MARLOW NEWSLETTER - Marlow Navigation Training Center

3RD ISSUE - DECEMBER 2008 

MARLOW NEWSLETTER

Dec 2008 

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Contents Pages 

Letter from the Chairman 2-3 

Message from the Editorial Team 4 

The Winners of the Photo Contest 5 

Introduction to Recruitment Offices 6-19 

Social Events in Cyprus & Elsewhere 20-23 

Developments in Ukraine 24-27 

Training 28-30 

Marine Stories 31-33 

Colleagues Working on board 34-35 

Ship at Work 36-37 

Watch Giving - 10 Years 38 

Long Serving Seamen 39-43 

Features 44-48

Dear friends and colleagues, 

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Dec 2008 

Describing the past year as eventful could be considered as the understatement of the 

year! Rather 2008 can be compared to a rollercoaster ride on a personal, company and 

finally on a global level. 

The first months of the year saw shipping recovering 

from a small dip in trade and scaling new, previously 

unprecedented heights. The economic boom situation 

continued as it had in years before and with 

it came increased costs of living leading us to reconsider 

our wage scales earlier than previously 

planned. 

The continued weakness of the US Dollar was another 

reason why we had to move quickly to ensure 

the satisfaction of our Ukrainian and Russian crews 

and in early summer the decision to convert all wages 

for these seamen into Euro was taken. Shortly after having 

convinced all our clients, that this change was a necessary financial 

burden, the unexpected strengthening of the US Dollar meant that all plans to convert 

the wages had to be given up. In order to ensure that the increase of salaries would indeed 

lead to enhanced benefits and standards of living, it was decided to maintain the US 

Dollar currency and increase the salaries. 

If the new found strength of the US Dollar can be said to have caught us off guard, then 

the following worldwide economical crisis pretty much knocked us off our feet! To see 

the global economy imploding in such a short period of time has been a truly shocking 

experience and has affected each and every one of us. 

Already many ships are without employment and increasing numbers of crew are being 

laid off while vessels are being laid up. In the past we have always stressed Marlow’s size 

and the job security gained herewith as a major benefit to the seafarers employed with us. 

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It therefore comes as no surprise that alternative employment was found for all crews affected 

by such lay ups without any delay. In fact, Marlow expects also the year 2009 to be 

a year of further growth. Over the past 27 years all of you have helped build a strong and 

stable company. A company which now, in times of difficulty, is well prepared to weather 

the coming ups and downs and provide adequate employment conditions, job security and 

prosperity to you and your families! 

However, with all due optimism, we cannot ignore the fact that we all would not be in such 

a comfortable situation were it not for the continued trust and support of our clients, the 

ship owners. It can also not be ignored that the financial turmoil, the slowdown in trade 

and the drastically reduced charter hires affect many of them in a much more direct manner. 

In such times they rely on their crew to ensure that the vessels continue to give excellent 

service to the charterers and the ships are maintained and operated in the most 

prudent and economical way possible. There can be no doubt that their success, or lack 

thereof, in the coming years will directly affect our own situation and it is therefore without 

question that we will all have to work even harder and live up to our responsibilities 

and contribute in the difficult times lying ahead of us. 

Finally it gives me great pleasure to be able to tell you that although Marlow was involved 

in two piracy and ransom cases off the coast of Somalia this year, the assistance of our 

clients had meant that these cases could be solved without injury and all crews are at 

home with their families for the festive season. 

It is in this spirit that I would like to thank all of you for the cooperation and efforts 

shown during the past 12 months and wish you a merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous 

new year. 

Hermann Eden 

Chairman

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We would like to just take a moment 

to mention once again the 

foremost reason of this publication. It 

was to communicate with you, the seafarers, 

and to keep you informed and a little bit 

amused about what has been going on in 

the previous six months in our company 

and our industry as a whole. We believe 

that in some small measure we are on the 

right track, but, we also need to have your 

participation. So, while you are reading 

this issue, if you have something to sug- 

gest or contribute, please don’t hesitate to 

let us know. 

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M e s s a g e F r o m T h e E d i t o r i a l T e a m 

In this issue we will continue to introduce 

the structure of our associated offices in 

Germany, Russia and Poland. 

We will also introduce the Crew Accounts 

and the Travel Departments of our 

Cyprus operations. 

In the last issue we announced that we 

were implementing a photo competition. 

We have had a moderate response, and we 

suspect that we caught you all off guard 

as probably most of you left your cameras 

at home! As an added incentive to partic- 

ipate, we would like to clarify that the 

price for the four placed winners will be 

digital cameras in the value of €250.00 

each. Please send to email address: 

newsletter@marlow.com.cy or by post 

to our full style address (see back cover 

page), with a short description and your 

details. 

The editorial team would also like to take 

this opportunity to introduce ourselves to 

you. 

From left to right: Nesta Nicola, Andreas Neophytou & 

Alexandra Zodo 

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T h e W i n n e r s o f t h e P h o t o C o n t e s t 

We would like to congratulate the four winners of the photo contest. To collect 

your prize get in touch with your manning agency. So come on, keep those 

photos coming in! 

‘Even at sea you can create a work 

of art’ 

2nd Winner: Cook Jovilito N. Candia 

‘Win or loose is not a matter of their 

game on board. It’s the friendship, 

no matter what nationality they are, 

the best thing is they earned more 

happiness onboard’ 

4th Winner: 3/off Rollen Camayudo 

‘Joint effort’ 

1st Winner: Capt. Peter Beke 

‘A hard days work of lashing’ 

3rd Winner: 2/Off Raymundo G. Elizario

Marlow Navigation Cyprus 

Crew Operations Department 

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In the previous issue we began to introduce 

the Crew Operations Section 

of the Crew Department. In this issue we 

will continue by introducing further sections 

of the department in the Cyprus office, 

by mentioning the Crew Accounts 

and the Travel section. 

