The Importance of Accurate Weather Insight in Shipping

Tuesday, April 2, 2019 – Piraeus

THE Panhellenic Merchant Marine Captains' Association (PEPEN) , the Merchant Navy Executive Training Center (KESEN/P) in collaboration with the company StormGeo, are organizing on April 2, 2019, from 15:00-18:00, at Hellas Liberty, seminar on the topic: “The Importance of Accurate Weather Insight in Shipping”

Seminar Overview

The lecture will focus on issues related to everyday life on board and in the office, and related to weather and charter agreements. The lecture will cover the following topics:

– noon report: how do we report the weather
– why in many cases does the weather differ from the forecast?
– does my ship's anemometer measure correctly?
– Douglas Sea State vs Significant Wave Height
– Currents and Current Factor
– what does good weather mean in the language of charter parties?
– what is the role of a weather company that monitors me?
– weather routing optimization – has effects on ship performance
– how should I think to calculate the optimal course?

Target Audience

The seminar is aimed at bridge officers of ocean-going ships of any rank, AEN students as well as office executives of shipping companies.

Where and when

The seminar will be held at the floating museum. Hellas Liberty located in the central port of Piraeus at Akti Vasiliadis – Gate E2. For the exact location click here.

The seminar is 3 hours long and starts at 3:00 PM on April 2, 2019..

Cost

The seminar is offered by the company StormGeo completely free.

Registrations

To register, click here,

Speaker

The seminar speaker is Dr. Nikos MazarakisDr. Nikos Mazarakis is Professor of Marine Meteorology, Visiting Professor at Uninettuno University/Institute for International Maritime Studies and Director of the Greek Office of the weather company STORMGEO and lecturer at meteorology seminars of MeteoMarine. At the same time, he collaborates as a research associate at National Observatory of Athens. He has more than 5500 hours of teaching experience in the field of Marine Meteorology, while in the past he has collaborated with major Athenian newspapers, radio and television stations. He organizes seminars in large companies and groups. For a detailed biography click here.

 

 

 

Seminar at Hellas Liberty

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