8 23 ñåíòÿáðÿ 2013
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PRONAV: «We are taking care about safety»
German shipping company PRONAV held in Odessa annual seminar for its seamen. Specially organized
training sessions for Ukrainian and Croatian seafarers were held on 10-11th of September at the hotel «Bristol».
Kai Ramming, managing director PRONAV and journalist
«The Professional Seafarer»
These meetings are usual practice for companies
with a worldwide reputation.
Company PRONAV conducts
such activities annually that
develops the professional
knowledge of seafarers, establishing of communication
between seafarers and staff.
The head of the company
came for seminar in Odessa,
as well as guest lecturers. In
the conference hall of the hotel «Bristol» 60 working in
the company officers gathered. «We have invited seafarers, who at the time of the
organization of the seminar
were on shore. They are representatives of the six top officers' positions. Today to the
seminar came Ukrainian and
Croatian seafarers, their ratio
in the company is approximately 30% and 70% respectively». - Says Kai Ramming,
managing director PRONAV.
PRONAV company coop-
erates with Ukrainian seafarers from the first day of its
existence. The company was
founded in Hamburg in 1995.
At the moment, the company's fleet has 9 LNG vessels.
PRONAV is specialized in
the technical management
of these liquefied natural
gas vessels. The company's
fleet is represented by LNG
vessels of different types, on
which serve 400 sailors of
various nationalities. Croats
and Ukrainians occupy leading position among seafarers.
Ukrainian officers work in
leading positions in the company. PRONAV’s interests in
Ukraine are represented by
Eurocrew agency. Director
of Eurocrew Mr. Manylenko stated that: «None of the
world's other LNG company
employs so many Ukrainian
officers, as the company
Pronav».
The Odessa seminar was
Interview with Martin Roolvink, General Manager PRONAV
focused on operational topics
and on the permanent safety training for the seafarers
of LNG-ships. «The market
of liquefied natural gas is
growing rapidly and the international community needs
more ships that can transport
this cargo. Therefore, safety
has always been of top priority for our company. We
are taking best care about our
human resources. Serving on
LNG-ships requires extensive training and substantial professional experience.
Therefore, the permanent
discussion of safety and security matters and continous
improvement on our vessels
is essential for us», - says Kai
Ramming. Serving on this
type of ships requires major
advance preparation. Such
vessels are specialized tested
by shippers and terminals, for
what seafarers have been also
prepared during the training
in Odessa.
One of the interesting topics of discussion was the issue of media relations. The
modern world is developing
rapidly with the help of new
technologies. And now the
shipowners are worried about
the reputation of their companies, training their employees to respond adequately to
questions from the media. «In
the pursuit of «hot» information, journalists could try to
use seamen as one of the «in-
formation sources» for their
publications.. Therefore it
is our intention to make the
seafarers realizing the seriousness of this issue and to be
sensitive if they are contacted
by the media», - says Martin
Roolvink, General Manager of
the company.
PRONAV - a company
with a well - established tradition. The main policy of the
company is to focus on longterm cooperation with top
gas and oil companies, that
require quality and reliable
shipper services. «We are
interested in contracts with
the prospect of a long-term
co-operation, since we care
about the future of our company. We are interested in the
stability of the business for
all parties involved, including, of course, the seafarers..
Pursuing business, PRONAV
looks far into the future» says Mr. Roolvink.
PRONAV's vessel LNG LEO
PRONAV's vessel Al Ghariya
Working group of a seminar No. 2
Photo of all participants of a seminar
Working group of a seminar No. 1