Crew Accounts Section 

The crew accounts section is an integral 

part of the crew department and operates 

in close cooperation with the crew operations. 

The crew accounts section is divided into 

three functions: 

Crew Wage Accounts 

Crew Allotments 

Cash to Master 

Crew Wage Accounts 

The function of this section is to check 

wage accounts and control the balances 

that are sent to the seafarers on board the 

vessels in good time, and that final bal- 

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I n t r o d u c t i o n t o R e c r u i t m e n t O f f i c e s 

ances are paid to the seafarers’ bank accounts. 

They keep control and inform all 

relevant parties of any balances in the accounts 

(i.e : crew member, manning 

agents and crew superintendent as 

applicable). 

Allotments 

For the seafarers who are at sea, one of 

the most important matters for them is to 

have the confidence that their wages are 

paid well in time and that allotment instructions 

regarding their salaries are carried 

out without any delays. It is of 

utmost importance for them to know that 

their families are receiving the money and 

therefore not experiencing any financial 

problems. These are the important tasks 

of this section. 

Cash to Master 

Crew accounts section is also responsible 

for checking and controlling cash to 

Master requests. They also handle various 

payments to port agents or clients 

concerning expenses incurred by the ship 

which are paid by the Master, as well as 

follow-up procedures for the payment 

instructions through banks. 

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Andreas Nicolaou 

Crew Accounts Manager 

Andreas Nicolaou joined Marlow in 1989, 

already having a shipping background of 

many years and holds the position of 

Head of Crew Accounts section. He is a 

Cypriot national and is married with four 

children and one grandson. 

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Herein below you will find the organogram of the section together with the 

photos of the key persons with a short introduction. 

Crew Wages 

Accounts 

Crew Wage 

Accounts 

Supervisor 

Crew Accounts 

Operator 

Crew Accounts 

Assistant 

Crew Accounts 

Manager 

Crew Allotments Cash to Master 

Crew Allotment 

Supervisor 

Crew Accounts 

Operator 

Crew Accounts 

Assistant 

Crew Accounts 

Operator 

Crew Accounts 

Assistant 

George Charalambous 

Crew Accounts Manager 

Crew Accounts 

Secretary 

George Charalambous, is a relatively 

new member of staff in the Company 

and joined us in 2007 as a Crew Acounts 

Manager. We are fortunate that he also 

has many years of experience in the 

shipping industry. He is a Cypriot national 

and is married.

Christos Attipas 

Crew Accounts Supervisor 

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Christos Attipas has been with the Company 

since 1993. He started his career 

with Marlow within the Crew Accounts 

section and is presently Crew Accounts 

Supervisor. He is a Cypriot national and 

is married with two children. 

Costas Poullis 

Crew Allotments Supervisor 

Costas Poullis has been working for Marlow 

since 1994 and is presently a Crew 

Allotment Supervisor. He is a Cypriot national 

and is single. 

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Travel Department 

The Travel Department consists of the 

manager of the department and 10 travel 

assistants who are responsible for booking 

flights for seafarers, both on-signers 

and off-signers. The crew operations 

section works very closely with them, 

requesting flight options, according to the 

crew changes that they are working on. 

Although a substantial amount of the department 

resources are devoted to crew 

operations, they are also responsible for 

dealing and booking all other necessary 

flight arrangements for the management 

and any other member of staff that need 

to travel on business for the 

Company. 

Despo Alexandrou 

Travel Manager 

Despo Alexandrou is one of many long 

serving employees and has been 

employed by Marlow since 1992 in the 

Travel Department. She is Cypriot 

national and is married with two grown 

up children, a daughter and son. 

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Marlow Navigation - Gdynia 

We would first like to take the time 

and give a short history of how 

Marlow Navigation Gdynia Ltd, was established. 

1989 - Marlow first made contact with 

Polish seafarers through C&T, who provided 

agency services not only for Marlow 

but also for several other 

shipmanagement companies. 

2002 - Marlow realized early on that in 

order to establish a pool of seamen to 

meet the needs of their clients it was necessary 

to open an office that would 

devote all their efforts to their company’s 

needs, and in that respect CT Serve Ltd, 

was established. 

2005 – CT Serve Ltd was renamed 

Marlow Navigation Gdynia Ltd and from 

the beginning both companies were run 

by ex Marlow personel as follows: 

C&T / CT Serve by Mr. Wlodzimierz 

Kisiel who sailed with Marlow Navigation 

as chief engineer between 1989/1990 and 

is presently Deputy Manager & Crew Superintendent. 


Wlodzimierz Kisiel 

CT Serve /Marlow Navigation 

Gdynia Ltd is headed by Mr. Michal Wisniewski 

as Managing Director & Crew Superintendent 

who sailed with Marlow 

Navigation as Nautical officer and was 

two years as crew superintendent assigned 

to Marlow Navigation Limassol. 

Michael Wisniewski 

While we are looking for Marlow Navigation 

first seafarers, - Poland is the place 

where they can be easily found. Polish 

Officers and Ratings have been employed 

since 1980 by Marlow Navigation. It is for 

this reason that the majority of Polish seafarers 

are Officers at Management level.

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We do believe that we offer excellent 

training possibilities and will remain a 

source of highly qualified professionals. 

