits.

Participated on behalf of GlobalMET in the IMO Correspondence Group on e-

Navigation which is led by Norway and is ongoing.

Initiated the organisation of a forum to be held at the AMOSUP HQ in Manila on 16 November, the day after the 13th Asia Pacific Manning & Training Conference, and after the GlobalMET 2012 AGM and 20/12 Board of Directors’ meetings.

Agreed with Baird Maritime of Melbourne for GlobalMET to hold a forum on

Work Boats: Training and Certficiation, as part of the Work Boats Asia 2013 Exhibition to be held in Singapore in late February 2013; the International Dynamic Positioning Operators’ Association has agreed to collaborate with GlobalMET with the organisation of the forum.

While in India during late November and early December will participate in

the Annual GlobalMET in India Conferences.

5 Secretariat The secretarial services provided by Core Competency Marine Services in New Delhi, including a substantial amount of marketing and portal development, continue to satisfactorily meet GlobalMET needs. The existing 2-year contract runs until 30 June 2013. 6 Committees and Working Groups The following committees and working groups have been active during the year: Finance Committee Responsible for oversight of finances and liaison with the auditors. The role of the Committee continues to be implemented by the Executive Secretary in collaboration with directors, myself as Chairman, Capt Anura Seneviratne (who replaced Capt John Lloyd as Company Secretary/Treasurer) and Capt Richard Teo.

It will be recalled that AGM 08/10 endorsed the BoD policy that the established practice of annual audit of the GlobalMET accounts and production of the annual Financial Statements should continue, despite it not being required by regulation. The Audited Financial Statements for the financial year ended 30 June 12 are to be considered under agenda item 5. Learning Resource Committee The Committee monitors the portal to ensure it will provide maximum benefit to the network and to MET overall. Considerable improvements have been made to the site, which over the past month has averaged 124 hits per day. Currently the logos of 58 Members are displayed and more are being solicited. Members are regularly urged to make greater use of the portal, with its many facilities to assist the development of maritime education and training. 7 Membership During the period under review the following new Members were welcomed:

Springdale Academy of MET Trust - India – Member Liverpool John Moore’s University – UK – Member Higher Colleges of Technology (Abu Dhabi Men's College) - United Arab

Emirates – Member AJ Center for Excellence – Philippines – Member Maritime Skills Academy – United Kingdom - Member Geomares Publishing – The Netherlands – Associate Member Capt John A. Clarkson – Canada – Individual Member

The following resigned:

PC Maritime Ltd – United Kingdom Great Eastern Institute of Maritime Studies – India - Member

Mutual memberhips of each organisation by GlobalMET and the International Federation of Ship Masters’ Associations (IFSMA), which was enabled through membership of GlobalMET by Azimuth, the company owned by Capt Rodger MacDonald, Secretary General of IFSMA (necessary because of the high cost of IFSMA membership), has ceased as a result of the retirement of Capt MacDonald. On the basis that outstanding subscriptions are received, the current Membership is 85 Members in 32 economies, the breakdown by economy (for 15 October 2012) being:

Australia 5 Bangladesh 3 Belgium 1 Bulgaria 1 Canada 2 Chile 1 China 6 Georgia 1 India 19 Ireland 1 Japan 2 Malaysia 1 Maldives 1 Monaco 1 Myanmar 1 New Zealand 2 Norway 1 Pakistan 1 PNG 2 Philippines 11 Russia 1 Singapore 3 South Africa 1 Sri Lanka 1 Sweden 1 The Netherlands 2 Trinidad/Tobago 1 Turkey 1 UAE 2 United Kingdom 5 United States 2 Vietnam 2

In addition there are 8 Individual Members in 6 economies (including Peru), 8 Associate Members in 6 economies, ie organisations and individuals not providing MET as a core activity, but wishing to support development through GlobalMET. There are also 9 Honorary Members in 6 economies. Lists of Members, Individual, Associate Honorary Members are available on the portal and regularly updated by the Secretariat. 8 Collaboration Steps were taken to strengthen collaboration with the following organisations: International Maritime Organisation As mentioned, I had the privilege of participating in STW 43 in May. A side event featuring the Sargasso Sea poster was held during MEPC 64, led by representatives of the Nautical Institute and the IUCN. Work on reviewing and revising model courses continues as well as on writing the new Leadership & Teamwork Course. International Union of Marine Insurers As a result of my presentation at the 2012 Conference in San Diego, California, IUMI has requested collaboration with GlobalMET to address mutual concerns. International Marine Simulation Forum GlobalMET participated in the 2012 IMSF Conference held in collaboration with MARSIM 2012 organised by the Singapore Maritime Academy, from 23 to 27 April, during Singapore Maritime Week. International Association of Maritime Universities With the recent change in the IAMU Secretariat, it is intended to repeat previous approaches proposing collaboration. BIMCO Potential collaboration includes BIMCO promotion of the Sargasso Sea poster via related articles on the BIMCO website. Opportunities for closer collaboration in other areas and cross-membership are to be considered, including assisting with the the Safe Passage Pamphlet project under the Cooperative Mechanism.

8 Closing Comment It is again an honour and a pleasure to have continued serving as Chairman and a particular pleasure to represent GlobalMET at the IMO, which has entrusted GlobalMET with the task of reviewing and revising model courses. It is also a pleasure to have agreement by the Asian Development Bank for funding for the consultancy Human Resource Development in the Maritime Sector in Asia and the Pacific, which could lead to significant development of MET in the region. My concerns are however little changed from those expressed at previous AGMs; viz:

the need for a larger more global organisation truly representative of MET providers world-wide is probably even greater, given the rapid pace of technological development and the increasing risk of MET falling behind in meeting the needs of the global shipping industry;

the restrictions placed on GlobalMET’s activities as a result of the organisation being almost entirely funded through members’ annual subscriptions and joining fees;

while it is appreciated that members are heavily committed in meeting their own immediate needs, the lack of input on the part of many members continues to hamper development of a fully effective global network;

the need for more support for MET from the industry, particularly for the development of a collective approach to formulating a strategy for developing the MET the industry needs now and into the future;

the need to increase overall membership which continues to be in the range of 100-120.

