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Putting People at the Centre of a Profitable Business
8th Tanker Operator Athens Fresh Hotel, May 9, 2019
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Links to presentations and videos are within the agenda below
Speakers and panellists include:
- Dimitris Lyras, director, Lyras Shipping
- Martin Shaw of MOAMS Ltd, chair of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMAREST)Human Element Sub Committee
- Ioannis Makris, Technical Manager, Angelakos Hellas
- Henrik Jensen, CEO and Founder of Danica Group
- Spyros Tarasis, General Manager, Olympic Vision Maritime Co Inc
- Capt. Vassilis Ladonikolas, Vetting Manager, Enterprises Shipping & Trading S.A
- Dimitrios Orfanos, formerly Chief Operating Officer, Dorian LPG Management
- Patrick Joseph, director, Uirtus Marine Services, former global vetting and clearance manager, BP Shipping
Being people centred is the best pathway to improved business and technical performance in tanker operations.
At our forum in Athens on May 9, we'll explore different ways this can be achieved.
The best way to get good human performance is to design your systems and process around people. Recruit people who can work well in the complex environment of a ship, and help them understand how their contributions to the work leads to business results.
AGENDA
9.15 Chairman's introduction
Dimitris Lyras, director, Lyras Shipping
9.30 The seafarer...Hero or Hazard?
Martin Shaw of MOAMS Ltd, chair of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMAREST) Human Element Sub Committee
There is much talk about human error at the moment, generally with the finger being pointed at those aboard. Is the seafarer the cause of problems?
Or does James Reason's quote from 1990 sum it up better. ‘Rather than being the main instigators of an accident, operators tend to be the inheritors of system defects created by poor design, incorrect installation and bad management decisions. Their part is usually that of adding the final garnish to a lethal brew whose ingredients have been long in the cooking’.
In most cases the seafarer makes the system work more safely, efficiently and economically. How do we help them more?'
10.00 Human Factors MaturityŽ Model - provide guidance for shipowners and technical managers on the opportunity to identify their organisation’s current state in terms of human factors
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Patrick Joseph, director, Uirtus Marine Services, former global vetting and clearance manager, BP Shipping
10.30 Making digital technology work easier to work with
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Ioannis Makris, Technical Manager, Angelakos Hellas
11.00 Break
11.30 A modern crewing strategy with people in the centre
Henrik Jensen, CEO and Founder of Danica Group
- A well-defined crewing strategy is an important factor in fulfilling business goals, successfully delivering services and safeguarding ship owners’ assets
- How to design a crewing strategy enhancing the operational performance through improvements of key manning elements like recruitment, retention, training and cost efficiency.
12.00 What people-centred tanker operations means
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Dimitrios Orfanos, formerly Chief Operating Officer, Dorian LPG Management
- Basic human behaviour traits that affect operational performance
- Peculiarities of the seaboard environment and how this affects the seagoing workforce
- How to adjust practices to cater for human/seafarer behaviour.
12.20 Discussion panel - what is the best way to be people centred in tanker operations?
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Participants include:
Spyros Tarasis, General Manager, Olympic Vision Maritime Co Inc
Capt. Vassilis Ladonikolas, Vetting Manager, Enterprises Shipping & Trading S.A
Dimitrios Orfanos, formerly Chief Operating Officer, Dorian LPG Management
- What does a people centred tanker operation look like?
- What are the main factors driving motivation of seafarer and office staff and how can it be achieved
- What mindset are we aiming to achieve
- Evaluating your management culture
- Developing people-centred systems, including for vessel navigation, safety and other processes
- Using digital technology which motivates rather than demotivates
- Can we train emotional intelligence in seafarers?
- Do the stresses of modern working life in shipping make it impossible to be people centred, and can that be improved?
13.10 Lunch and close
Martin Shaw
An experienced and knowledgeable shipping professional with in depth experience of the offshore shipping and tanker shipping industry. Knowledge of tanker operations, offshore operations, ship vetting and marine assurance.