In 2004, Poland entered the European 

Community. The country as a whole experienced 

the accepted upheavals and 

changes, and the shipping industry as a 

whole was no exception. Although we can 

now see that this has had a positive effect 

on the seafarer’s profession, we experienced 

the benefits as well as the disadvantages 

and have had to adapt 

accordingly. 

The number of Polish seamen employed 

by Marlow Navigation dropped slightly 

during the first years of EU accession, but 

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we are confident that the actions taken 

lately will attract seafarers again, hoping 

that the figures will soon increase. 

Seafarers who are looking for a position 

can access us on the internet; we established 

our web site in 2005, where applications 

for employment can be made on 

line, making it easy for seamen wherever 

they may be in Poland or elsewhere to 

apply for positions or simply to make enquiries. 

Even though we use other methods 

to communicate with our seamen, 

personal contact has always been the 

approach by all Marlow agencies. 

Marlow Navigation Gdynia team . From left to right – M.Wisniewski , M.Luba , A.Grabowska , K.Wisniewska , E.Wojczakowska , 

W.Kisiel 

Article Provided by - 

Michael Wisniewski - 

MN POLAND 

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Marcrew Schiffahrts GmbH 

The first Company established in 

Germany as a representative office 

of Marlow Navigation Co. Ltd was 

Marserve Schiffahrts GmbH in 1991. In 

January 1996 Capt. Michael Spiewok became 

Managing Director and the company 

moved to its new premises at the 

Köhlbrandtreppe, right at the river Elbe, 

where it remained for more than 10 years. 

In 1999 the German tonnage tax system 

was implemented. To take advantage of 

the benefits of this fiscal incentive certain 

activities, including crew and technical 

management, have to be performed from 

Germany. For this reason and to be closer 

to our client base 1999 saw the establishment 

of Marcrew Schiffahrts GmbH. In 

2004 the scope of services was further expanded 

to include full and technical management, 

which is taken care of by the 

company Marlow Ship Management 

Deutschland GmbH & Co.KG. 

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Frank Homann - Managing Director 

Frank Homann took over the management 

of Marcrew Schiffahrts GmbH in 

January of 2006, when Capt. Michael 

Spiewok retired. In 2007 the services previously 

offered by Marserve were taken 

over by Marcrew in the newly established 

Marcrew Agency Department. 

January 2006 also saw the number of office 

employees increasing to 22 persons, 

including two trainees. 

The Köhlbrandtreppe premises became 

too small for the fast growing activities of 

Marcrew. 

The management therefore decided to 

find a new office with more room to expand 

and in October 2006 new combined 

offices for Marcrew and Marlow Ship 

Management Deutschland GmbH & Co. 

KG were found located only a few hundred 

meters away only from its original 

location. 

Services 

Marcrew Schiffahrt offers a variety of 

services related to crew management. 

Our agency department offers a 24hrs 

service to all vessels managed by the Marlow 

Group of Companies. This service 

includes all activities to make sure a seaman 

employed by Marlow Navigation 

worldwide will safely embark or disembark 

his designated vessel in Germany. 

Starting with the application of the visa

Superintendent 

Agent 

Agent 

Registered 

Manager Agency 

Agency Department 

Teamassistant 

Operation 

Crew Operator 

Crew Secretary 

Crew Secretary 

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Managing Director 

Crew Personnel 

Manager 

Crew Operations 

for his embarkation, the agency department 

guarantees for a smooth crew 

change. This includes that somebody will 

meet the crew at the airport, that German 

documents and licenses are arranged 

and finishes with the safe transport to the 

vessel. Furthermore the Agency department 

arranges cash to master, medical 

treatment in case necessary here in Germany 

and the delivery of working clothes 

for all German ports. The agency department 

shall as well offer a direct link for 

the seafarer for any questions they might 

have to their employment. We see the seafarers 

of Marlow Navigation as our colleagues. 

Feel free to contact our staff 

whenever they board your vessel. 

Personnel 

Administration 

Personnel 

Administration 

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MarCrew Schiffahrts GmbH 

Bank Dpt/ 

Debtor / Creditor 

Registered 

Manager Financial 

Salary 

Accounts 

Financial / Accounting 

Accounts-Manager 

Controlling 

P&I / Manning 

Our German personnel administration 

department offers all services related to 

the accounting of seafarers under German 

flag. The German flag has always 

played a special role in international shipping. 

The German registry is renowned 

for being home to mostly modern tonnage 

however it also has the reputation 

of being a “difficult” flag. Seamen employed 

on board these vessels need to be 

administrated very carefully in order to 

comply with the high demands of this 

flag. Our personnel administration department 

is offering their services to our 

clients in order to make the administration 

easier for them and to give support 

with their profound knowledge for the 

German taxation and social system. 

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Crewing has always been the core activity 

of Marcrew. Our crewing department offers 

all crewing services as per the requirements 

of the German tonnage tax 

regulations, and is the link between the 

client and the officers onboard. 

Our aim is to find the right seaman for the 

right vessel. With our worldwide database 

we are connected to all Marlow 

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offices allowing us to have the latest information 

available on seamen looking 

for a career with us and vacancies available 

on our fleet. In case you are not yet 

sailing with us, contact our local manning 

agent or us here in Hamburg directly 

wherever you are and let us have your 

application. 

Today Marcrew and Marlow Ship Management have in total 43 employees 

including 4 Trainees. 