My thanks again to my fellow Directors and to all members without whose support GlobalMET would not thrive. Also, it is a pleasure to express appreciation for the efficient secretarial support provided by the Executive Secretary and Secretariat. Resolution That the above Chairman’s Report is received. Capt Timothy Wilson Director, New Zealand Maritime School Chairman 1 November 2012

AGM 10-12 (5)

GlobalMET Limited Australian Company Number 103 233 754

10th

Annual General Meeting, 14 November 2012

Manila Yacht Club, Roxas Boulevard, Manila, Philippines

FINANCE REPORT

The Financial Statements for the Financial Year to 30 June 2012, prepared by WHK

Chartered Accountants, formerly Garrott and Garrott, the auditors for GlobalMET Limited

and endorsed by the Board of Directors are in Attachment A1-4. A signed copy will be

tabled at the AGM.

As for the previous year, the Secretariat initiated invoicing for the 11-12 annual subscriptions

in June. The prompt receipt of payments was encouraging and Members are thanked for

their support.

Although maintenance of cash reserves of not less than USD 20,000 is being maintained, it is

again clear that a significant increase in revenue needs to be generated if GlobalMET is to

increase the number of activities needed to ensure a fully effective global network.

To facilitate subscription payments, GlobalMET opened a PayPal account in May 2010 to

enable online payment of subscriptions by credit card or from funds in an existing PayPal

account. To date one GlobalMET Member has used the facility. Payment by international

telegraphic transfer of funds or by posting a bank draft to the ExecSec continues.

Resolution

That the audited Financial Statement for the financial year to 30 June 2012 be received.

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GlobalMET Limited Australian Company Number 103 233 754

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APPOINTMENT OF AUDITOR

WHK Accountants (formerly Garrott and Garrott) of Launceston, located near the Australian

Maritime College, have a record of reliable, relatively inexpensive service as GlobalMET’s

auditors since the network was first established and the Board is of the opinion that this

service should continue.

Resolution

That WHK Accountants of 62 Paterson Street, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia, be

re-appointed as auditors of GlobalMET Limited for the financial year ending 30 June

2013.

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GlobalMET Limited Australian Company Number 103 233 754

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ACTIVITIES & DEVELOPMENT

As mentioned in the Chairman’s Report, a significant development since the last AGM is the liaison with the Asian Development Bank, which commenced at the time of the last AGM in Manila and the Bank’s agreement in October to fund a consultancy to make recommendations on Human Resource Development in the Maritime Sector in Asia Pacific. The consultant is to report early in 2013. Given that the terms of reference are very broad, and depending upon the consultant’s findings and recommendations it is possible that a major project will be initiated, which could include establishment of a maritime teacher training institute to serve MET in the Asia Pacific region. Another major development since the last AGM has been the strengthening of the links with the International Union of Marine Insurance and the IUMI President’s response to the presentation given by Chairman Tim Wilson at the IUMI Annual Conference in San Diego, acknowledging that with MET there are serious issues to address and requesting proposals for consideration at the IUMI Executive Committee meeting in January. The links with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and also with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Nautical Institute will be further strengthened, principally through the production of more seafarer environmental awareness raising posters for placing on the ships (the SEA Project). It is intended that this also extend to the Coral Triangle Initiative for the Coral Sea and the Co-operative Mechanism on Safety of Navigation and Environmental Protection in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore through the production of charts of areas of concern. Also, transmission by social media is to be investigated. It is intended that regular GlobalMET participation in meetings of the IMO STW Sub-committee, as well as in other IMO meetings where appropriate, will continue, GlobalMET’s role being to assist IMO with respect to MET matters and thereby serve as a voice for MET in the peak forum dealing with shipping and other maritime matters.

While the total membership of GlobalMET remains between 100 and 120 members, the need to increase overall membership continues. Retention of existing members is encouraging and reflects the need for the network and its role. In this respect, the developmental issue is how to increase the membership and hence the cashflow from subscriptions and also from other activities.

As mentioned at the last AGM GlobalMET appears to have the skills and drive to achieve its

objectives, but relies to a considerabe degree on motivated volunteers. Salaried staff would

make a major difference but requires greater funding resources. A cash generating product is

needed and there is potential in this being partly achieved through the task and record books

for the Structured Shipboard Training Programmes for deck and engine trainees. There is

growing likelihood that the books will be approved by the administration in India and

favourable comment has come from the Philippines. Approval and usage of the books will

continue to be sought, especially once approval by a major administration has been obtained.

GlobalMET is becoming better known and listened to, but there is need for more effort. The

monthly issues of the newsletter require considerable work but appear to be well received.

More use is being made of some of the professional discussion forums to entice feedback

particularly from the younger generation. The Nautical Institute has initiated its own blog.

GlobalMET involvement in international maritime conferences, seminars, fora including

assisting with the organisation of such events will continue; eg during this year and intended in

2013:

Pacific Forum workshops in Ho Chi Minh City in March, in Kuala Lumpur in June and

in Jakarta in August

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Manning & Training in India Conference in Mumbai in April

MARTECH/MARSIM Conference in Singapore in April

2nd International Logistics Conference in Seoul, in September International Union of Marine Insurance Annual Conference in San Diego in September 2nd Maritime International Logistics Forum in Darwin in November 13

th Asia Pacific Manning & Training Conference in Manila in November

GlobalMET in India conferences and seminars in India in December

Work Boats Asia 2013 Forum in Singapore in February

STW 44 in May 2013

There is clear need for a global network of MET providers and during the coming 12 months

every effort will continue to be made to achieve GlobalMET’s aims and objectives and thereby

bring further benefits to its Members, which will included raising the statuse of maritime

education and training.

