Published in Sagar Sandesh Maritime Weekly
In its continuous effort to underpin technological
advancements in maritime with business, the Institute of Marine Engineers
(India), Chennai Branch, is organizing an international conference traditionally
named as “WORLD SHIPPING FORUM-2013”, from Feb. 7 to 9 next year in Chennai.
Organised once in four years, the conference brings
together people with diverse interests in marine related businesses to share
their ideas and experiences on a common platform.
Speaking to Sagar Sandesh about the world renowned event
in the maritime sector, Mr. K. Shankar, Chairman, The Institute of Marine Engineers
(India), Chennai Branch, said: “We at the Institute feel it is our bounden duty
to provide this platform to you all and highly value your contribution at the
forum.”
The global event is receiving a lot of mileage and the
three-day event will have much interaction amongst the participating delegates on
various topics of interest to the shipping industry, he stated.
The focus of discussion will be on the quality of Indian
seafarers in today’s technology driven world and their attrition rate, more so when
India is considered as the leading nation providing human resources for the
industry.
For the benefit of industry, The Times Group and The
Institute of Marine Engineers (India), Chennai Branch, have co-created to bring
out “A Coffee Table Book’ titled “Quality of Sea Farers – The Mentors” during
the Plenary Session on Feb. 7.
The technical session proposes to have a detailed panel
discussion on “Maritime Education – An Outlook towards the Future”, that will analyze
the shortcomings of the training system, finding the right personnel to man the
ships, their attrition rate, qualitative checks by statutory bodies,
upgradation of knowledge to be in tune with the changing technology,
e-learning, etc.
WSF 2013: A springboard for future growth
KUSHAL ROY
Forum Convenor, World Shipping Forum-2013
Shipping is “business with a global reach”. It is truly a
global industry with key skills and services widely distributed between East
and West, North and South.
Singapore has been recently identified as the leading
Maritime Centre. This shows shipping still has an appetite for seeking and
exploiting new opportunities despite overall economic adversity. The ship owner
in Chennai needs trade from China negotiated through its branch in Singapore
and build a ship in Japan / Korea through the legal process in London with
finance from New York. This is what makes shipping business compelling for all
of us.
The Organizing Committee of The Institute of Marine
Engineers (India), Chennai Branch, extends its warm greetings, felicitations and wishes to inform you that
the core issues concerning the shipping industry
are being discussed and analyzed during an International Symposium that is
scheduled to be held during February 2013.
The global trade is steadily moving towards India /
China. India definitely is the vision of the future for the Shipping Industry and the International Community is
eager to pounce on an opportunity to widen its activities.
“World Shipping Forum-2013” with its theme “Future of
Shipping – Challenges and Sustainability” will serve as a platform for
discussions on topics ranging from Technical, Commercial, Finance and Investments,
Insurance, Safety and Environment, Ports and Infrastructure Development, Human Resources, Statutory Regulations & future
challenges. Kindly visit www.wsf2013.com for more details about the international
event.
With your whole-hearted support and participation, we
sincerely hope an eventful interaction on the
various topics will fine-tune our focus to overcome the turbulent
yet challenging trends of the future.
On behalf of the Organizing Committee and The Institute
of Marine Engineers (India), Chennai Branch,
we extend a warm invitation to you and your organization
to actively participate in this “World Shipping Forum-2013” to be held in
Chennai from 7.2.2013 to 9.2.2013. We are sure your participation will set the
stage for active discussion and vigorous interaction.
Email: convenor@wsf2013.com
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