Maritime Transport for the Greek Seas – Thessaloniki

Nautical Meteorology for the Greek Seas

February 15, 2015 – Thessaloniki

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Seminar Description

The Nautical Meteorology seminar for the Greek Seas is an innovative seminar in which participants learn practical knowledge about the weather at sea and beyond, always in the light of modern meteorological science. Knowledge that is immediately usable and will give them the necessary self-confidence and certainty to deal with the complex weather that prevails in our country. This seminar not only covers theoretical knowledge but also gives practical examples and reveals to participants the secrets of safe weather forecasting. No mathematical or meteorological knowledge is required for participation, only basic internet browsing skills. (more…)

Tropical Cyclone Seminar in Thessaloniki

Tropical Cyclones Seminar

Analysis- Prognosis and Avoidance

14 February 2015 – Thessaloniki

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Seminar Description

The tropical cyclone seminar is a modern and comprehensive approach to the most dangerous meteorological phenomenon that a sailor can encounter. This seminar provides all the basic knowledge that the bridge officer must know, such as the structure of tropical cyclones, the name, the dangerous and navigable semicircle, the Rule 1-2-3. Special reference is also made to the way tropical cyclones are symbolized on surface maps, issued by the world's largest meteorological services (NOAA, JMA) and the way meteorological messages (advisories) are read is explained. At the same time, the method of Ma-Li Chen and Lee Chesneau for predicting the trajectory of tropical cyclones using the 500 mb map is taught for the first time in Greece. And all this through practical applications, exercises and numerous examples. (more…)

Modern Marine Meteorology Seminar (Level 1)

Modern Marine Meteorology Seminar (Level I)

7 February 2015, 10:00 – 16:00, Piraeus

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Seminar Description

The Marine Meteorology seminar entitled Modern Marine Meteorology (Level I) trains participants in the basic principles of modern Marine Meteorology, having as main subjects learning how to read and understand the meteorological surface charts that are published daily by the largest meteorological services in the world, which deal with the weather forecasting in the Oceans. These services are the American Meteorological Service (NOAA/OPC), the Japanese (JMA) and the English (Metoffice). Also, the most modern techniques of safe course planning (weatherrouting) are taught with the aim of avoiding dangerous barometric systems and tropical cyclones. The seminar also makes special reference to waves (wind waves and swell).

Target Audience

The seminar is aimed at bridge officers of ocean-going ships, of any rank, as well as office executives of shipping companies. (more…)

Modern Marine Meteorology Seminar – Saturday 31/1

New Methods of Getting Weather Information on Board

 Saturday, 31 January 2015 – Piraeus

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Seminar Description

Take your laptop, your tablet and your mobile phone and come learn the ways in which you will always have official meteorological information on board, wherever you are in the world, regardless of whether the facsimile works or not, regardless of whether there are official or unofficial forecasts and regardless of whether you have broadband or not.

Through a multitude of real examples and practical applications, this seminar will open new horizons for you in receiving meteorological information, training you in all the modern methods of receiving meteorological information that have been developed for sailors.

Learn how you can using e-mail of the ship, receive official charts from the world's largest meteorological services, warnings, advisories for tropical cyclones, metaarea forecasts, observations from passing ships, satellite wind measurements from the A-SCAT satellite, Grib Files (Digital weather maps). Learn how to use the most popular Grib Viewers and how to ALWAYS have weather on board. There will also be a special mention of the popular program SPOS and in OPENCPN. (more…)

Nautical Meteorology for the Greek Seas

Nautical Meteorology for the Greek Seas

Sunday, January 18, 2015 – Athens

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Seminar Description

The Nautical Meteorology seminar for the Greek Seas is an innovative seminar in which participants learn practical knowledge about the weather at sea and beyond, always in the light of modern meteorological science. Knowledge that is immediately usable and will give them the necessary self-confidence and certainty to deal with the complex weather that prevails in our country. This seminar not only covers theoretical knowledge but also gives practical examples and reveals to participants the secrets of safe weather forecasting. No mathematical or meteorological knowledge is required for participation, only basic internet browsing skills. (more…)

Modern Marine Meteorology Seminar (Level 1)

Modern Marine Meteorology Seminar (Level I)

10 January 2015, 10:00 – 16:00, Piraeus

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Seminar Description

The Marine Meteorology seminar entitled Modern Marine Meteorology (Level I) trains participants in the basic principles of modern Marine Meteorology, having as main subjects learning how to read and understand the meteorological surface charts that are published daily by the largest meteorological services in the world, which deal with the weather forecasting in the Oceans. These services are the American Meteorological Service (NOAA/OPC), the Japanese (JMA) and the English (Metoffice). Also, the most modern techniques of safe course planning (weatherrouting) are taught with the aim of avoiding dangerous barometric systems and tropical cyclones. The seminar also makes special reference to waves (wind waves and swell).

Target Audience

The seminar is aimed at bridge officers of ocean-going ships, of any rank, as well as office executives of shipping companies. (more…)

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