The Human Element on a Budget

I have written before about the SEA (Standardized Education and Assessment) process at the British Columbia Ferry Systems Corp. and its remarkable results in terms of safety training and culture. As tremendous the BC Ferries' initiatives are, not every vessel operator has the size or resources to create a wholesale transformation in culture in a relatively short time. Fortunately, organizations of any size and resource availability can (and should) make great strides to improve how they train their employees. No budget is too small, and the benefits to the organization in terms of safety, performance, culture and business success will always outweigh the cost and effort expended. The costs involved will be in proportion to the size of your organization, and it can often even be done with the funds already devoted to training. I have seen such "transformations on a budget" many times in other industries over my time in educational technology. It can be done well, and done within the budget of any organization. The purpose of this article is to talk about how we can improve in-house training outcomes and an organization's safety culture on a budget. There are lessons we can take both from within and outside the maritime industry, and there are new tools that can be used to economically transform your organization. It does not take a lot of financial resources, but it does take a genuine desire to improve, and buy-in from top management (which is generally not hard to achieve once it becomes clear that a large budget is not a necessity). The only sure way of failing is to not try. In this first article, we will take the example of a small company that transformed their safety and training with very modest resources. In my next article, I'll look more closely at their approach and list the lessons I learned from their experience. If you would like to be notified of that article when it comes out, and have not already done so, pleaseclick here to sign up to receive e-mail notifications of future maritime training articles.

The Overall Strategy

It is often the case that organizations do not engage in a process of safety and culture improvement because they are under the mistaken impression that there is no use. The costs are simply too high for an organization of their size or resources, and therefore there is no point in trying. It is certainly true that, all else being equal, a large budget can make a good plan faster to put in place and will help yield results more quickly than a small budget. However, with some planning, great results can also be achieved on a small budget. It may very well be the case that some re-allocations of the existing training budget (along with some planning) can yield greatly improved results. This is a scenario that is repeated with success in all industries.

In fact, if you think about companies which have strong safety and training cultures (you can't have one without the other), you'll see that their success was not achieved through large one-time efforts. It is achieved through a continuous process that is built into the daily operations of the company. The good news is that the cost, therefore, can be kept small and spread over the lifetime of your company. The overall strategy for transforming your safety performance and culture on a budget is to start small and plan for continued incremental growth and improvement. Even though the timeline for your initiatives will be longer, there will be visible and concrete results in the near term, and these will quickly influence the training and safety culture within your organization. By doing a little planning, starting modestly, and then growing incrementally as time progresses, the cost and commitment are small, but the ultimate reward is huge. As I said above, the only sure route to failure is to delay making the changes you know need to be made. You can't fix everything all at once. But if you want to succeed, you need to start sometime. All it takes is a decision to begin. If not now, then when?

Start Small, But Start Somewhere (With a Plan)

The hardest step in any journey is often the first one, because it may seem like a large step. But it does not have to be. Instead, start small - but start somewhere. You do not need to know all the details at the beginning. Just get the ball rolling and the details will fall into place as a result of the process you'll be undertaking. The first step for small organizations is typically little more than the decision to begin the journey with a commitment to formulate a plan. At the beginning, even the plan can be modest because it will be refined and improved with time.

An Example

When I was working in my first company, WebCT, we had a customer in the manufacturing sector. They were a small organization with approximately 100 employees. They had grown to that number over a period of about 10 years, and had come to the realization that even though they were still relatively small, they were employing the same training practices they had used when they had only 10 or 15 employees. They had more or less moved along by momentum, changing practices only when they were forced to by their customers, their union, or some other unavoidable requirement. It was not as though they were not making sure that training happened - they did. But they had no strategy around training, and so rather than continuously improve, they were on an unpredictable path which sometimes meant training improved, and other times meant it suffered. Most importantly, they really could not say for sure how successful their training was, because they never took the time to measure it. They were generally doing fine, but their days lost due to accidents were on the rise. So they finally decided they had better do something before the lack of attention to training finally caught up to them in an expensive or tragic way. The company decided to take a fairly intelligent, yet modest, approach. They gave themselves three months to formulate an initial plan. They wanted the plan to address four goals:

First, the plan and its initiatives needed be achievable within the currently available resources and budget. They did not have any additional resources they could throw at this.

Second, they decided that the plan had to define how the plan itself was managed. This was meant to ensure the plan had a future, and not just a present. Therefore, the plan included guidelines for how often the plan would be reviewed, who would be in charge of the plan, who would participate in formulating and executing the plan, how the plan would be communicated, how success would be measured, and how the plan would be improved. Although this may sound like a lot of effort, in truth it was very little because none of these components of the plan were spelled out in any great detail - and they did not need to be. Some parts were little more than position statements requiring that these issues needed to be addressed, and requiring that they be addressed in a reasonable amount of time.

Third, the plan needed to define and implement the infrastructure for long-term success. For them, the infrastructure for success meant choosing a learning management system (LMS) which could deliver their new training initiatives, reduce their training costs, provide training metrics and analytics so they could see how successful their training was, and grow with them as their needs grew. As I mentioned, they were customers of my last company, so they had chosen WebCT to use as their LMS (which is how I came to work with them). WebCT fit the bill because it was relatively inexpensive for an organization of their size (about $250 per month), yet provided all the required metrics so they could measure success. Equally importantly, it would grow with them to support any amount of training or any company growth.

