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AUG 2015 | FREE TO MEMBERS
PORT WELFARE COMMITTEES
CUNARD 175: JIM HEADS WEST
THE ART OF NEGOTIATION
Making sure seafarers get a warm welcome.
The great voyage from Liverpool to New York...and back.
The inaugural Propeller Club lunch is announced
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for laughter, lunches and the occasional smattering of gold braid, join propeller club liverpool
If you aren't already a member of the Propeller Club Liverpool we would love you to join. We offer a great mix of social and networking events, and an opportunity to show how passionate you are about your own maritime professionalism. We are growing and you could be a part of it - whether to meet new contacts, grow your network or to win business. Heck sometimes it's just actually quite fun joining in - see www.propellerclub.co.uk to sign up today.
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cementing our club in the city, area and global community It's one thing to have the energy, tenacity and vision to get a Club started - but to keep it going and growing - well that takes something else...
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o we managed to hit the ground running - our St George's Day 2015 launch was well received, and both members and corporate supporters alike have continued to join and support us. So far so good. But that is only the start, to remain valid and valuable it is about making Propeller Club Liverpool a pillar of the local maritime community, and we need to ensure that we deliver for members and the community alike. In order to do this we have reached out to seafarer welfare organisations, and have offered free honorary memberships to those whose valuable charity work does so much. We have also been represented on the North West Port Welfare Commitee - of which you can find out more inside. This engagement, we hope, shows that we are connected to seafarers, shipping and the sea - and that we exist to promote the industry. Which, after all, is the aim of the Propeller Club. We are continuing to grow - so thank you to all members who have joined...thanks too to the many who are renewing after your first year. It is so satisfying to see so many people getting value, contacts, positive relationships and even business from our network. From First Thursdays to lunches, golf days, rendezvous at local events and Christmas hostelry tours - we exist to bring local maritime professionals together. We hope you feel we are doing a good job, and look forward to hearing from you if there is something you think we should be doing , or if we can assist or support you. Full steam ahead...
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Looking after seafarers: Port welfare committees The Propeller Club Liverpool is proud to serve as a member of the North West Port Welfare Committee - a body which sits under the auspices of the Merchant Navy Welfare Board (MNWB). The Commitee gathers to discuss the services provided to seafarers visiitng the region, and to exchange information between a range of key stakeholders. The MNWB is an umbrella organisation for those who provide welfare and support services to seafarers and their dependents. The key objectives of the organisation are to: • To help improve the effectiveness of all those charities caring for merchant seafarers, fishermen and their dependants and this is done irrespective of nationality, religion or ethnic background. • Strive to ensure that all welfare needs are met through the most effective deployment of resources. • Facilitate the work of Constituent organisations through the provision of grants and specialist support services. • Provide a dedicated welfare support and referral service for UK seafarers and their dependants. • Manage and support Port Welfare Committees to develop local welfare services. • Encourage and enable closer collaboration amongst both Constituent organisations and Port Welfare Committees. • Represent and raise awareness of seafarers’ welfare issues at national level. The Port Welfare Committees (PWC’s) are an essential and integral part of the MNWB's work. The contribution made by members allows the Board to better understand the issues that affect seafarers locally, nationally and internationally. 04 LEADINGEDGE
The purpose of each Committee is to act as an information, communication and networking channel between local members and the Board. Fifteen PWC’s cover the entire coastline of the United Kingdom with another covering the Port of Gibraltar. Each committee comprises of representatives from organisations concerned with the welfare of seafarer’s visiting the ports and the local seafaring community. Members include: • Government Agencies • Maritime Charities • Maritime Trade Unions • Port Authorities • Port Health Authorities • Ship Owners (commonly represented by the shipping agents) • Professional Bodies Each Committee has three general meetings per year, one of which is combined with an AGM. The role of the PWC's is pivotal in ensuring that the interactions are not just a one way street. By gathering other groups together, then the local community can
share its views, experiences, hopes and concerns. By opening such vital channels of communications, then seafarer welfare becomes a join enterprise, and all of us who care have a role to play. For the Propeller Club - as a group of fairly disparate maritime professionals, it can be all too easy for is to be disconnected from the sea, and from seafarers. So being involved gives us a chance to share with others and to gain insight. The Committee has been extremely welcoming, and it perhaps helps that there are a number of individual Propeller Club members who attend in their own professional capacities. We are always keen to provide feedback to the PWC on intiatives which our members are engaged in, so if you have any involvement with seafarer issues do let us know. The Club has been represented by our Vice President Steven Jones, but if this is an area which you would like to get involved in or help out - then we would be really keen to have some additional support.
