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Contents Editorial

3 Editorial On behalf of the editorial team, I
would like to extend a warm welcome
4 Minerva at a Glance
to the Q4 2022 edition of Minerva in
6 News Hour Focus which I trust our colleagues and
business partners will find interesting
NOTICEBOARD
and informative.
8 Minerva pays tribute to its seafarers coming from Chios
We are glad to see that our quarterly
9 Minerva Gas goes the extra mile in ISO Certification
magazine is well received both inter-
10 Minerva at the forefront of vetting with INTERTANKO nally and within the wider maritime
industry. Minerva in Focus offers an insight into our activities onboard and
11 Minerva Amorgos decorates the town hall of Amorgos!
ashore and our company’s projects and initiatives and follows new devel-
opments in shipping, simultaneously providing a forum for our employees
SAFETY & SECURITY
and business partners to share their ideas and insights. Our magazine
12 Case study: Heavy Weather Leading to a Fatality is distributed electronically and in hard copy to all our fleet vessels and
Safety Digest: Mooring deck accident offices and is made available to our business partners.
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In this issue, it is with great joy that we make a special reference to the
HEALTH & WELL BEING LNGC Minerva Amorgos, delivered to her owners and our management on
14 Oct 2022 at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in Geoje, South Korea. The
16 Basic Life Support Training (BLS): A brief overview vessel, a 174K LNG carrier featuring WinGD XDF propulsion, Mark III Flex+
containment system, and an Airliquide sub-cooler system, is the latest ad-
18 Staying Fit: Revisiting myths about exercising onboard
dition to our fleet. Its delivery marks the successful completion of Minerva
Gas’s first new-building program, which started in 2018.
LNGC MINERVA AMORGOS
20 Welcoming Minerva Amorgos to our fleet We are also glad to inform you that in November 2022, Minerva Gas signed
shipbuilding contracts with SHI for two (2) LNG Carriers (SN2652 – SN2653)
23 Attending the gas trials of Minerva Amorgos
to be delivered in Feb and Mar 2026. The 174K vessels will feature a new
24 Interview with Capt. Michael Lefkos & Mastro Pantelis Tsirlis hull form that achieves improved energy efficiency. They will be equipped
with low-pressure MAN B&W ME-GA two-stroke main engines, an Air Lu-
brication System, and a MARK III Flex containment system coupled with
MARINE TECHNOLOGY
a sub-cooler system. Their construction will commence in 2024 and will
26 Cutting-Edge Indoor Unmanned Aircraft Systems: The new be supervised by a Minerva Gas site team. We are all excited about this
mega-trend in Remote Inspection Techniques
development, a new milestone for our company.
28 Training, education, and the maritime workforce of the
future I am sure you will enjoy reading about Minerva Amorgos and the beginning
of her many journeys, along with the other informative articles featured in
30 IACS cyber security requirements: Yards and vendors must
act promptly the Q4 2022 of Minerva in Focus. We will be happy to provide more infor-
mation on any topic you find particularly interesting. We want to thank all
32 There is an increasing demand for designs that increase of you, on board and ashore, for your valuable contributions to this publi-
efficiency
cation. For any suggestions/feedback, please do not hesitate to contact us
34 Water Ballast Tank Coatings: Challenges, requirements & at Minerva-in-Focus@minervamarine.com.
maintenance
As this issue will be the last one for 2022, we would like to take this op-
36 The business case for high-end coatings
portunity to wish you a joyful holiday season, good health, and prosperity
38 Cylinder honing: are you getting the best of it? in the new year.

OUR MARITIME FAMILY
Sokratis Dimakopoulos
40 Food Culture: Melomakarona or Greek Honey Cookies Chief Operating Officer
42 A Thank you Note
44 Welcome on Board
46 This Issue’s Key Question: What is the biggest challenge you
face in your day-to-day life onboard?
48 Q4 DAYBOOK
50 BRAIN EXERCISES

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