Specialises in marine management consulting, marine operations management consulting, project and change management as well as providing general advice to shipowners, consultants, oil companies and private equity companies on energy shipping related issues. He chairs the IMarEST Human Element Working Group
Formerly VP technical, VP HSSE, and regional director EMEA, fleet manager and vetting manager with BP Shipping after starting his career as an engineer officer. He has an MBA and is a Chartered Engineer
Captain Patrick Joseph
Captain Patrick Joseph is a senior operations leader with a wealth of experience in leading multitalented and globally distributed teams of experienced oil and gas marine professionals. He has a proven strong track record of delivering successful solutions focussed on safety and operational excellence in the marine transportation of oil and gas. He is a Master Mariner and has an MBA and Master of Laws (Legal Aspects of Marine Affairs) and graduated from an “Operations Excellence” BP Executive Programme at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Ioannis Makris holds MSc Naval Architect and Marine Engineer, having graduated National Technical University of Athens and University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
He has more than 20 years of experience, working in technical departments of well established leading shipping companies such as Maran Tankers, General Maritime, Delta Tankers, Top Tankers and Petrochem General Management. He has been actively involved in setting up or restructuring technical departments in compliance with TMSA requirements in most of above companies where he served as technical superintendent engineer, Fleet Manager, being in charge for the overall performance of the fleet, or Technical Manager, being in charge for the technical, marine, safety and procurement departments.
Currently he works for Angelakos Hellas SA as Technical Manager, operating a fleet of eleven (11) bulk carrier vessels PanaMax, UltraMax and KamsarMax plus eight (8) KamsarMax on order.
Henrik Jensen is a Danish citizen, has a background as a captain and 20+ years’ high-quality shipping experience on shore.
Henrik’s professional career includes being Managing Director of a large Danish ferry operator. He joined the Bernhard Schulte Group in 2000, where he held various management positions, including Senior Managing Director for Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (Deutschland) and Group Managing Director of Human Resources. In 2008 Captain Jensen was a co-founder of Nordic Hamburg Shipmanagement, building up the organisation and a manning agency in Odessa. In 2012 Henrik founded Danica Maritime Services and Danica Crewing Services and have since then developed Danica to become a leading crew provider.
Besides his nautical education, Henrik holds a business degree in economics, human resources and strategy from a Danish business college.
Capt. Vassilis Ladonikolas, Vetting Manager, Enterprises Shipping & Trading S.A.
Master Mariner (Captain class A),with over 40 years of experience in the shipping industry.
Over 20 years of sea experience serving on various tankers and dry/bulk cargo vessels.
Over 16 years office experience in various positions (Safety & Quality, Operations, Vessels Performance, Vetting)
Worked for the (EU) European Commission / Research and Development, as an Independent Expert Evaluator of Maritime related projects, in Brussels.
Presently Vice Chairman of the ITOSF (Informal Tanker Operators Safety Forum) and active member of various maritime groups including the Hellenic Maritime HSQE forum, promoting maritime safety and best industry practices.
In 2007 has joint “Enterprises Shipping & Trading” as Vetting Manager.
Graduate of Merchant Marine Academy of Aspropyrgos - Year 1978
Spyros Tarasis, General Manager, Olympic Vision Maritime Co Inc (Onassis Group)
Spyridon Tarasis is the General Manager of Olympic Vision Maritime (Onassis Group). From 2010 to 2016, he held the position of Deputy Technical manager of Springfield Shipping. Spyros joined the Onassis Shipping Group in 1999 as a superintendent engineer with a previous 9 years’ experience in the shipping and oil industry.
He was born and raised in Athens and holds a BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens. He is a member of TEE, SNAME and LR, DNV-GL Technical Committee. He was recently elected as a Vice Chairman of Intercargo.
Dimitris Orfanos
Dimitris has spent almost 15 years ashore in HSEQ and Management positions. He was part of the core management team that oversaw the 4-fold expansion of Dorian LPG in 2014-2016, which also included listing in NYSE, with special focus on loss prevention and operational risk control, manning and HR and oil majors requirements.
He is an ex-seafarer himself, a member of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and holds a PgDip and an MSc in International Shipping Management from University of Plymouth.
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