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WELL DONE KVH - LPL BEAT LEEDS! As Usual Like a scene from the 1970s, football teams from Liverpool and Leeds came to do battle recently...and as the rain poured down, memories of clashes from the past surfaced. We all know about "Dirty Leeds" immortalised in the book "The Damned United", about Brian Clough's short tenure as manager. But has time mellowed those who play in white and kick the man more often than the ball? No...not really. Anyway, weathering the literal and metaphorical storm, the Liverpool office ran out triumphant as they walked through the wind and the rain. Which was nice.
inaugural Propeller CLub Golf Open Led by Committee members Chris Farrell, Bill Carter and Colin Kershaw, Propellerists and guests took on the links challenge at the delightful Formby Hall Golf Resort & Spa...FORE... Set in 135 acres of tree-lined splendour, the 18-hole championship standard Old Course at Formby Hall offers endless challenges including riveted bunkers, large undulating greens and numerous lakes and ponds.
Facts about the actual standard of play have been hard to come by. It has been said that some amongst the Brookes Bell contingent spent more time in the sand than on the grass.
Ranked among the best championship golf courses in the UK, it's an established venue for the European Challenge Tour and the European Professional Seniors Tour. Many high quality charity and pro-am events are also hosted here...and so it was that the Propellerists arrived.
While the feedback from Chris Farrell was overwhelmingly positive - with Port2Port claming a clean sweep on all the prizes. Financial Director Ian Crook took the "green jacket and Claret jug", with a fine overall victory. While the P2P guys also claimed nearest to the pin and longest drive.
Welcomed initially by grey skies and mizzle, soon the dour day transformed itself into glorious summer sunshine. It was August after all.
Bill Carter of InXpress, a former Captain of the golf club, said it was an excellent day - and this is something which we hope to host every year. Thank you to all who took part, and see you on the course next year.
We should explain - this was the most recent fixture in the "TeamTalk Cup" - a traditional match between the offices of KVH Media Group - from Liverpool and Leeds. This time round, Liverpool was represented and cheered on by some Propeller Club members - and of course KVH is a generous founder of our Club. As the winning goal slammed in talk turned to the idea of a Propeller Club 5-a-side team. We would love to hear from anyone who would like to play - email propellerclubliverpool@gmail.com The trophy may be small, but the effort to win it was enormous...
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Presidential Cruise
Our President Jim Bellew recently headed from Liverpool to the USA onboad Queen Mary 2 - here he looks back on a very special experience. Liverpool’s Pier Head has seen many dramatic moments over the past couple of centuries during which it has embraced triumph and tragedy in equal measure. From the 1840s onward over nine million emigrants with hearts full of hope (and often precious little else) moved westward in search of religious freedom and economic opportunity. 100 years later as WWII cast its long shadow the boots of over a million GI’s landed on our cobbled waterfront as the fresh-faced kids from the New World marched towards the dark abyss of the old. And throughout its history the Mersey has delivered to us reasons to celebrate, congregate and commemorate maritime happenings of every hue. The 4th July 2015 was such an occasion. At precisely two o'clock in the afternoon 175 years earlier (1840) Samuel Cunard’s steampowered paddle-driven ship “RMS Britannia” with a top speed of 9 knots and around a 100 passages sailed out-of-the-river for Halifax Nova Scotia and Boston Massachusetts. This inaugural voyage opened up and set the standards for the north Atlantic passage that endures to this day with the 148,528grt flagship of the Cunard fleet “RMS Queen Mary” following in her wake. Her 3873 passengers and crew can travel at a
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speed of 30 knots and the “Britannia” would comfortably fit within the QM2’s restaurant that carriers her name. On the 4th July 2015 with the early morning sun threatening to join the party the greatest passenger liner on the planet made her way up-river towards the cruise terminal to the strains of Liverpool songs and shanties belted-out by hundreds of scousers who had joined the ship in Southampton. Not the usual accompaniment for an early-morning berthing this overture was the prelude to an amazing day for Cunard and Liverpool, its spiritual home.
in the place where it all started; some 400 “locals” to add to those already on-board. The city was buzzing, an air of expectancy hung heavy over a community used to the spotlight that was waiting in the wings for its cue to perform. In this city if you go into a dark corner and whisper “there’s party on!” you’re guaranteed a flock of revellers within seconds; if you shout it from the rooftops months in advance then the entire populous from nine to ninety will turnout dressed-toimpress with their acts rehearsed and scripts word-perfect. The stage was set!