Frank Homann - MARCREW

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Marlow Ship Management 

Deutschland GmbH & Co.KG - MSD 

In January of 2004, Marlow Ship 

Management Deutschland GmbH & 

Co. KG or MSD as it is more frequently 

referred to, was incorporated. 

Marlow Ship Management Deutschland - Interior Office 

It is easiest to compare MSD to a German 

technical management department of a 

shipowning company. On a day to day 

basis MSD is bestowed by it clients with 

the management of currently 17 container 

vessels ranging in size from 500 

TEU to 1200 TEU nominal capacity. Our 

clients are various German Ship owners 

who for different reasons do not want to 

be involved in the operational management 

of some or all of their vessels. 

Even though often referred to as technical 

management the scope of service offered 

is much broader than “only” the 

supervision of the vessel’s technical dealings. 

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It is actually fair to say that, except for 

crew management, which for all vessels 

is of course with Marlow / Marcrew, 

and chartering activities, MSD takes care 

of nearly all matters which the ships in 

our management may encounter. 

The first step is usually sending out the 

responsible superintendent to the yard a 

few weeks prior to the scheduled take 

over of the new buildings. It is his 

responsibility that all the owners interests 

are taken up and that both the vessel and 

her crew are ready for the challenges to 

come. Simultaneously the office is working 

on the registration of the vessel in the 

German register and designated bareboat 

register accordingly. 

After the vessel has been delivered and 

fixed into the charter, our day to day job 

of effectively running the vessel in close 

cooperation with the owners begins. Additionally 

to monitoring the vessels technically, 

assisting should there be any 

problems and arranging for the necessary 

supplies and spares to be ordered and delivered, 

we also insure the vessels, liaise 

with charterers, prepare quarterly management 

reports for our clients and support 

both the vessel and the owners in 

case of insurance claims. 

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Michael Eden 


Michael Eden joined MSD in July of 2006 

after already working for Marlow Naviga- 

tion Co. Ltd. in Limassol between 2003 

and 2006. He started his career in 1996 

with a Chartering Service Company 

where he trained to be a certified shipping 

merchant. After this, his studies led him 

to the Southampton Institute from where 

he graduated with a BSc in Shipping Op- 

erations in 2001. Later that year he took 

up his employment as Assistant Fleet 

Manager with a reputable shipping com- 

pany in Hamburg. In 2003 his career path 

led back to Cyprus where he grew up and 

now worked in various departments of 

Marlow, Cyprus preparing him for taking 

over MSD in 2006. 

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Jens Maddey 

Fleet Manager 

Jens Maddey joined MSD in January of 

2007 after already working for Marlow 

Navigation Co. Ltd. in Limassol between 

2001 and 2006. He started his seagoing 

career in 1986. He graduated with a MSc. 

Eng in 1997. In 2001 his career path di- 

rected him to Cyprus where he worked as 

technical superintendent of the technical 

department of Marlow. Since 2007 he is 

working as fleet manager for MSD in 

Hamburg.

Johann Bohlen 

Technical Superintendent 

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Johann Bohlen joined MSD in April of 

2007 after working with other reputable 

Cyprus based ship management company 

from 1995 to 2006 as technical superin- 

tendent and fleet manager. He started his 

seagoing career in 1981 and graduated 

with a MSc. Eng in 1990. 

Pawel Zawadski 


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Pawel Zawadski joined MSD in Septem- 

ber 2007 after working for Marlow Navi- 

gation Co. Ltd. as seagoing staff since 

2002. He started his seagoing career in 

1993 and graduated with a MSc.Eng in 

1993. 

Heiko Haß 


Heiko Haß joined MSD in September 

2007 after working from 1999 for the 

German Government Department of 

Defence. He started his seagoing career in 

1988 and graduated with a MSc. Eng in 

1997. 

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Matthias Kreutzfeldt, DPA / CSO / 

Nautical Superintendent 

Matthias Kreutzfeldt started with Marlow 

Navigation Co. Ltd. in Limassol in 2005 

and later took up his position as the Head 

of the Agency department of Marcrew 

Schiffahrts GmbH in Hamburg. Since 

August 2008 he is Marine Superintendent 

and Quality Coordinator at MSD. He 

started his seagoing career in 1988 graduating 

in 1993 with a Master of Education 

(M.Ed) and sailed as master until 1996. 

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Accountant 


Niels Pedersen 

Purchasing Manager 

Below is the organogram of MSD 

Purchasing 

Manager 


Fleet Manager 

Niels Pedersen joined MSD in June 2007 

after working with a German based shipping 

company. He started his career as a 

ship chandler in Hamburg in 1993. 

Superintendent 

Purchaser Assistant 

DPA 

CSO 

Quality 

Coordinator 

Environmental 

Management 

Representative 

Article Provide by - 

Michael Eden - MSD

Marlow Navigation Russia 

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Planet Crewing Agency was first established 

in Rostov-on-Don in 2001. 

The company’s principle aim was to create 

a network of offices in the largest Russian 

seaports to provide qualified seafarers to 

shipping companies. From the very beginning 

Marlow Navigation Cyprus was 

Planet Crewing Agency’s sole client. As a 

result of such a close cooperation the office 

in St. Petersburg was opened to serve 

additional manning requirements. 

In 2006 Planet was renamed Marlow Navigation 

Russia to better reflect the business 

corporate identity. 

Marlow Navigation Russia Office 

Marlow Russia continues to provide qualified 

Russian seafarers to the industry and 

its collective expertise ensures proper selection 

and recruitment. Marlow Russia 

currently has offices in Rostov-on-Don, 

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St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad with 

branches in Nizhniy Novgorod, Petrozavodsk 

and Arkhangelsk. 