Finally, the plan had to define one short-term meaningful project that improved training outcomes and/or reduced costs. They decided this initial project must be achievable in, at most, 6 months. The project did not have to be grand or expensive, just useful and visible. It was a way for them to put their plan and infrastructure to the test and to demonstrate their commitment to transforming training in the company. As I recall, they later decided that this first project would be to take their new hire training and make it available on-line using their new LMS. This was a modest project and the costs were fully recovered because they were able to reduce the time (and therefore the employee costs) for new-hire training. It also allowed them to start gathering metrics on training they had been doing for a long time - enabling them to get comfortable with the LMS and cut their teeth on the new approach using familiar material.

The most important aspect of all this was not in the details of their particular approach, but was in their decision to get going. Once they made that decision, they made the transition from a company which was relatively static in terms of its training methods and outcomes, to one which started down the path of continuous improvement. I was involved with that customer for several years and they really did change as a company. They revisited, refined and improved their plan every year. They also decided that they would accomplish one new training initiative every 12 months - which ended up being the cycle on which they would revisit and refine their plan. To that end, they implemented a program of continuous improvement - annually measuring their training performance and making changes to improve. In addition to measurably improving their training and reducing days lost due to accidents, they felt as though morale in the organization was better, and that even the union/management relationship improved as a result of their commitment to training and safety - even though the cost and effort was very modest.

Intelligent Choices

Even though the details of how this company addressed training and safety may be secondary to the fact that it was done, it is still important to examine their approach in more detail because I believe it illustrates a number of intelligent choices. In the next article I will look more closely at the decisions they made in their plan and illustrate the lessons that I learned (and I hope we can all learn) from their experience. If you would like to be notified of that article when it comes out, and have not already done so, please click here to sign up to receive e-mail notifications of future maritime training articles. Until then - thanks so much for reading and have a wonderful day!

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These port state inspections should normally beconfined only to confirming that a ship holds thenecessary flag state MLC compliance certificate. But,if there is no flag state certificate because the flagstate has not ratified the MLC, the port stateinspection should cover all of the issues that areincluded in the MLC. This will inevitably cause seriousdelays to the ships involved and provides an incentiveto governments to ratify the Convention. Serious orrepeated breaches of the MLC requirements will leadto detention of the ships concerned. The initiative to consolidate all of the existing ILOmaritime labour standards into one newcomprehensive and updated convention originallycame from shipowners in the spirit of enlightened self-interest. Shipowners might not normally encouragemore restrictive regulation of their activities. But theabsence of any consistent labour standards withglobal application was becoming increasinglyuntenable because of the growing tendency ofindividual port states, or regional groupings, such asthe European Union, or even trade union federationsto establish and try to enforce their own standards.The shipowners approach to the ILO to adopt theMLC was a perhaps unusual example of proactiveself-defence.For the seafarers unions, astrong tradition existed ofheroic battles fought withowners at the ILO overmany decades to producea battery of labourstandards in the maritimefield.But the morethoughtful union leadersappreciated that many ofthe conventions on the listhad failed to attract anygovernment support, manywere outdated, some weretechnically deficient andquite a few wereunenforceable.So the MLCinitiative provided the

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Issue 17 October 2012

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Inside this issue:

Maritime Labour Convention 2

SE Asia meeting report 3

Seafarers and HIV & AIDS 4

ICSW holds MLC seminar 5

Seafarers Wellness Program 5

Free Internet in UK Ports 6

ICSW relauches SHIP shop 7

ICSW News is published by theInternational Committee on Seafarers’Welfare. Registered Charity No1102946 The views expressed in these newsarticles do not necessarily reflect those ofthe ICSW and its members.Telephone: +44 (0)300 012 4279Fax: +44 (0) 300 012 4280Email: icsw@icsw.org.ukSkype: icsw_roger.harris

WHAT THE MARITIME LABOUR CONVENTION MEANS FOR THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY

In August next year, a newinternational regulation willapply in shipping that will,for the first time, provide acomprehensive, widelyratified and enforced bodyof maritime labourstandards to complementthe existing body ofenvironmental and

technical standards, like SOLAS, MARPOL andSTCW, that regulate the industry.The MLC, as the industry refers to it, covers virtuallyeverything concerning living and working conditionson board – crew minimum age, medical certificates,employment contracts and payment of wages,working hours, crew accommodation, food andcatering, crew welfare and enforcement provisions.Each subject area is covered by mandatory sections,such as that all manning agents that supply crew toshipowners shall be properly regulated by the statewhere they are based, together with other sectionsproviding guidance on how to achieve theseobjectives, such as through training and qualificationof manning agency staff. Currently 32 flag states covering some 60% of theworld fleet have ratified the MLC, and most othersignificant maritime nations are only awaiting theirnational parliamentary approval before signing-up aswell. Under ILO requirements, the MLC enters intoforce 12 months after at least 30 states representingat least 30% of the world fleet have ratified. Thosemagic numbers were reached last August, so thecountdown has begun.Ratification requires flag states to inspect ships flyingtheir flag to ensure they meet the required standardsand then issue them with a Maritime LabourCertificate to confirm compliance. The entry into forcesituation already mentioned means that from August2013 countries that have ratified the MLC mustconduct port state inspection of foreign ships as wellas their own to ensure they meet MLC standards,even if the foreign flag states have not ratified theconvention.

The International SeafarersAssistance Network(ISAN), operates a free-of-charge, 24/7 multi-lingual helpline servicefor seafarers of allnationalities, and theirfamilies. Last year ISANhelped over 3,000 seafarerswith problems ranging from pirateattacks to family bereavement. Mostor the problems the seafarers reportedwere issues specifically outlawed bythe MLC – 25% concerned unpaidwages, 14% involved seafarers whoseemployers refused to repatriate themat the conclusion of the voyage and12% concerned breach of contract bythe employer. Sadly, the number ofcases dealt with by ISAN isincreasing, but effectiveimplementation and enforcement ofthe MLC provisions should materiallyreduce the number of cases ISAN hasto deal with in the future.