The commemorative voyage was sold out 12 months in advance and the events in the city to mark the occasion were the focus of much debate and speculation. Your President and his lady having secured a booking were amongst the first to embark at around 11am. For the first time for fifty years a Cunard ship was boarding passengers
Our city elders had decided on an array of events to mark the years since Sam Cunard’s pioneering voyage including a parade of 175 vintage cars, a transatlantic food festival with cakes of significant buildings from both sides of the Atlantic, an audacious and successful attempt at breaking the “Guinness World Record for the Most Models
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on a Catwalk” previously held by Mexico, two performances at the Anglican cathedral of a major “Cunard” concert plus, as the Queen slipped her moorings for the leaving of Liverpool, a son et lumiere and fireworks farewell in spectacular style – and of course the cast of thousands still dancing in the streets. Yours truly having dropped the sea chest in the cabin quickly returned ashore to claim an outside table at the Brasco Lounge from where I delivered on my emailed invitation to a drink offered to a large section of my contact database. The “Iceberg Party” continued well beyond its allotted time to the extent that me and her missed our bus to the cathedral gig and were rescued by the nice cruise terminal staff who commandeered a van to get us up there half-way through the exalting strains of “Amazing Grace”. The awesome space of Britain’s biggest church was filled with sound of the RLPO, the band of Welsh Guards, two choirs and the largest organ in the UK. On their music stands were hymns, anthems and inspiring songs delivered by heavenly voices each introduced with an anecdote or fable by a significant person. Veteran BBC presenter Michael Buerk, royal correspondent Jennie Bond and Former Deputy Prime Minster (Lord) John Prescott were joined by other luminaries and symbolic characters from Cunard’s history while our Lord Mayor Tony Conception struck an emotional chord presenting “You’ll Never Walk Alone”. However two ladies from Crosby delivered the “coup de grace”. Their tale covered the dramatic rescue of Titanic passengers by the “RMS Carpathia” culminating with the raising of the actual sextant used to navigate the rescue mission by the celebrated Capt Arthur Rostron their great, great grandfather. So many stories! So many tears! The event culminated with a “last night of the proms” style crescendo leaving the international congregation suitably pulverised. With two performances the entire complement of passengers had the opportunity to experience this emotional tour-de-force which as the trip evolved clearly registered as the event of the voyage. At a packed passenger forum prior to our arrival in New York the Liverpool event received spontaneous acclaim.
Five grey days of ocean provided rest and respite for us ragged revellers although the wide choice of entertainment on-board kept the juices flowing. Many events focused on the 175th anniversary and Cunard’s illustrious history with experts and historians delivering chapter and verse in the ship’s magnificent auditorium. Grand dinners and themed balls challenged the stamina and unsurprisingly the decks were full of passengers trying to walk-off their excesses stopping only occasionally to view a whale or dolphin – no mermaids were reported. There was however an interesting moment of diversion when a derelict two-masted yacht was spotted. The mighty Queen pulled back from her 21 knots and circled the craft to take a closer look.
opposite Governors Island, this ended the voyage for most of the Liverpool crowd. We stayed with the ship for the return voyage and the atmosphere on-board was patently different. The buzz we’d carried from Liverpool had disembarked in Brooklyn. The return passage was fine, normality returned. We did the things you do on cruises; we even had another lobster in Halifax. We arrived on schedule in that bus terminal for cruise ships they call Southampton ready for the last leg of our journey – a coach trip to Liverpool that took longer than a JFK-LHR flight. It started 175 years ago with a dream and ended in a traffic jam on the M6.
