SIMS, Lonavala also had a visitor from another eminent company called Brostrom Tankers SAS, one of the leaders in the marine oil and chemical industry. Senior Advisor HR Sea, Mr. Jean Nectar, visited the campus on 19th March 2008 and profusely praised the world-class initiative of ESM in maritime training.
Having heard about the institute and its world-class initiatives in maritime training, Mr. Nectar decided to have a first-hand experience by visiting the campus himself. His main objective was to see how Indian officers are prepared and groomed as well as the curriculum, equipment and facilities available for their training.
Needless to say, Mr. Nectar left the campus with a whole new idea and perspective to maritime training in India. In fact, he also commented that SIMS is “The best I have ever seen!”
HSE AWARDS FOR SIMS!
45th National Maritime Day Celebrations
We are pleased to announce that in keeping in with our tradition of strong HSE culture in ESM and to encourage and inculcate the same culture for the coming generation, a special HSE Award has been instituted for the Samundra Institute of Maritime Studies. The award will target three categories – the cadets, Faculty members and the rest of the staff in SIMS, Mumbai and Lonavala As all are aware, ESM / SIMS was recently awarded the Partner of the Year Award along with a Commendation for Outstanding Environmental Achievement, during the annual CEO’s HSSE Awards organized by BP Shipping Ltd for the year 2007 in recognition of its efforts and commitment to BP Shipping’s HSE objectives. The award came with prize money of ₤5,000/-, which the management has decided to use as a seed fund for presenting the newly introduced SIMS HSE Awards. The awards commencing from the current year will carry Rs.10,000/- in cash and a certificate for each of the three individuals – Best Cadet, Best Faculty and Best Staff Member in the field of HSE performance. Further details and criteria of the awards will be advised to the institute at a later date.
The 45th National Maritime Day would be celebrated on 5th April 2008. Celebrated at an all-India level, especially in key port cities along the coastline of India, this Annual Day’s prime purpose is to raise awareness about the Indian Mercantile Marine amongst the general public as well as to honour current seafarers for meritorious service rendered for the maritime industry.
The theme adopted for this year’s celebration is “Solving the manning crisis in the maritime industry” to address key issues related to the acute shortage of qualified seafarers in the industry.
Strongly supporting the maritime are both ESM and SIMS that are proud to assist in the mission of the theme by developing a new generation of well-trained officers as well as expanding on the skills and knowledge of existing seafarers.
Establishing SIMS as a world-class maritime training institute could not have been more timely.
Ship Anniversaries
British Gannet, British Emissary and Clipper Oceanica celebrated their anniversaries respectively last month. Happy belated anniversaries to all ships and crew members onboard!
We are pleased to announce that in keeping in with our tradition of strong HSE culture in ESM and to encourage and inculcate the same culture for the coming generation, a special HSE Award has been instituted for the Samundra Institute of Maritime Studies. The award will target three categories – the cadets, Faculty members and the rest of the staff in SIMS, Mumbai and Lonavala