Our activities in this area are duly certified 

by the Ministry of Transport of the 

Russian Federation. Our ISO Policy satisfies 

the requirements of international 

conventions relating to recruitment and 

placement of seafarers onboard and reflects 

the needs of our customers for 

transparent recruitment processes. 

Accurate system of “Pre-departure Orientation 

Seminars” are established and are 

running for our seafarers ensuring up to 

date knowledge in regards to the latest industry 

requirements. 

Our services cover the full range of man- 

ning / recruitment including: 

Screening/interviewing and proposing 

marine candidates to our principals 

Training – In-house Training of seafarers 

training needs (identified either during 

pre-selection or during employment) 

Visa application, courier service, 

delivery 

Flag State Documents application 

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Traveling (domestic) with utilization of We provide training and upgrading should 

third party companies 

Supply of working gear 

Our pre-selection procedures are clear 

and transparent for seafarers and consist 

of initial assessment of verbal English 

language ability; computer based English 

tests which are followed by structured 

interviews. 

Ideally our successful applicants are of- 

fered proposals for employment directly 

on completion of the recruitment 

process. Our Staff within the Crew De- 

partment consists mainly of experienced 

ex seafarers. 

We constantly aim to promote our Com- 

pany and our Customers by advertising in 

all local media as well as using PR materi- 

als to attract potential new seafarers. We 

are in the process of expanding our net- 

work in Russia in Samara and other key 

areas. 

any deficiencies be identified during on- 

board evaluation and pre-departure train- 

ing in accordance and in line with the 

corporate policy of Marlow Navigation. 

All seafarers handled through our offices 

will receive individual and group briefings 

and training covering all aspects of sea- 

manship to maintain the highest standard 

of qualifications and thus continue to 

provide appropriate tailor-made solutions. 

Oleg Shabotin - Managing Director 

Dmitry Ablogin - Corporate Development Officer 


Oleg Shabotin - MN RUSSIA

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S o c i a l E v e n t s i n C y p r u s & E l s e w h e r e 

Below are several photos of social outings and gatherings of Marlow Cyprus and other 

Marlow offices which took place within the last six months. 

Marlow Navigation Cyprus 

Marlow Cyprus participating in the “Day of the Sea” organized by the Cyprus 

Shipping Chambers (CSC) for charity. 

A summer excursion - Hiking Event arranged by Marlow colleagues. 

Beach Volley Tournament 2008. 

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In July, Marlow Cyprus had a family day out at the Water Park and as you can see from 

the photos young and old had a wonderful day. 

Photos of the Beach Party “Chocolate Cake” eating competition and an evening out 

for the winners. 

An evening out with Marlow employees for the Wine Festival.

Marlow Navigation Philippines 

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Dec 2008 

Every year Marlow Navigation Phils. Inc. participates in an Annual Teambuilding activity 

divided into four groups, where all the Managers and Team members compete 

between themselves. 

Green team received their cash prize for 400-meter Baton relay & Volleyball. 

Badminton 

competition 

between 

Blue team and 

Yellow team. 

Opening ceremony in which team 

members take the oath of 

sportsmanship. 

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Marlow Ship Management Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG - MSD 

& 

Marcrew Schiffahrt GmbH 

Both Marlow Ship Management Deutschland and Marcrew Schiffahrts participated in 

the HSH Nordbank Run 2008. All proceeds went to charity. Below is a photo of the Marlow 

Germany Team. 

A night out for bowling organized by 

MSD & Marcrew.

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The past months have seen a variety 

of activities in the Ukraine, Mar- 

low’s 2nd largest recruitment and training 

area. 

Odessa 

The office space in Odessa has been en- 

larged to give space to more operational 

staff and to accommodate another large 

conference hall adjacent to the old con- 

ference hall. Upon completion both con- 

ference halls were used to hold the 1st 

senior officer seminar in Odessa on the 

same platform as seminars previously 

held in Manila. The seminar was well at- 

tended and triggered very lively discus- 

sions. All participants considered it a great 

success and it is therefore planned to re- 

peat the seminars in Odessa as well as in 

Manila in regular intervals of 2 to 3 

months. The next seminar for Odessa is 

planned for the 2nd of December. 

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D e v e l o p m e n t s i n U k r a i n e 

1st senior officer seminar in Odessa 

New office in Kiev 

Due to the increased volume of recruited 

seafarers the office in Kiev will also move 

to new enlarged premises within the next 

few weeks. 

English upgrading training – pilot project 

Since we face increased customer com- 

plaints that seafarers from Eastern Eu- 

rope are not speaking sufficient English, 

the main offices in Russia and Ukraine in 

cooperation with their branch offices will 

select suitable English training facilities lo- 

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cally where the seafarers will be given the Dniepr river. Our Joint Managing direc- 

opportunity to upgrade their English dur- 

ing their holidays free of charge. Should 

this pilot project be successful, it will be 

implemented in other locations as well. 

Activities in Kherson 

In Kherson, 250 km east of Odessa 

where Marlow has a special cooperation 

agreement with the Kherson state mar- 

itime institute the last months have seen a 

major enlargement of activities. The 

agreement with KSMI was renewed in 

August for the academic year 2009, the 

company has committed to increase its in- 

take of cadets from 90 to 120 per year 

and has increased its support for the in- 

stitute considerably. In an action week be- 

ginning October the students of the 

nautical, engineering and electrical engi- 

neering faculty were gathered in several 

meetings to receive information and clar- 

ification about the company and its train- 

ing concepts. Furthermore the teachers 

were addressed and the parents of the 

first year students prior to the annual stu- 

dent inauguration ceremony along the 

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tor Andreas Neophytou was invited to ad- 

dress the crowd of more than 10.000 

guests of the ceremony. 