In future, for shipbrokers, charterersand others such as P&I Clubs orgovernment agencies dealing withrequests for ship registration, theabsence of a Maritime LabourCertificate on a particular ship shouldsend a clear message about thestandards likely to be found on board.Information about MLC status shouldbe a question to ask in alltransactions.

But that does not, I am afraid, meanthat the industry has found the “silverbullet” to eliminate all bad living andworking conditions at sea at a stroke.Like speed limits on our roads,observance of the law needs properenforcement, penalties for non-compliance and repeated warnings ofour responsibilities to comply with thelaw. The MLC does at least give us all,not least the maritime charities, aclear, comprehensive and very widelysupported statement of goodemployment practice at sea, withsevere penalties for non-compliance,which we can all use to help improvelife and work at sea.

David Dearsley Acting CEO ISAN

opportunity to produce one truly effectiveinstrument with global application. Theunion representatives at the ILOmeetings quickly christened the MLC as“the seafarers bill of rights”!

For governments, apart from theopportunity to tidy-up a messy regime ofassorted national laws covering maritimelabour standards, often of considerableantiquity, the MLC also provided clarity incertain key areas. If there were some 70ILO conventions and other standardscovering the maritime sector before theMLC, there were almost as manydifferent definitions of the personscovered by these instruments – the“seafarer”. Under the MLC, virtually allthose who habitually work on ships aredefined as “seafarers” and entitled to theprotections afforded by the convention.

In addition, when things go badly wrongon board – crew abandonment, unpaidwages or other tragedies – the flag statewill not have to sift through all the variousentities often involved in manning a shipto find who is responsible. Each ship willhave only one “shipowner” designated

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ITF welcomes new crewinsurance launch

The ITF has welcomed theannouncement of CrewsureMarine, a new insuranceproduct intended to assistship operators to meet theobligations to crews laid outin the Maritime LabourConvention (2006).

The ITF views the launch asa positive move since itpotentially provides widercoverage for seafarers thantraditional insurance andextends insurance as awork entitlement toseafarers in a similar waythat those on land nowexperience it.

ITF seafarers’ secretary JonWhitlow commented: “It isnot for us to endorse aproduct, but we do welcomethis one, especially as itprovides much widercoverage for seafarers thantraditional insurance. Wehave studied it closely andbelieve that it has thepotential to facilitate thesmooth implementation ofparts of the MLC andincrease financial securityfor seafarers who may be atrisk of injury, loss or life andabandonment.”

as responsible for all MLC requirementseven if, for example on a passenger ship,there might be several different entitiesthat employ different groups of persons

working onboard.

The InternationalCommittee onSeafarersWelfare (ICSW)

encourages and promotes the work of itsmembers in, among other things,providing seafarers welfare centres inports worldwide. Most of these centresprovide phone and internet facilities sothat seafarers can maintain much valuedcontact with families and friends, as wellas spend time away from the ship in arelaxed and friendly atmosphere.Although the MLC requires that portstates ensure that the seafarers centresshould be readily accessible, all too oftenshore leave is denied by port authoritiesor subject to severe restrictions. ICSWwill be mounting an ongoing campaign toremind port states of their MLCresponsibilities for promoting seafarerswelfare at sea and ashore.

Working together to improve seafarers' welfare was at theheart of the South East Asia (SEA) Regional AssessmentMeeting, which took place 2-3 October 2012 in Bali.The meeting brought together over 40 delegates fromCambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand,Singapore, Vietnam with observers from New Zealand,Norway, and the UK to review and evaluate the last fouryears of the programme – with a view to planning the nextstages.

Partners involved, including welfare organisations, portauthorities, ship owners, trade unions, national governments and NGOs, highlighted the benefitsof increased regional and national cooperation enabled by the programme - such as sharinggood practice and learning, and joint work to address challenges facing seafarers. It was clearthat the programme had created opportunities for increased advocacy on the practicalimplementation of ILO instruments on seafarers' welfare, and progress had been made in settingup National Seafarers' Welfare Boards and Port Welfare Committees. However, it wasrecognised that further work was needed to build relationships with key stakeholders.

Training received by partners, including ship visiting, centre management, IT and in trauma wasrated highly, and new areas for training were identified including on the Maritime LabourConvention (2006) and on HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care. As a result of theprogramme, ship visiting had increased significantly, and it was agreed that the next stage of theprogramme would help ensure this was as effective as it could be. It was also agreed that theInternational Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS Code) is posing real challenges for shipvisitors to access ships and for seafarers to come ashore to benefit from exiting services – andthat this should be an area for increased future advocacy.

The changing context of the shipping industry prompted a hearty debate about the kinds ofservices needed by seafarers and the need to adapt to this changing context. This also related toservices and information on health and fitness, and the need to build on the progress made toimprove the physical, social, psychological and spiritual well-being of seafarers.Delegates showed a clear commitment to continue working together to improve seafarers'welfare and a presentation from programme evaluator Rod Macleod from Intrac, enabledpartners to reflect on ways to deliver improved services, and a strengthened, sustainableprogramme.

The Assessment Meeting was followed by a meeting on 4 October to discuss possible futurework on fishers with the ITF.

The SEA Regional Assessment Meeting and Fishers Meeting was organised by the ICSWRegional Welfare Committee, and supported by the ITF Seafarers' Trust.

