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MARITIME TRAINING











           Ch. Engineer.  Tr. Vincent Grey Locsin,  Ch. Officer. Efstratios Tsamparlis,
           10 years with Minerva Marine       9 years with Minerva Marine

           In ATHINA seafarers do come first   Minerva is committed to the training of its
                                              executives
           What do you think of the company’s deci-
           sion in 2018 to establish an in-house train-  What do you think of the company’s deci-
           ing center?                        sion in 2018 to establish an in-house train-
           Minerva Marine’s decision to establish the   ing center?
           ATHINA Training Center is an advantage for   As  seafarers, we must attend  courses and
           us officers and engineers of the company.   seminars that increase our knowledge and fa-
           Athina helps us cope with technological   miliarize us with the ship’s tools and systems
           innovations,  comply  with  new  regulations,   and the various changes in regulations. Min-
           and learn new techniques with the help of   erva’s decision to invest in the training of its
           experienced and knowledgeable instructors.  seafarers by establishing the ATHINA Training
                                              Center can only be considered as positive as
           Has training at the ATHINA Center helped   the training it provides improves our knowledge
           you to be more efficient in your job onboard   and addresses our weaknesses in responding
           the ship?                          to different situations onboard.
           The training I received at ATHINA will assist
           me in my job onboard. ATHINA gave me   Has training at the ATHINA Center helped
           the  opportunity to enhance my practical   you to be more efficient in your job onboard
           knowledge and understanding of the various   the ship?
           aspects of seafaring.              I believe that the seminars I attended at
                                              ATHINA expanded my knowledge as they an-
           Since its inception, the ATHINA Training   swered many of my questions and provided
           Center motto has been “Where Seafarers   clarifications.
           Always  Come  First.”  Did  you  get  this
           feeling  when  you  visited  ATHINA  for  a   Since its inception, the ATHINA Training
           seminar?                           Center motto has been “Where Seafarers
           ATHINA offers a wide range of courses for   Always Come First.” Did you get this feeling
           seafarers delivered by knowledgeable, ex-  when you visited ATHINA for a seminar?
           perienced instructors and uses modern, so-  Attending several seminars, I witnessed first-
           phisticated simulators, which are not easily   hand the willingness of ATHINA’s instructors and
           found in other training centers. Therefore,   management. Therefore, I feel that ATHINA is a
           I would say that in ATHINA, seafarers do   training center where the seafarer comes first.
           come first.                        I also understood that Minerva is committed to
                                              the training of its seafarers and how significant
           What would you expect/like to see from   ATHINA’s contribution is in this direction.
           ATHINA in terms of training and develop-
           ment in the future?                What would you expect/like to see from
           New maritime regulations, innovations, and   ATHINA in  terms of  training and  develop-
           advanced technologies are inevitable in the   ment in the future?
           future. Based on my experience with the   I hope ATHINA continues to run its creative
           ATHINA Training center, it will continue to   seminars with the same passion, joy, and
           develop training courses to create compe-  success it has had until today. I am espe-
           tent seafarers.                    cially happy that the center’s high training
                                              standards enable it to meet every need and
                                              requirement of every seafarer.


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