Capt. Wekenborg addressing cadets at KSMI 

In order to support the increased activi- 

ties in Kherson the local Marlow office 

across from the Institute is being enlarged 

and renovated. A specially appointed liai- 

son officer will take care of cadet affairs 

supported by training superintendents 

and administrative staff. A computer lab 

has been installed for 14 work stations. 

New computer lab in the Kherson office

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Annual Student Inauguration Ceremony 

Dec 2008 

Andreas Neophytou addressing the college faculty, guests, cadets and their families 

Cadets Inauguration 

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Marching 

Marching proudly through the streets of Kherson 


Presenting the wreath representing the lives of sailors lost at sea 


Capt. Walter Wekenborg - 

MN CYPRUS

3rd Issue 

Competence Management and Self 

Sufficiency 

In times of dwindling resources for 

crew managers, companies have to 

map out clearly their strategies on how 

they want to make sure they can man the 

vessels under their management in the future. 

Companies have to address in their 

strategy very clearly quantity and quality. 

To find new sources of seafarers seems to 

be almost impossible; companies have 

turned every stone in search for undiscovered 

riches. The once praised Chinese 

card has been tried and found by many 

not as rewarding as it promised to be. 

When even Chinese shipping companies 

start recruiting in the Philippines, the last 

one who believed in Chinese seafarers as 

the solution out of the manning crisis, 

must get his doubts. 

Short Term Solutions 

As a short term solution, there is always 

the possibility to poach officers from others 

and lure them with higher pay, thus 

contributing to the never ending monetary 

upward spiral of remuneration. 

Lately fringe benefits to the salary package 

seem to make the rounds in terms of 

continuous pay, pension funds, housing 

funds, family funds, seniority awards etc, 

indicating very clearly that it has become 

T r a i n i n g 

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a buyers’ market. The seafarer has the ultimate 

choice. Companies present themselves 

in the best of lights to attract 

seafarers. Marketing activities in the past 

mainly directed towards the ship owner/ 

manager now discover the seafarer as the 

target audience. Qualified seafarers have 

become the critical factor that determines 

the growth or decline of a shipping company. 

What attracts and retains seafarers? 

It is not surprising that in times like these, 

shipping companies rediscover the value 

of breeding their own officers, mapping 

out career plans for prospective officers, 

from the cadet stage to master and chief 

engineer. And in times of attractive 

freight rates money is available to finance 

such plans. But there are obstacles on the 

way and the sins of the past come back to 

haunt us, schools and academies do not 

produce enough qualified cadet material 

to satisfy demand, vessels are lacking 

berths to accommodate additional crew. 

Senior officers lack competence or inclination 

to support cadets and assess their 

competencies, administrative duties have 

burdened the officers to such an extend 

that they hardly find the time to address 

training on board. 

For a prudent company it appears that 

there are no quick fixes in human resource 

management. When analyzing 

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what attracts and retains seafarers with a 

company it appears that basic values like 

trust, consistency, job security are still 

ranking rather high. As a ship owner will 

only entrust his vessel to a master that 

also inspires trust, most seafarers look for 

a reliable partner whom they can trust. 

Once the basic benefit package is on a 

competitive level, we at Marlow believe 

that once the demand for trust, consistency 

and job security are satisfied the seafarer 

looks for career advancement, a 

dynamically growing company, attractive 

living and working conditions on board 

and company people that care for him, 

that support his career advancement with 

training, that understand him and communicate 

with him, that listen to him and 

give him valuable advice be it in professional 

matters or private / family matters. 

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At Marlow Navigation we are blessed 

with a team of people that realize the 

needs of the seafarer and our seafarers 

notice and honor this commitment. 

Consistency and perseverancearethe keys 

In order to keep it that way, we carefully 

look and listen for signs of disagreement 

or discontent and watch complaint levels 

as well as retention rates. The striving to 

improve our service is felt on board and 

ashore. We do not expect any sudden upwards 

shifts in retention rate, every percentage 

point has to be earned by hard 

work from the entire team. Consistency 

and perseverance are the keys.

3rd Issue 

In order to secure quality and competence 

of crew, the Management team supports 

the consistency with vision and a careful 

growth strategy facilitating the necessary 

investments into training infrastructure, 

seafarers’ training activities and career development 

both by the company itself as 

well as its clients. The company started a 

training fund to finance the training activities. 

This training fund, filled by voluntary 

contributions of the company’s 

clients has grown from a thin trickle of 

dollars to substantial amounts over the 

last 10 years. Again consistency and perseverance 

are the keys, delivering added 

training value to the seafarers working on 

our clients’ vessels. 

Provides for training in own facilities 

Training activities are clearly designed to 

accelerate career advancement and a competence 

management system provides 

guidance, and checks at critical points that 

the required competence is achieved. The 

required competencies include statutory 

requirements as well as specific customer 

requirements and company specific requirements. 

For competencies that are not 

part of the national curricula, the company 

provides training in its own training 

facilities and recruitment agencies. 

A high level of self sufficiency indicates a 

healthy crew manager 

Once the quality requirements have been 

satisfied the strategy how to man the vessels 

under management in the future has 

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to address self sufficiency - breeding as 

many qualified officers out of company’s 

rank and file as possibly needed. As a positive 

side effect we have seen that a higher 

self sufficiency ratio gives you higher retention 

rates. Cadets or ex-cadets and extrainees 

simply have the tendency to stay 

with the company. They have seen that 

the company invests in them and they pay 

it back in loyalty. 