For further information contact the ICSW Project Manager, Sharon Sukhram atsharon.sukhram@icsw.org.uk

STANDING TOGETHER TO IMPROVE SEAFARERS’WELFARE IN SOUTH EAST ASIA

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HIV/AIDS has a tripleimpact on thetransport sector. Itaffects the transportworkers, their families,communities, theenterprise concernedand the economy as awhole. Some groupsof workers areparticularly morevulnerable to acquiringand transmitting HIVinfection because ofthe nature andconditions of the work.Transport workers, insome situations aresuch a group-whether

they work on land, sea or air routes. While mostresearch and interventions have focused onland‐based transport workers, evidence fromexisting national and regional studies show thatseafarers, as an occupational group, haverelatively high rates of HIV infection compared tothe population in their community of origin.Research also suggests that seafarers, as agroup, have lower levels of knowledge about HIVtransmission and risk factors than the generalpopulation. UNAIDS 2007 report shows that inPhilippines 35% of total reported HIV infectionsare among overseas Filipino workers and 33% ofthese sero-positives were seafarers. According tothe latest UNAIDS report, Philippines is one of the7 countries in the world, where HIV incidence rateincreased over the last 12 months.

A port is a transport hub like many of the roadhubs, but with an even more complex mix ofnationalities and service providers – thoseunloading the ships may meet those who sailed inthem, interact with the clerks who keep track ofthe cargo, pass on the containers to truck driversor rail staff.. Like many other transport hubs, theport can be a honey pot for the local community,matching the need of many who pass through theport for rest, recreation and entertainment.

UNAIDS’ and other studies have found higher HIVprevalence rate is some port cities than innational population. Some of the studies focussedon at-risk population and often on generalpopulation.

SEAFARERS AND HIV AND AIDS

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Ports where higher prevalence rate have beenmeasured includes Vancouver in Canada, Tema inGhana, Mumbai in India, Mombasa in Kenya andOdessa in Ukraine.

Global HIV/AIDS epidemic has seen significantprogress in prevention and treatment over the years,but according to the latest estimates from UNAIDS, 34million people were living with HIV.

In recent years, many seafarers’ centres are showingmore interest to initiate different activities on HIV/AIDSand provide support to seafarers coming to theircentres. A few of them are using materials onHIV/AIDS developed through the ICSW’s SeafarersHealth Information Programme (SHIP) and others haveshown interest to use these materials to createawareness on HIV/AIDS.

The ITF Seafarers Trust and the ICSW have recentlyinitiated a pilot project on HIV/AIDS prevention inselected seafarers’ centres. The pilot project has twoobjectives: to create awareness among seafarers ofthe risk of contracting HIV in the port; to createawareness of HIV/AIDS among all seafarers and topromote safer sex.

Based on existing data from different sources and afterdiscussion with concerned stakeholders (unionleaders, Seafarers centres, local NGOs) 16 seafarers’centres were selected to take part in the pilot project.The centres that are taking part in the pilot initiativeare:Brazil, Santos; Honduras, Porto Cortes; India,Chennai; India, Mumbai, Goa & Kandla; Indonesia, BaliSeafarers centre; Kenya, Mombasa; Mexico, Veracruz;Nigeria, Lagos; Philippines, Manila; South Africa,Durban; Spain, Barcelona; Thailand, Sri Racha;Tanzania, Dar es Salaam; Ukraine, Odessa –Seaman’s Club

All of these centres are now distributing materials onHIV/AIDS developed through the ICSW’s SeafarersHealth Information Programme (SHIP) and othermaterials on HIV/AIDS developed at country level.Condoms are also available in most of these seafarers’centres either through condoms dispensing box for freedistribution among its visitors or selling luxury condomsthrough kiosk within the seafarers centres. In someseafarers’ centres, like Veracruz, Mombasa, Mumbaiand Chennai, ITF ship inspectors also are activelyinvolved in the pilot project.

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Costa crew winaward

The crew of thecruise ship, CostaConcordia, havewon the ‘Seafarersof the Year’ awardat the prestigiousLloyd’s List Awards.Their award was inrecognition of thebravery andprofessionalism ofthe crew inevacuating over4,000 people fromthe stricken ship.Although 32 peoplelost their lives, thecasualty rate wouldhave be far higherhad it not been forthe skilled responseof the majority ofthe crew.

New ProjectManager starts atICSWSharon Sukhram isthe new ProjectManager at theICSW. Sharonstarted at the end ofSeptember & willwork initially on theSE Asia RegionalWelfare Committeeproject. Sharonpreviously workedat the InternationalDepartment of theTrades UnionCongress in the UK.

In Veracruz, Mexico, the seafarers centre has developed collaboration with themanagement of the International Health and Foreign Trade, Veracruz through theGeneral Director of the Port Authority for continuous support of the pilot project. In Sri Racha, Thailand the seafarers centre has developed collaboration with the localNGOs to provide training to seafarers.

ICSW TO HOLD SEMINAR ON THE MARITIMELABOUR CONVENTION

To coincide with a meeting for members to discuss the proposed merger of the ICSWwith ISAN, the ICSW is holding a seminar on the Maritime Labour Convention 2006on Wednesday 28 November 2012 at the Baltic Exchange in London from 9.30am to2pm. Speakers confirmed include Torbjorn Husby of the Norway MaritimeDirectorate, Tim Springett of the British Chamber of Shipping, Ken Peters of theMission to Seafarers, Dr Suresh Idnani of the Seafarers Welfare Association of India,and David Dearsley, Acting CEO of ISAN & ex Secretary General of IMEC.

The seminar is aimed at senior personnel involved in seafarers’ welfare in shippingcompanies, manning agents, government maritime departments, and seafarerwelfare organisations.

