Cyprus, a major shipping nation, has pulled together and is pushing e-Navigation forward in many respects. To tell us about this, STM managed to get an interview with Socrates Theodossiou, Chairman of the e-Navigation Working Group of the Cyprus Shipping Chamber(CSC). Socrates is the Joint Managing Director and owner of Tototheo Group with HQ in Limassol, Cyprus. He is highly active in the international shipping community together with his wife and Joint Managing Director, Despina Panayiotou-Theodossiou.
Rimorchiatori Napoletani organized within STM Validation Project, an "Open day" aimed at presenting the new innovative Tug Giano in operation in the port of Naples.
The European Maritime Simulator Network (EMSN) allows simulators of different brands at various sites to be connected. Joint exercises can be performed by people in different countries in real time. In October the EMSN was used for the first time for joint training in Search and Rescue (SAR) among professionals from different organisations and students, from three Nordic countries.
The price will be awarded to an organization that sparked, realised, or significantly contributed in any innovation fostering smart shipping. Sea Traffic Management and the previous project MONALISA 2 have been nominated, with the winner determined by an open online voting procedure.