We believe that the self sufficiency ratio - 

given a steady environment – is a performance 

indicator with more scope that 

requires more vision than the retention 

rate alone. The focus on self sufficiency 

includes careful planning of future demands, 

selection, retention, support and 

training, competence management and 

career counseling. A high level of self sufficiency 

could be considered as an indicator 

how healthy a crew manager is and 

how far the company is prepared to manage 

the human resource challenges of the 

future. Being to a large extend independent 

of available qualified officers in the recruitment 

market will benefit quality and 

competence levels, and is a concept that 

all stakeholders in the industry should appreciate, 

ship owners and seafarers, not to 

mention insurance companies. 


Capt. Walter Wekenborg - 

MN CYPRUS 

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MARINE STORIES 

The Stranded Seaman 

One would think that the heading 

alone would lead to an adventurous 

story of a great happening. However, this 

is a simple encounter in a normal day onboard 

a VLCC sailing from the Persian 

Gulf to Europe. 

Usually during such long voyages, when 

the vessel is fully loaded and no other 

technical maintenance can be done on 

deck, good weather and time are used to 

maintain the decks and accommodation 

areas in perfect condition and apply fresh 

paint where necessary. This particular 

voyage, it was decided to paint all the 

main decks of the tanker. The piping, fittings 

and angled structures were first to 

be painted using spray guns and the 

straight decks were left to be well cleaned, 

washed down with fresh water and 

painted with paint rollers. 

The day was beautiful; sunny, dry air, temperatures 

at mid twenties, in other words 

an ideal day for painting. The Chief Offi- 


M a r i n e S t o r i e s 

cer decided to have as much of the 

14,000 m2 covered as possible, so he 

offered a “job and finish” to the deck 

hands. All deck hands were out on the job 

and rolling the paint away at their 

allocated portions of decks. 

The captain was on his daily noon bridge 

visit, enjoying the fresh air at the wing and 

at the same time absorbing with satisfaction 

the clean looks of the decks ahead of 

him. He then spotted one of the deck 

hands at the far forward deck standing, 

looking around helpless and raising his 

hands in despair. To appraise the situation 

better, the Captain went inside the bridge 

and picked up a pair of binoculars. When 

he focused on the seaman, he could not 

believe what he was seeing. The seaman 

was standing in a spot holding the paint 

roller with the long helper. A pot of paint 

was in front of him and as it appeared, he 

was trying to find a way out of a trap he 

has created. 

The seaman has painted a vast piece of 

deck in concentric circles, eventually 

“stranding” himself in a small circle. Now 

he could not leave the spot by just walking 

on wet paint. Alas! The bosun would 

“strangle” him if he dared leave his footprints 

on the fresh paint. 

Did our clever seaman wait until the paint 

was dry or did he simply walk out on the 

wet paint? Or did someone come to his 

rescue? Anything is possible.

Semaphore Signals 

3rd Issue 

During the early sixties a young gentleman, 

just after graduating from his High 

School, joined a general cargo ship at 

Marseille in the capacity of Deck Cadet. 

The youngster had no seafaring or nautical 

school background and actually knew 

nothing about a ship. Consequently for 

him this was the first time he ever traveled 

abroad. 

He presented his papers and letters of introduction 

to the Chief Officer, who welcomed 

him onboard, briefed him on his 

future duties, highlighted to him the DOs 

and the DON’Ts and directed him to his 

accommodation. He was instructed to 

take a rest for the remaining day, settle 

down and get acquainted with his surroundings, 

the safeties, meal hours, etc 

and report for work at 8:00 am sharp the 

next morning at the Deck Office. 

So, the youngster reported at the Deck 

Office five minutes to eight and to his 

amazement the Chief Officer turned up 

at 8:30 am. Shortly afterwards the Bosun 

appeared and the cadet was instructed to 

go along with him and work under him 

till further notice. 

Two weeks passed since he has joined and 

finally the vessel completed her cargo operations 

and set sail for her remaining itinerary 

to ports like Livorno, Barcelona, 

Valencia, New York, Veracruz, Houston, 

New Orleans, Miami, and back to Europe. 

The Bosun did not lose much time 

in giving tasks to the youngster, amongst 

other, the cleaning of crew toilets, clean- 

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ing of paint brushes, arrangement of 

ropes and wires at the forecastle store, etc. 

There was, however, the privileged task as 

well. The cadet was designated the task of 

learning the Semaphore code in order to 

be ready to send a semaphore message to 

the Gibraltar Signaling Station when they 

cross westbound in a few days and was 

asked to report to the 3rd Officer to get 

the Code and the semaphore flags. The 

practice, of course, would have to be after 

working hours. 

The young cadet felt excited to be entrusted 

to such an important task and engaged 

himself in serious learning of the 

semaphore signaling. 

The big day came when the cadet was 

called upon to carry out his important 

task. Around midnight the Third Officer 

rushed into the cadet’s cabin and noisily 

awakened him shouting: “C’mon boy, you 

must hurry to the bridge. The ship is passing 

Gibraltar Strait in 30 minutes”. 

The lad hurried in his clothes and set off 

to the bridge, holding the Semaphore 

pendants. On entering the darkened 

wheelhouse, the Second Officer received 

him and immediately started giving him 

instructions. He showed him the distance 

flashing of Europa Point lighthouse and 

explained to him that he has to position 

himself at the anchor mast platform on 

the forecastle and as soon as the vessel is 

abreast of Europa Point lighthouse he 

should start signaling the practiced text 

(name of vessel, call sign, port of departure, 

destination and ETA). 