Having ensured that the distressed hulk had been abandoned the incident was reported to the coastguard before we proceeded on our voyage to Halifax. Questions unasked, answers not sought, somebody’s dream turned into a nightmare! On the sixth morning we arrived in the birthplace and home of Samuel Cunard where a larger-than-life statue of the great man adorns the waterfront. We received a warm but understated welcome from this old port and left with a naval escort and a multigun salute – nobody could quiet agreed on the number! For our scouse contingent the enduring memory of Halifax will be the excellent lobsters and sauvignon blanc in the warm sunshine of the second largest bay in the world. Following a day at sea and another night of indulgence on-board Boston gave us our arrival panoramic as we edged our way alongside the Black Falcon Cruise Terminal. Another day of hopping on and off a trolley bus while absorbing historical facts and cultural commentary tested our resolve before returning aboard for the spectacular departure fireworks that signified the end of our 175 re-enactment. As the oohs and aarhs faded away our liner set course for the big apple and we retired to the bar or bed whichever was nearest – it’s a big ship! Ten days after boarding our Queen in Liverpool we sailed with just two metres clearance under the Verrazano Bridge past the “lady in the bay” with downtown Manhattan imposing its presence on the skyline – can there be a more spectacular arrival? As the great vessel moved into its mundane berth in the Brooklyn terminal, PROPELLERCLUB 07
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it is 35 years since the tragic loss of the mv derbyshire... on the 5th september a memorial service will be held in st Nicholas church The loss of the bulk carrier MV Derbyshire is a tale which was played out across decades, in newspapers, courtrooms and ultimately deep beneath the waves off the coast of Okinawa. Far from home, lives were taken and back in Liverpool they were ripped apart. In St Nicholas Church many will gather to remember - the years perhaps dimming the pain, but never the memory. The Propeller Club has been working to support the Derbyshire Trust in their mission to have a permanent and fitting memorial to the officers and crew in Liverpool. If you would like to attend the memorial service please email propellerclubliverpool@gmail.com
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negotiation the art and Science of Freeing hostages Propeller Club Liverpool is set to host its inaugural lunch next month - and we are pleased to announce a speaker who is set to explore the murky, frightening and fascinating world of hostage negotiations . An area which was featured in the movie, "A Hijacking" (pictured above) - which we showed at The Athenaeum in partnership with the Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme (MPHRP)
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Hostage negotiators have long been used in some form or other and indeed, it is an ancient art or skill, which stretches back to at least the ancient Greek era. Wherever and whenever people have been taken hostage there has been someone trying to free them – relying on techniques ranging from asking nicely, paying money, through to waging bloody retribution. Over the years the approach to modern hostage negotiation has been refined and defined. These contemporary techniques were established in the early 1970s when officers from Scotland Yard and the American FBI met to debrief a number of “crime in action” situations that were to alter the way we did business in the future. The art of hostage negotiation – is about a mindset of accepting that it is not about right and wrong, it is not about winning. It is about communication. The negotiators are assessing the complex interaction of human beings with other worldly influences and people.
What began in law enforcement has found something of a commercial scope in the past few years, as vessels were taken by Somali pirates. A team from Michigan State University recently interviewed two former Somali pirates on how they negotiate ransoms for the release of the ship. The conceptual framework used to understand this negotiation process is termed “Extortionate Transactions”. The hostage taker is both powerful (in the taking of hostages) but powerless (unable to affect change through legitimate channels) at the same time. Ultimately the pirate actually needs the negotiator, or they will end up with nothing. So it is an incredible delicate balance which is often on a knife edge. They must work through one another to achieve an outcome – the pirate wanting money, the negotiator wanting the crew and ship released. The study found that both the Somali captors and the ship-owner negotiators can only resolve the negotiations by understanding
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the paradox of their reliance and managing it effectively. After a ship is captured the pirates immediately turn off all communication equipment to make the ship go dark. According to one owner, “Usually, if the company or ship owner is unable to get hold of their ship, they begin to worry and when we turn the communications of the ship back on, the ship owner or company is ready to negotiate.” The ship is then taken to an anchorage and is secured. Then contact with the owners is established and the pirates begin their negotiations often through a translator. The average ransom for a ship captured by Somali pirates is usually well over $5 million. If the negotiations reach a sticking point, the pirates can begin threatening the crew to motivate the owners to settle. Ransom payments are made in cash dropped on the ship from a helicopter. About 5% of the ransom goes to shore administration, 60% goes to the businessman funder, and the remaining 35% is split between the crew and other parties involved. Once the ransom is paid the ship is released. Perhaps the greatest challenge for ship owners in confronting these events is learning how to manage the paradoxes of the extortionate transaction. They must first understand how the Somali pirates view their circumstances (paradoxes of dispossession and detachment), and then adopt a negotiation process that enables them to confront the remaining paradoxes. Specifically, the paradox of face is a particularly important one. Prior research indicates that confronting this paradox requires negotiators to adhere to a specific process in which the communicators first develop a relationship or ability to understand one another, and then work through the issues in a systematic form.
