Sep - Dec 2017 News Waves Visible and Felt Leadership PAGE 15 & Soft Skills Resilience Intro PAGE 16 & Best Practices - News Waves Reader’s Section - G. Karavias - VMC Kongsberg K-Chief 500 Repair - E.T.O. Ozornin PAGE 17 & Reflective LFI, LET and Resilience Project PAGE 21 & Risk Management TMSA 3 Project PAGE 22 & Outstanding 3rd Party Inspections Performance PAGE 28 & Roxana Seamen Climbing to the top PAGE 42 NewsEdition Waves 2017-02 2017-031 Contents 03 Message from TEK 29 Lessons Learnt Boiling Water Sprays Engineer 04 Who is Who Vessel Grounds on Reef at 10 knots Capt. Ioannis Koloniotis Mystery Collision Reveals GPS anomaly Vasileios Kokkineas Collision at Anchorage Capt. Foivos Kousouris Rocket Debris Falls Close to Ship Collision while both OOWs Sitting in their Chairs 05Curabitur Rokcs Activities varius H2S Seeps into Cargo Control Room lobortis lectus, Expect the Unexpected 06 RoKcs Training Center Automatic Shutdown of Main Engine quisTankers pharetra Officers Training eros 21-23Jun2017 Earth Fault Means Trouble dictumRoxana Officers sit amet ECDIS Type Spec Training 20Jun2017 Mooring Rope Caught in Thruster nonKristen volutpat Officers ECDIS Type Spec Training 19Aug2017 Steep Stairs Require Both Hands Marflex DWP & Kongsberg K-Chief 500 Train. Jun2017 Never too Junior to “Stop Job” Sed non nulla tellus, tristique ultrices Junior Officers Training Jun 2017 Incinerator Burns leo. Aliquam eu ligula mi, eget congue turpis. Aliquam consectetur, nisl quis PPE is not Always Appropriate 10interdum Pancoast vulputate, Singapore felis enim semper Bunker Fuel Contamination of Cargo mi, id gravida erat orci id justo. Morbi Collision while Leaving Anchorage consectetur ultrices arcu, a aliquet 11diam Vladivostokblandit ac. Integer Maritime sodales, Collegeneque (VMC) non ultricies consequat, felis lectus bibendum ante, in tempor tortor justo 12 New Ladies On The Block 38 New Rules hendrerit magna. Global Fuel Sulphur Cup 0.5% in 2020 13Pellentesque Hot Stuff venenatis arcu felis. Chinese ECA’s as of 2017 VestibulumTEK Attendance nulla tellus, at consecteturMBC on 11Jul17 Ballast Water Treatment in facilisis nec, tempor vitae est. Proin scelerisque10th ENOC felis commodo Marine Workshop quam & OCIMF MERMF 1 Shippng MRV Monitoring Plan Approval scelerisqueIntertanko consectetur ISTEC 51 sit and amet BsC a 38 ER FO Sampling Points nulla.Shell Nulla S quisafety tortor Mediterranean quis ante viverraWorkshop 13-14Jun17 vestibulum. Suspendisse sit amet Visible and Felt Leadership nulla arcu. Phasellus adipiscing arcu a purusS consecteturoft Skills and tempor. Resilience Vestibulum Intro 42 Human Resources Management fermentumSeagull felis CES sed nisl pharetra at Familiarization, Roxana Shipping 01 May - 31 Aug 17 faucibus mauris eleifend. Praesent Best Practice - News Waves Reader’s Section - GAK Promotions, Roxana Shipping 01 May - 31 Aug 17 sollicitudin metus non nulla faucibus vestibulum.Best Practice Suspendisse - Officers ut lacus Ashore in Action VMC Mrs Margarita Kuramaeva Employment elit. Donec Kongsber consecteturg K-Chief ullamcorper 500 Repair - E.T.O. Ozornin Job Opportunities eleifend. Aenean tincidunt nunc ac ECDIS NoNO Project turpis interdum quis consectetur velit ECDIS and ENC’s Project dapibus. Lagadion 2, Marousi Reflective LFI, LET and Resilience Project 151 25 Greece VivamusRisk viverra Management velit id nisiTMSA3 dictum Project mollis. Morbi lectus ipsum, eleifend Tel. +30 210 8171000 Internet On Board Project non hendrerit sit amet, condimentum Fax.+30 210 6816433 et nisi.ODME Maecenas for Biofuels vel tellus Project nulla, eu [email protected] euismodBody dui. Mass Quisque Index sapien(BMI) Project sapien, iaculis non blandit vitae, adipiscing in [email protected] Outstanding 3rd Party Inspections Performance urna. Vivamus sed nulla vel nisl vehicula Please recycle sollicitudin non eget augue. Nunc ♻ 2 News Waves 2017-02 Message from TEK The outset of 2017 marked another long lasting recession for tanker market, despite that we have not deviated from our target to engage our staff onboard and ashore to a course, which is steady towards operations safe and secure, environmentally friendly, operations with quality, time and cost effective meeting our customers expectations. What is worthwhile highlighting at this “Engagement is the ticket to culture, is the boosting of point is the amazing LTIF of 0 for the chronic unease versus risk normalisation. The principal whole 2017. Zero lost time incidents is a performance in line with the 0 incidents order “Return Home Healthy all the times, with full basket” vision for our Industry . We have been is well deep into our skin. And the fruits definitely come, struggling all these years to boost crew similar to this zero LTIF” engagement, as