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Contents Editorial

3 Editorial On behalf of the editorial team,
I would like to extend a warm
4 Minerva at a Glance
welcome to the Q1 2022 edition of
6 News Hour Minerva in Focus, which I trust our
colleagues and business partners will
SAFETY & SECURITY
find interesting and informative.
8 Case study: Death of third engineer due to burn injuries We are glad to see that our quar-
terly magazine is well-received
10 “Trick or Treat” Reduction
both internally and within the wider
12 Safety Digest: Getting your wires crossed maritime industry. Minerva in Focus
offers an insight into our onboard and shore-side activities and our
HEALTH & WELL BEING company’s projects and initiatives and follows new developments in
shipping. At the same time, it provides a forum for our employees and
14 Winter Blues or Winter Depression?
business partners to share their ideas and insights. Our magazine is
15 Stay Fit Onboard distributed electronically and in hard copy to all our fleet vessels and
offices and is made available to our business partners.
Out of the very absorbing reading material in this issue, I would like
SIRE 2.0: REDESIGNING TANKER INSPECTIONS
to make particular reference to the magazine section where we
16 SIRE 2.0: A new vessel inspection regime discuss the introduction of SIRE 2.0, OCIMF’s new vessel inspection
regime, which is expected to become operational in Q4 2022. The new
18 Enhanced Human Factors Focus Through SIRE 2.0
vessel inspection regime has been designed to enable more accurate
20 SIRE 2.0: Key Differences with SIRE 1.0 reporting on the quality of a vessel and her crew and to indicate likely
future performance, using enhanced tools, strengthened governance
22 Safe and efficient: A multi-layered approach
processes, and more in-depth reporting outcomes by following a
24 This issue’s key Question: How can a Captain/ Chief risk-based approach. It should be noted that our company has been
Engineer encourage a safety culture onboard? actively engaged in the testing of the SIRE 2.0, and this has assisted
us in having a more thorough understanding of the changes being in-
28 This issue’s key Question: What is the importance of
inspections for ship safety and efficiency? troduced. Our Vetting team has already started to circulate guidance
and training material internally to assist our ship personnel in being
MINERVA GAS better prepared to face the new ship inspection system.
We would also like to make a special reference to another milestone
30 Understanding ESG – what is it?
for Minerva Gas as on the 23rd February 2022 at the port of Corpus
32 Minerva Gas joins Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Christi the LNGC MINERVA LIMNOS was the first vessel that official-
Carbon Shipping as Mission Ambassador
ly entered under the full management of the Company. We warmly
34 LNGC Minerva Limnos: Taking the management in-house congratulate all the seagoing and shore personnel involved in this
achievement, which was the result of a comprehensive and detailed
MARINE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
Management of Change process that required good planning, a lot of
36 Making the right choices in maritime digitalization hard work, close monitoring, and attention to detail.
I am sure you will enjoy reading about these matters along with the
38 Insight-sharing and action critical to improving perfor- other interesting articles in the Q1 2022 Minerva in Focus. We would
mance and protecting the environment
be happy to provide more information on any of the topics covered in
OUR MARITIME FAMILY this issue that are of particular interest. We thank all of you, onboard
and ashore, for your valuable contribution to this edition. As always,
40 Capt. Spyridon D. Kotzias: I love challenges because
they keep us constantly alert and help us train, learn, we welcome our readers’ feedback, so please email your feedback or
modernize, and always be ready suggestions to Minerva-in-Focus@minervamarine.com.
42 A Thank you Note
Sokratis Dimakopoulos
44 Welcome on Board
Chief Operating Officer
46 Greek Tarama Dip (Taramosalata)
ATHINA TRAINING CENTRE
48 Workshop on ECDIS and ENCs
49 Q1 Daybook
50 Brain Exercises

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