For the inaugural Propeller Club Liverpool lunch, we are proud to be able to bring a speaker to the city who has been at the forefront of some of the most difficult piracy hostage negotiations of recent years. Hostage negotiator Suzanne Williams, a key figure in securing the safe rescue of many victims of piracy, has agreed to address our club, and we hope that many of you will find the opportunity to hear more of the art of negotiation, and may be able to take some key business lessons away with you.
Failure to adhere to this kind of systematic approach can subject the negotiators to a chaotic environment that threatens the safety of the crew.
Ms Williams has been to the fore in many highly sensitive attempts to free merchant ships and crew members from the clutches of bandits operating off east Africa and elsewhere, and is known for her gripping presentations on the subject. She worked at the Metropolitan Police Service for 32 years service, and the final 5 years of her career saw service as head of the Hostage Crisis Unit at New Scotland Yard.
There is science, and there is art to the negotiation process. But most of all there are incredibly high stakes. Getting the communcation flow wrong, and failing to build a rapport and relationship can result in the death or injury to crew.
Sue has been a practising Hostage Negotiator since 1991, having qualified with both Scotland Yard and the FBI. As a senior member of the Directing Staff on the National Hostage Negotiation Training Courses at Hendon she contributed to
the negotiation training of hundreds of national and International students worldwide. She is an experienced and accredited Senior Investigating Officer for kidnaps and was awarded the Queen’s Police Medal, in the Birthday Honours 2003 in recognition of her commitment to the fields of kidnap, negotiation and the saving of life. Sue now works independently delivering specialist response services to Governments, companies and individuals who operate in the kidnap hotspots of the world. She is also involved with the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) as a crisis manager responding to sea hijacking and other maritime violence. Her charity work includes being a trustee for Hostage UK (HUK) a voluntary organisation aimed at supporting the families of overseas hostages. She has also worked on cases with Liverpool links.
The lunch is to be held at The Aloft Hotel in Liverpool - on Tuesday 22nd September. Please book your places now - http://goo.gl/qqUjwL Prices for a 3-course lunch and drinks are £38 for Propeller Club members and £42 for non-members. PROPELLERCLUB 11
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in our mersey paradise The Stone Roses got one thing right about the Mersey, the river does indeed splash against the rocks - even our jury is out on the "paradise" bit...but you would be surprised by some recent visitors to the "Pool of Life"...
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A Nod to our Friends
Our Port Secretary, Sue Henney is a one for surprises - but even she was taken aback to the see such a glorious sight at the end of her road recently. She said, "it's not everyday you see a Royal Princess in your road". Perhaps not unless you live in the SW1A postcode. Mind you this beauty has actually been back a few times since (the ship that is, not our Sue)..
Given that Antwerp is our "grandfather" club, as they introduced us into the Propeller Club, it was nice to see "OOCL Belgium" make a visit to Liverpool recently. It as been said that the biggest thing to come out of Belgium is Poirot...well now we know different. Yes, yes we know it's just a name - but it's hard to fill these text boxes.
Tragic Collision Past Cruise ships are usually associated with happy times - alas one recent visitor has rather a darker past. When first built the cruise ship "Azores", pictured above - was named "Stockholm". She is the ship that collided with the "Andrea Doria" back in 1956 off the US coast. The loss of life was dreadful, with some 51 people losing their lives.
Farming the Wind There is much talk about the amount of trade which is being conducted through Liverpool - and of course this is set to growth massively with the Liverpool Two development. But we shouldn't forget the offshore development. Vos Pathfinder works to support the windfarms.
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The best place to find out what has been on the river recently, or to join in various bits of historical chit-chat is the "Ships on the Mersey" group on Facebook. From whence some of these fascinating pictures have come.
Coming along nicely... In the last issue we featured the towing of the tug "Daniel Adamson" out of Albert Dock and into Cammel Lairds yard for its ongoing renovation. Seems things are progressing very nicely indeed. While there is an incredible amount of work being done, and this little piece of maritime history should be set to head back across the Mersey soon.
