Samundra Institute Of Maritime Studies, in – house training division of Executive Ship Management, conducted a three days forum on,‘ AMOS M & P’ and another one day on ‘Ship Board Operating Environment’. The forum were attended by officials from BP shipping ltd and Akira UK ltd, Institute’s faculty along with the seafarers who had already sailed on the BPMS vessels earlier.

computer lab at SIMS, Lonavala	The forums were intended towards enhancement of the concerned course profiles in order to envelope the latest BP requirements within the curriculum. Both the sessions went house full on discussions related to the upgraded face of AMOS and SOE in BP Ship-
ping. BP shipping was represented by Mr. Simon Jones, Engineering Standards Superintendent – Operational Integrity Team, BP Shipping, Mr. Wasim Kayani, Service Delivery Manager, Service Ops and New Trading Floors, BP Shipping and Mr. Bryan Miller, Senior Consultant, Akira UK ltd. A number of BPMS specific areas were brought in fore front and were discussed and practiced on the computers.

During the visit the BP representatives visited the SIMS, Lonavala Campus as well and appreciated the New Age Gurukul whole-heartedly.

Within BP shipping a new direction has emerged contextual to AMOS usage and they have also felt a need to upgrade their shipboard computer networking to support their latest requirements. This was more than adequately covered in the forum.

The enthusiastic participants in the Forum were  C/E Om Prakash Choudry, C/E Polson K.J, C/E Dawny George, C/E Madan Mohan Singh, C/E Manoj Kumar Viswam and 2/E Santanu Kr. Mohanty. Mr. Sudhakar, Mr. Vaishakh Chavan and Mr. Diwakar Puri, Faculties, Samundra Institute Of Maritime Studies conducted the forums fruitfully.

It was a well-conducted forum, which kept the participants binded and focused on all the days. The course was interlaced with examples, humour and practical workshops.

Officers operating AMOS effectively and efficiently with full functional grasp of the SOE3 (the latest) will ensure trouble free-smooth operations in all fronts on our vessels. This in turn will achieve established targets and results, and ensure individual employees are developed to the best of their ability and engaged in achieving the set goals.

Overall it would be apt to say that the forum met its aims more than completely at this stage.

BP representatives (from left) Mr. Bryan Miller, Mr. Wasim Kayani  and Mr. Simon Jones visiting the workshop at SIMS, Lonavala

- Article by Mr. Diwakar Puri, SIMS, Mumbai Faculty