The seminar will look at what organisations should be doing and how they can worktogether to ensure that the convention can be used to effectively enhance the welfareof seafarers worldwide. For further information see http://bit.ly/icswmlc01

THE SEAFARER’S WELLNESS PROGRAMSo, how are you doing? ...Fundamentally, this is the question awellness program asks. At first glance itis a seemingly simple question, one weanswer a hundred times each day. Butif you dwell for a moment and take timeto answer, you soon realise that it is waymore complex, and justifies more than asimple ‘I’m fine’ answer. Fact is thateach of us is complex, multi-dimensional, holistic and highly uniquehuman beings.

So how about seafarer training? Does itcater for seafarers who are complex,multi-dimensional, holistic and highlyunique human beings ... or is it one-dimensional, only focused on thepracticality of how to steer a ship frompoint A to point B? An old school of thought would arguethat developing seafarers is all aboutdeveloping the practical, technical,occupational aspects of who they are.Other areas are often viewed as notimportant, even non-relevant and itwould be argued that an individual isresponsible for the development of the

other areas by him-/herself.

A modern school of thought, however,argues that one aspect is closely related tothe next. In the end, all the differentaspects are intertwined to ultimately formyou as a whole person and as seafarer.So true; a seafarer must have excellentknowledge of how to steer a ship but aseafarer who is not capable of handlingdiversity, managing conflict, keepingmentally and physically healthy, just toname a few, is as good as having aseafarer with no training at all. So why not train seafarers differently?

... continued on page 6.

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THREE UK PARTNER WITH THE MERCHANT NAVY WELFAREBOARD TO PROVIDE FREE INTERNET ACCESS TOSEAFARERS IN UK PORTS

The Merchant Navy Welfare Board (MNWB) withThree UK hosted an official launch of the mobileWiFi units for seafarers at Southampton Seafarer’sCentre, during the Southampton Boat Show onWednesday 19th September. Guests including: MrJohn Denham MP for Southampton andrepresentatives from the maritime industry werewelcomed by Captain David Parsons, ChiefExecutive of the Merchant Navy Welfare Board.

Mr John Denham MP commented: “Seafarers bringalmost all the goods we buy but are often thousands ofmiles from home with no or very expensivecommunications. This great initiative means they canhave contact with their families in the precious hoursthey are in port.”

The national campaign aims to connect internationalseafarers with their families using Facebook, Skype,Twitter, email and other Internet communications tools.Ship turnaround are short, busy times and seafarerscan often find getting ashore difficult. Mrs CarolynLewis (Port Welfare Manager, MNWB) has been raisingfunds since January to purchase the mobile WiFi units(called MiFi’s) by completing the Brighton Marathon(April 2012); the Petersfield Ups and Downs 30 milecycle race (July 2012) and injuries permitting plans totake part in the Great South Run (October 2012). Todate she has raised over £2,500 enabling the MNWB topurchase 25 MiFi units to distribute across the UK.

Why not train seafarers in a Holistic, Multi-Dimensional, Pro-active and Humanitarian way?

... Holistic in the sense that it considers andacknowledge all aspects of being human as integralto being seafarer - Financial, emotional,intellectual, spiritual, physical, cultural, occupationaland environmental ...

... Multi-dimensional in the sense that historicallytraining of seafarers is one dimensional -occupational. The program introduces a philosophythat argues that, to ably steer a ship from point A toPoint B, you also need cultural competence,emotional intelligence and spiritual wellbeing just toname a few.

... Pro-active in the sense that most servicesconcerning seafarer welfare are re-active. Onlyonce a problem arises, there is reaction. Theprogram wants to introduce knowledge and skills inorder to empower and equip, prevent rather thancure, minimize instead of react ...

... Humanitarian in the sense that it wants topromote human- and seafarer welfare. But alsohumanitarian in the sense that its focus has humansat heart as the centre point which industry revolves around.

It chooses to be person-centred instead of problem-centred.

Currently, a new program introducing this approach isdeveloped in South-Africa. The program, sponsored bythe ITF Seafarer’s Trust, is still in the pilot phase and iscurrently presented at the Cape Peninsula University ofTechnology in Cape Town. It introduces twelve differentaspects of being seafarer over a twelve week period.Partners such as the ITF, Seafarer’s RightsInternational, ICSW and the Maritime PiracyHumanitarian Response Programme are all contributingto make this program as holistic possible. We hope thatthis initiative will soon be rolled out at maritime schoolsin Africa and eventually throughout the world. I believethat this program can have a profound impact on theday to day lives of the seafarers we are so passionateabout.

So, a question ... how are you doing?

By Johan Smith

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Carolyn’s fundraising campaign has been awardedThree UK’s Community fund, for an innovative useof their product and negotiations have resulted in apartnership with Three UK, who have donated 32units inclusive of 15GB of data per month. Three’sDirector of Corporate Affairs, Hugh Davies said: “Wehave invested heavily in our network; for seafarers,a connection to one of our portable MiFi devicesmeans it’s free and easy for them to stay in contactwith loved ones. Each device will be loaded with15GB of data per month, enough to make 1,500 10minute Skype calls* or send around 75,000 emails.The award-winning MiFi devices are enabled withthe latest HSPA+ technology, which provides afaster mobile Internet experience than standard 3G.”

Captain Parsons commented: “I am delighted thatthrough Carolyn’s enthusiasm, initiative and ultimatelyefforts in completing these onerous challenges, theMerchant Navy Welfare Board has managed to providethis important equipment to so many of the port welfarechaplains and workers. We are also particularlygrateful to Three UK, who once they were aware ofCarolyn’s efforts and the advantages that theirequipment can provide, kindly donated all theseadditional units and on-going support. Seafaring thesedays is often a lonely life with long voyages and littletime, or money, to go ashore. A chance to contacthome, no matter how brief, can make so muchdifference to the men and women visiting our portsfrom so many parts of the World.”