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Chairperson of Youngship Liverpool, Thomas Brockbank tells us about Youngship Liverpool and our joint mentoring inititative What is mentoring? If you look online you would find something cheesy along the lines of “a personal developmental relationship in which a more experienced or more knowledgeable person helps to guide a less experienced or less knowledgeable person”. But mentorship is more important than that, it’s not just “helping and guiding” but in fact it’s a way of taking advantage of the knowledge you have and passing it on to someone else who can use it in a future setting. Take me for example, I spent 3 years of my life studying Port and Maritime Management at John Moore’s University, I learned everything there was to know about containerisation and port safety matrices, but when I got a job after I graduated, I quickly found that all that knowledge was in many ways irrelevant. The course was fantastic, and I would recommend it to anyone, but at the end of the day there is always a distinct difference between theory and practice. That left me with a question, what is someone to do with all that information on Liquefied Natural Gas procurement chains swirling around in their head? That when I realised that whilst much of the information I learnt would probably never be used again by me, there is someone else out there who could really benefit from being able to rattle off every Incoterm in 30 seconds. So how to find these people, simple. Youngship. Youngship is made to allow young people who work in the industry meet likeminded individuals in an informal setting. The organisation has people from all kinds of background, whether they started off as an export clerk or have a masters in Marine engineering, the organisation allows them to meet and share knowledge. After witnessing this first hand, it became clear that a
programme needed to be in place which could compartmentalise all the accumulated knowledge and put it to best use. That is where the Mentoring programme comes in, it allows people to find out information which is exactly what is needed by our members, which can then be used to help further their careers. Of course there is one problem, our members are young and whilst many have a lot of knowledge, sometimes you need help from someone who has spent years working in the industry. But where do you find these people? This is where the Propeller Club comes in. With its large network of experienced maritime professionals, it gives Youngship what it needs most, experience. Individuals can pass on entertaining stories of their time at sea, or discuss how major issues in ports were resolved quickly and efficiently, all information that helps our members learn, which is what the mentorship programme is all about. The programme incorporates the best of both worlds, it brings the experience of knowledgeable Maritime professionals and works alongside the opinions and thoughts of younger professionals with a different outlook, all of which gives the largest amount of relevant information to someone who needs it. Through this collected knowledge our members can develop their careers and have the advantage of a large network of people willing to help and give advice if needed. With Youngship and the Propeller Club soon to merge, the two organisations will create a world leading, easy to use and accessible programme that will help anyone in the industry or interested in getting involved in the industry have the best chance with their future career.
make things happen...meet Youngship? YoungShip is a professional non-profit organisation for young people working within the global maritime industry. Founded in Bergen in 2004, the initiative spread quickly to other maritime hubs. The global YoungShip network today counts more than 2.500 individual members in Oslo, Møre, Haugesund, Stavanger, Kristiansand, Trondheim, Singapore, Cyprus, Dubai, Liverpool, Brazil (Rio) and Mexico. YoungShip´s core purpose is to provide a competence and network enhancing arena for our members, and to promote the young professionals in the global maritime industry. We also have a particular focus on developing the young generations´ knowledge and interest for environmental developments, innovation and entrepreneurship. Youngship's sister organisations in Greece, New York, London, Australia, Hong Kong and here in Liverpool are inspired by the YoungShip concept. All members of these organisations are entitled to attend events organised by other branches & sister organisations. http://youngship.com
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FIRSTTHURSDAY
Bill Carter of InXpress reveals the real story behind the golf day
getting together FIRST THURSDAY The Propeller Club maritime networking "First Thursday" events are the regular opportunities to meet which bring us all together. The summer has seen us branch out from our usual Rococo haunt, and we've been making the most of the sunshine on the tall ship, "Kathleen and May". Over the past couple of months we have been sponsored by the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, Kathleen and May, and ERIKS. Thank you to all who have done so much to keep the events going. If you would like to know more about sponsoring, drop Anneley an email - anneleypc@gmail.com We really see September as the start of our "season" - the darker nights
seem to make for even brighter evenings as the great and good of the local maritime scene come together.
Look forward to seeing you again soon.
We love seeing so many members, supporters and friends networking, enjoying each others company and doing business too. Fun, friendship and fiscal opportunities - it simply doesn't get better than that.
