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Contents Editorial

3 Editorial On behalf of the editorial team, I would
like to extend a warm welcome to the
4 Minerva at a Glance
Q3 2022 edition of Minerva in Focus
6 News Hour which I trust our colleagues and busi-
ness partners will find interesting and
8 NOTICEBOARD
informative.
Minerva Marine Inc. has been honoured We are glad to see that our quarterly
with the Efkranti Award for Supporting
Greek Maritime Entrepreneurship magazine is well received both inter-
nally and within the wider maritime
SAFETY & SECURITY industry. Minerva in Focus offers an
insight into our activities onboard and ashore and our company’s projects
10 Case study: Accidental release of a lifeboat
and initiatives and follows new developments in shipping, simultaneously
12 Safety Digest: Fender bender! providing a forum for our employees and business partners to share their
ideas and insights. Our magazine is distributed electronically and in hard
14 The Known Unknowns
copy to all our fleet vessels and offices and is made available to our busi-
HEALTH & WELL BEING ness partners.
Out of the very interesting reading material in this issue, I would particularly
16 Basic principles of wound care
like to mention the magazine feature on the “ATHINA Maritime Learning and
18 How does healthy eating help me? Development Center,” our in-house training center. Recognizing that the
Building Healthy Nutrition Habits Onboard competence of our seafarers is a key parameter for our company’s success,
we decided to establish our in-house training center to ensure the contin-
ATHINA TRAINING CENTER:
WHERE SEAFARERS ALWAYS COME FIRST uous enhancement of the knowledge and skills of our seagoing personnel,
creating at the same time a venue “Where Seafarers Always Come First,” as
22 A Brief Timeline of ATHINA Training Centre
ATHINA’s motto states.
26 ATHINA Training Centre through the eyes In February 2018, construction work began on the ATHINA Center to allow the
of Minerva's officers accommodation of state-of-the-art training facilities and equipment, includ-
ing bridge, engine, and cargo-handling simulators, mechanical and electrical
32 DNV Maritime Academy addresses global transformations
through continuous learning workshops, safety equipment/gear, and pollution prevention equipment,
such as BWTS, Oil Water Separators, etc. Our first simulation-based seminars
34 How Covid-19 has affected training were held in May 2019, and later that year, ATHINA was accredited by DNV
in the shipping industry
as a Maritime Training Center to industry standards. With the invaluable
MARINE TECHNOLOGY assistance of our instructors, most of whom are active Masters and Chief
Engineers from our fleet’s ships, ATHINAS’ portfolio of training courses has
36 Hydraulic Cylinders: Chrome plating vs. laser cladding
expanded, covering the core areas of Navigation, Engineering, Cargo Han-
OUR MARITIME FAMILY dling & Management, as well as Safety and Environmental Protection.
In October 2021, ATHINA was accredited by the Maltese Merchant Shipping
40 Food Culture: Famous recipes from different cultures
Directorate as an STCW-compliant Maritime Training Center. Since then, sev-
42 A Thank you Note eral STCW Courses have also been certified, enabling us to train our officers
to acquire the respective Certificates of Proficiency.
44 Welcome on Board
It should be noted that from its first day of operation, ATHINA has been em-
ATHINA TRAINING CENTRE braced by our officers, who greatly appreciate the efforts and resources the
company allocates to promoting their professional development. In addi-
46 Schedule of Seminars tion, our business partners (including major charterers), whenever they have
the opportunity to visit ATHINA, are positively impressed by the advanced
48 Q3 Daybook
infrastructure and capabilities of our training center, which is objective
52 Brain Exercises evidence of our commitment to investing in our people, our determination
to keep our staff trained and motivated, and our dedication to delivering
services of the highest quality.
I am sure you will enjoy reading about the ATHINA Training Center,
along with the other informative articles featured in the Q3 2022 Min-
erva in Focus. We will be happy to provide more information on any
topic you find particularly interesting. We want to thank all of you, on
board and ashore, for your valuable contributions to this publication.
For any suggestions/feedback, please do not hesitate to contact us
at Minerva-in-Focus@minervamarine.com.

Sokratis Dimakopoulos
Chief Operating Officer

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