ICSW RE- LAUNCHES ONLINE SHIP SHOP

The ICSW has just re-launched its onlineshop for the Ship Health Information Project(SHIP) materials that are aimed at seafarers.The materials cover issues such as foodsafety, healthy food, malaria, HIV and STI’s,mental health care, dental care, & obesity.For each tope there are accessible bookletsand posters aimed at seafarers andguidelines aimed at management. The newonline shop at www.seafarershealth.org isaimed at shipping companies and others whowish to purchase bulk orders of the materials.The online shop is able to automaticallycalculate discounts on orders of 10 or morethe materials.

The recently ratified MLC calls for the healthprotection of seafarers. The SHIP materialscan help shipping companies ensure thatthey have a healthy and efficient crew.Further details are available atwww.seafarerswelfare.org or emailicsw@icsw.org.uk

Nigerian navy arrests 15Russian seafarers – 24 October2012RELATIONS between Russia andNigeria are deteriorating fasttoday in reaction to a secondseizure of Russian mariners inless than a week. The secondincident occurred off Lagos on 20October but was not discloseduntil yesterday. Fifteen Russianscrewing the 541gt offshorestandby safety vessel MyreSeadiver, operated by MoranSecurity of Moscow, werearrested by the Nigerian navy.The mariners were accused oftrying to smuggle into Nigeria 14Ak-47s, 22 shotguns and severalthousand rounds of ammunition.The vessel had been operating inthe Gulf of Aden until recently andhad put in to Lagos for supplies.On October 15, Nigerian piratesseized the tug/supply vesselBourbon Liberty 249 and seizedsix Russian seafarers and oneEstonian mariner. That vesselbelongs to Bourbon, the Frenchgroup. Its crew had been at workat an oil platform off Bonny Island.Contact has been made with thekidnappers since yesterday, theRussian charge d'affaires inNigeria, Alexander Chernov, toldRussian news agencies. “It isknown that the sailors are healthy,and treatment of them is normal,"Chernov added. Some Russianmaritime sources have accusedNigerian officials of trying toextract ransoms for the release ofthe crews in a repetition of thetwo-year hostage-taking byNigerian navy and police of the13-man crew of oil tanker AfricanPrestige in 2004-5.Are pirate reports‘suppressed’? – 23 October2012 THE IMB’S Piracy ReportingCentre was reported today tohave challenged the view thatpiracy incidents have droppeddrastically. Rather, PottengalMukundan, head of theInternational Maritime Bureau’scentre, said today at a conferencein London that reports ofcontinued such attacks “are beingsuppressed”, according to

Bloomberg. “Vessels with privatearmed security are not reportingthe attempted attacks that othervessels were reporting before.There could be many reasons forthis,” he said at the Hanson WadeCombating Piracy conference. “Itcould be that they fear liability orsimply the owners themselveshave got clauses in theircontracts which prevent anyreporting of attempted attacks.This is very sad,” he added. “Ifthere is an attempted attack, thatinformation about that pirate skiffis vital to the next vessel comingdown that area,” Mukundanwarned. ‘‘Until recently, therewere a lot more free reportscoming out and at the moment wefeel that the reports are beingsuppressed. “We need to find away if people are afraid of liabilityor other such factors, for thatinformation to be madeavailable.’’Flamina fire victim dies – 10October 2012A THIRD seafarer has died frominjuries sustained in the 14 JulyMSC Flaminia explosion and fire.A 41-year-old Filipino mariner,who was aboard the vessel whenthe fire broke out, died in aPortuguese hospital as a result ofburns, said the 6,732teuFlaminia’s German manager,NSB Reederei. “Although ittemporarily seemed that hiscondition improved, he finally losthis life in the hospital due to hisserious injuries,” said thecompany, which added he died on7 October. Another seafarer waskilled immediately, while a thirdseafarer’s body was never found.The latest victim had been one ofthree injured crew memberstransferred by ship and helicopterto the Azores. Two left thehospital quickly, but the victimwas transferred to Portugal.Flaminia is still being unloaded atGermany’s Jade Weser Port,where it was brought afterGerman authorities agreed togive it refuge.Rena owner agrees to pay forNZ clean-up – 3 October 2012DAINA Shipping, owner of the

box ship Rena, has reached amultimillion-dollar settlement oncost arising from the vessel’sgrounding off Tauranga, NewZealand’s government said.Daina, a subsidiary of Greece'sCostamare, will contributeNZ$27.6M ($22.8M) toward thegovernment's costs, Reutersreported. The grounding on a reefabout 20km from the NZ’s largestbox port caused the country'sworst environmental disaster.Under the agreement, the ownerwill pay another NZ$10.4M if itapplies for and are grantedpermission to leave part of thewreck in place. NZ authoritieshave spent about NZ$47M in theclean-up, but the ship's ownerswere immediately liable to payjust NZ$11.3M under existinglegislation. "We now haveagreements that avoid costly andtime-consuming court action withno guarantee of the outcome,"transport minister Gerry Brownleetold reporters. The groundingresulted in about 300 tonnes oftoxic fuel oil being spilled, killingthousands of sea birds andfouling beaches up to 100km fromthe reef. Rena's captain andnavigation officer were jailed forseven months in May foroperating the ship in a dangerousmanner, releasing toxicsubstances and altering the ship'sdocuments. They had admitted to takingshortcuts so Rena would not docklate at Tauranga. However, theship broke in half on grounding.The rear section has fallen off thereef, and salvage operators havebeen cutting up the bow section,which is still aground, Reutersadded. The settlement does notaffect court charges laid againstthe owner for the discharge ofharmful substances, which carriesa maximum fine of NZ$600,000,and an additional fine ofNZ$10,000 for each day theoffending continues.

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