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seafarer happiness: Measuring is managing
There are many maritime activities which go on in and our fair city and region - but few can have the sheer scale, scope and ambition of trying to measure the job satisfaction of the entire global population of seafarers. CrewtooTM, the leading social media platform for seafarers, has launched the Crewtoo Seafarers Happiness Index to monitor important benchmarks of seafarer satisfaction on a regular basis. The inaugural report, published today, shows a seafarer satisfaction level of 6.42 on a scale of 1 to 10 about key issues including general happiness, contact with family, shore leave, wage levels, food, fitness and health, training, interaction onboard, workload, and access to welfare facilities. Data for the first reports is based on surveys conducted in the first two quarters of 2015. Subsequent reports will be published approximately every three months based on surveys conducted on an ongoing basis. Crewtoo, founded in 2011, is part of KVH Media Group and KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq:KVHI). “It is all well and good to talk about seafarers and the realities of life at sea, but until now there has been very little confirmation as to how seafarers actually feel about their jobs,” says Anneley Pickles, head of Crewtoo business development and Propeller Club Treasurer “For us, it comes down to one fundamental issue: Are seafarers happy? We felt it vital to develop a means of measuring and reporting this issue, which led to the creation of the Crewtoo Seafarers Happiness Index.” The issues that concerned seafarers the most, as detailed in the first report, included the need for onboard Internet access, the risk of stress and fatigue from increasing workloads, and the lack of shore leave. For example, seafarers mentioned that Internet access onboard “makes life at sea easier” and a number of respondents expressed the concern that “if connectivity does not become common on vessels, the industry might be unable to attract any new seafarers in the future.”
The Crewtoo Seafarers Happiness Index data includes responses from globally based crews, and answers were received from across all ranks and nationalities including seafarers from the Philippines, U.K., Poland, Croatia, Germany, U.S., Canada, India, and Turkey, as well as a number of African nations. The age of survey respondents ranged from 16 to the late 60s. Masters made up the largest proportion of responses by rank; some 11% of respondents stated that they were currently serving in the role of captain. The majority of responses were from seafarers working on bulk carriers and container vessels. The Crewtoo Seafarers Happiness Index is designed to be part of an ongoing campaign to raise awareness about crews’ opinions and to assist with the continual improvement of conditions onboard to retain and recruit seafarers. Quantifying and qualifying how happy people are with the various elements of their working life at sea helps to build a picture of the industry and of the successes, but also the issues and problems to be addressed. “Satisfied, well fed, fit, and engaged seafarers are vital to the present and future of the industry,” says Ms. Pickles. “Happy people stick around, happy people work well, they embrace challenges, they look to excel and share with others. In short, happiness matters and it needs to be measured, assessed, and understood. The lessons then need to be applied to ensure that we are looking after seafarers properly and responding to their wants and needs.” For a copy of the Crewtoo Seafarers Happiness Index report, please visit http://survey.crewtoo.com/happiness. If your company is doing something of which you are rightly proud and you'd like to spread the word to other Propeller Club members please do let us know - propellerclubliverpool@gmail.com
Crewtoo began surveying its approximately 110,000 members in January, asking them to rate their satisfaction about life at sea using a scale of 1-10 with a score of 10 being the happiest, and 1 being the unhappiest.
PROPELLERCLUB 15
WHATsON
Calendar of Events fall winter 2015
26 aug
31Aug
03 Sept
Committee Meeting Venue TBA
International Music Festival Sefton Park
First Thursday Rococo, Lord Street
The latest Committee meeting will see a review of the Club to date and a look ahead to see what events and steps need to be considered. Places on the Commitee are limited, but ideas aren't - so send them in.
A chance to meet up with a number of members who will be attending the festival. Email propellerclubliverpool@ gmail.com if you are attending and want to meet. Echo and The Bunnymen are headlining. http://goo.gl/3KjAt6
Back to where it all begins and another FIrst Thursday event to enjoy. Please feel free to drop by and bring a friend or colleague . Let us know if you would like to sponsor this event - email Anneley anneleypc@gmail.com
22 SEPT
1 OCT
5 NOV
Propeller Club Lunch Aloft Hotel, Liverpool
First Thursday Rococo, Lord Street
First Thursday Rococo, Lord Street
Our inaugural Propeller Club lunch will see us welcome a real expert to the city - one who will speak about the art of hostage negotiations. Book now to attend - http://goo.gl/qqUjwL
Places are limited.