catalyst to transform mere compliance to commitment, as during Officers training ashore October Our three offices in Brazil, Athens and catalyst to transform training to learning. and December 2016 is another proof Singapore are ensuring that we are We came to understand that of colleagues engagement. A further covering the full spectrum time zone engagement is the ticket to culture, is measure will be the inclusion of ”Reader’s and we are available for our clients at the boosting of chronic unease versus corner” in next edition of NewsWaves. any given time. risk normalisation. The principal In house developed Reflective LFI and Update on the newbuildings and new order “Return Home Healthy all the LET modules and training videos are acquisitions program is reported in New times, with full basket” is well deep some of the projects boosting crew Ladies on the block section. into our skin. And the fruits definitely engagement. The Lessons Learnt section continues come, similar to this zero LTIF. Crew welfare is another priority with BMI to remind us wrong practices that we Focus on boosting engagement has and Internet on board two of the related should refrain from. always been in the view, but two years projects. All of us should study carefully what we ago a more structured approach was Smooth navigation in the ECDIS should by all means avoid to do. adopted. Management Review Meeting environment is the deliverable of the Cyber-security has always been in our ashore, 3rd party inspections preparation recently introduced ECDIS and ENCs and agenda, and now that Internet on board checklistand MoC actions plan per ECDIS NoNO projects. has matured as project, we have revised role tasks oriented, top4 meeting for We are happy to confirm once more the Internet access policy. Along with monthly inspection report, top4 daily the steady course of the Fleet and the above updates on Ballast Water meeting for TAB Safe and PALI, training the Company towards high levels of Treatment, Global Fuel Sulphur Cup 0.5% ashore and onboard by introducing performance. Clear evidence of this in 2020, Chinese ECAS as of 01Jan17, reflective Learning From Incidents (LFI) commitment to excellence in terms MRV plan are included in the New Rules and Learning Engagement Tools (LET), of safety, environment protection section. crew debate onboard are some of the and quality for this period is the KPIs Prompt and effective learning process measures to facilitate crew engagement. where the targets were achieved, even facilitates career development for our Similarly HSQE committee and HSQE exceeded. employees and ensures the smooth and meeting minutes are introduced as As an appreciation to our crews good effective implementation of changes in of 01Jan17 with a code of conduct efforts and their optimized performance behavior and operations required due to boosting crew engagement. during the vetting inspections and the fast changing Industry environment. A remarkable number of projects starting from 01Jan17 a revised vetting In line with this policy extended are running to manage all changes performance bonus is introduced. shore familiarization with occasional necessary for our Company to achieve All above are included in the hot stuff employment in Head Office is offered to the short and long term objectives. section, which also contains the vessel selected officers. Details on the above, Vessels are included as project team top performers and the Best Practices along with the records of promotions members, and even if not, the Follow Up for the period. throughout the fleet, are addressed in Notification (FUN) sent out to the Fleet The Who is Who section this time the Human Resources section. facilitates crew engagement to all our hosts Costas Partsinevelos, Anastasia Other interesting topics are addressed projects. Karagianni and Nikos Velalis, three in the remaining sections of this edition. The new Vision and Mission of our colleagues in the Purchasing dept, who Enjoy the reading! Company is released as of 01Jan17, an have helped and are still helping out outcome of constructive workshops team meet the short and long term Takis Koutris during MR May and November 2016 and objectives. Managing Director News Waves 2017-02 3 Who is Who Constantinos Partsinevelos Constantinos Partsinevelos studied business administration in the American College of Athens and completed his studies in 1990 acquiring a doctorate degree at University of Houston, Texas, in mechanical engineering, being co- author of various scientific publications. From 1987 till 1993 he worked as a superconductivity research engineer in the University of Houston, Texas and as a professor assistant in destructive evaluation techniques laboratory. From 1993 till 1997 he worked as Fleet