The nights will have drawn in the start of October, so what better than wrapping up in the warm embrace of your Propeller Club chums. Please feel free to drop by and bring a friend or colleague . Email to sponsor
Remember, remember the 5th of November - for those of you who don't have to rush off home too stare open mouthed at Catherine Wheels - the FIrst Thursday will be having fireworks of our own - metaphorically speaking.
20 NOV
3 DEC
18 Dec
Plumbers Ball Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool
First Thursday Rococo, Lord Street
Hostelry Tour Pub, after pub, after pub...
Officially the annual dinner Liverpool Marine Engineers' and Naval Architects' Guild Annual Banquet, the Plumbers' Ball is a significant social event and Propeller Club LIverpool is pleased to have a table. SOLD OUT
Every Christmas First Thursday has been a real blast - and this time around we expect nothing by the same smiles, fun and shenanigans. Come along and get involved.
Paraphrasing Wham - last year...we went on an awesome tour around Liverpool - picking up pints and Propeller Club members as we went. We will announce the route closer to the time - but it'll be a blast.
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by invitation...
Founding corporate members Port2Port Maritime Security Ltd, is pleased to offer members the following limited offers taking place during London International Shipping Week (LISW). Please note that the first two events are first come, first served, and the third event is open to all:
London Shipping Golf day https://goo.gl/AGkkiy 1 place available for a Propeller Club member (good level of golf required) DATE 7th September 0800hrs Walton Heath Golf Club
Tower of London, Ceremony of the keys (https://goo.gl/G9Ov40) followed by drinks
Members are invited to join Propeller Club
3 places available for Propeller Club members DATE 8th September 1900hrs Tower of London
Reception at the Naval Club in Mayfair 7th
REGISTER INTEREST TO Chris Farrell chris.farrell@port2portwestafrica.com
BIMCO Breakfast: The Future of Maritime Security
London for a Shipping Week Drinks September. (NB, a small fee applies for attendance). Contact propellerclubliverpool@gmail.com if you would like to attend.
All welcome DATE 9th September 0730-0930hrs Register via https://goo.gl/GgfH7jembers are invited to the following:
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"Let's Talk Travel" - Members are invited to attend a networking event in Manchester, courtesy of our Corporate Supporters CTI Travel. 7th September 1700-1900 111 Picadilly, Manchester, M1 2HY Email michelle.bailey@cti.co.uk to register or to find out more
Marine training you can trust. MARINE AUDITING FOR PURCHASERS (IMPA APPROVED)
TANKER VETTING AND INSPECTION October 28-29, London, price: £885 + VAT
September 7-8, London, price: £850 + VAT
ISM CODE AND THE LEAD AUDITOR
RISK MANAGEMENT & INCIDENT INVESTIGATION
September 15-18, Southampton, price: £1,220+VAT
October 20-22, Liverpool, price: £1,105 + VAT
November 3-6, London, price: £1,220 + VAT
December 15-16, London, price: £885 + VAT
CLASSIFICATION & STATUTORY SURVEYS
BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT
September 22-24, Liverpool, price: £1,105 + VAT
October 21, Southampton, price: £445 + VAT
November 24-26, Southampton, price: £1,105 + VAT
ISM CODE AND THE DESIGNATED PERSON ASHORE
ISPS COMPANY SECURITY OFFICER (CSO) (MCA APPROVED) November 3-6, Liverpool, price: £1,220 + VAT
September 16-17, Southampton, price: £885 + VAT
ISPS PFSO (DFT APPROVED) PROACTIVE SHIP ENERGY AND MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT
November 17-19, Liverpool, price: £1,105 + VAT
September 9, Southampton, price: £445 + VAT
A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO SURVEYS November 10-11, Southampton, price: £885 + VAT
SHIP NEW CONSTRUCTION October 13-15, Liverpool, price: £1,105 + VAT
LNG AS FUEL November 3-4, Southampton, price: £885 + VAT
HULL INSPECTION – DAMAGE AND REPAIR October 6-8, London, price: £1,220 + VAT
ESSENTIAL DRY DOCKING ecember 1-3, Southampton, price: £1,105 + VAT
ISM CODE AND THE INTERNAL AUDITOR October 6-7, Southampton, price: £885 + VAT December 9-10, Southampton, price: £885 + VAT
5% discount for bookings made 4 weeks before the course starts To book, contact us on +44 (0)151 552 5214/5226 or ukmarinetraining.liverpool@lr.org and quote ref. MTS/08-15-01
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