The cadet rushed off to his task but not 

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without his doubts about the whole scenario. 

He might have been ignorant of 

maritime affairs but certainly not short of 

intelligence since he has graduated from 

a first class high school with honours. He 

quickly then appreciated the situation and 

decided that the whole affair smelt a rat. 

He therefore exited the bridge from the 

wing, climbed down the outside staircases 

to the main deck and into a pitch dark 

night, re-entered the accommodation and 

hastily went up the inside staircase to his 

deck and eventually to his cabin. He set 

aside the semaphore flags, stripped again 

and went to bed. 

The cadet was awakened by the ship’s typhoon 

accompanied by loud voices 

around the bridge area (which was on the 

same deck as his cabin). Glancing at his 

watch he registered that it was 4:00 am. 

Since he was instructed by the Bosun not 

to get involved in anything onboard unless 

he is expressly asked by his superiors 

or summoned by an Emergency signal, he 

curled his young body in his warm blankets 

and fell back to a deep sleep. 

At around 4:45 am his door was opened 

widely and the cadet jumped up to face a 

frightened stare of the 2nd Officer. 

It goes without saying what happened 

after the cadet decided to use his better 

intelligence and abandon the “signaling 

task”. The 2nd Officer, being positive that 

the cadet was at the forecastle, after some 

time, sent the seaman on watch to call him 

back. The seaman rushed back in panic 

reporting that the cadet was nowhere to 

be found at the forecastle. The 2nd Offi- 

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cer in panic summoned the 3rd Officer 

back on the bridge and after they have together 

assessed the situation, they have 

concluded that the cadet must have possibly 

fallen overboard. They then decided 

to call the Chief Officer for advice, who 

decided to call the Master on the bridge 

(who was not aware of the set up 

arranged for the cadet). 

The Master of course did what he had to 

do after being convinced that he had a 

man overboard two hours behind. He 

went on the VHF calling Gibraltar signaling 

station and turned back the ship at opposite 

course with all search lights on and 

the crew summoned for a search and rescue 

operation. It was at this point when 

the 2nd Officer decided to sneak out of 

the bridge and look into the cadet’s cabin, 

hoping that no miracle will happen. But 

as it was, the miracle happened and the 

cadet was there staring at him in astonishment. 

The results were not pleasant for the 

“learned” deck officers and the bosun. 

The Master took the cadet’s training 

under his personal supervision from that 

point onwards, in order to protect him 

from the angry “conspirators”. As a matter 

of fact, he was “secretly” proud of the 

young lad and he saw a great potential in 

him in having a bright seafaring career. He 

was right. 

Lesson to be learned: Never underestimate 

other people’s intelligence. 


Capt. Joseph Josephides - 

MN CYPRUS

3rd Issue 

Dec 2008 

C o l l e a g u e s W o r k i n g o n b o a r d 

Onboard Training Program for Crew 

Operator Assistants 

We have mentioned many times the 

importance of training and surely 

this does not only apply to seamen but 

also to employees based ashore and more 

specifically in this instance crew operations. 

In June this year a program was put 

into motion that is directed at Crew Operator 

Assistants and more specifically to 

all those assistants who do not have any 

seagoing experience. 

The program is entirely voluntary, but we 

must say, that we were pleased to see how 

many volunteers we had. The duration of 

the stay is one week on board ships trading 

in our area. So far 19 persons from 

our Limassol headquarters have been on 

board and another 16 are waiting to go. 

The program has been suspended for a 

short period over the festive season and 

also to wait for calmer seas. 

Before “signing on” a briefing is given by 

the In-House Training co-ordinator/Senior 

Operator and supplied them with an 

“Induction Check List & Program”. The 

purpose of this book is to help ensure 

that they follow a structured program, 

and further to make the best use of their 

time on board, in order to gain 

the desired knowledge. 

Their experience while on their one week 

voyage gives them a taste of what truly a 

seaman’s life is all about. They observe at 

first hand deck and engine operations, and 

even take part in some of the daily work 

on deck, in the engine room and to generally 

observe operations at port during 

unloading and loading. Time was also 

spent on the bridge with the master and 

deck officers sometimes giving them 

companionship during their bridge watch 

duties. Sharing meals with all the crew 

gave both sides the opportunity to discuss 

the day to day issues that concern all seamen 

whatever their rank while on board. 

All of this could not be done while in the 

office and behind the computer. 

Here are a few quotes that we have taken 

from some of their reports, and also included 

some snap shots of the times they 

had on board. We think it says it all… 

“The main advantage was to see a wonderful 

seamanship and to act as a seaman’’ 

“It was very helpful to see how the 

bunkering procedure and even the ballast 

taking procedure is carried out’’ 

“I really admire seamen now because I 

could not understand it being separated 

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from the family several months especially 

if you have a wife and children’’ 

“One day we spent with the ratings on 

deck, chipping the old rust from the deck 

and painting it with new paint, this was a 

hell of work and I’m really happy to have 

an office job’’ 

“In future if I’ll receive any requests 

from the ship for any reason, I’ll immediately 

know what it means and how to 

react’’ 

“I want to thank Marlow for realizing 

this unforgettable experience’’ 

“My embarkation gave me the opportunity 

to see the other side of the coin;’’ 

“I think now I have a sphere picture of 

shipping since we are just one part of this, 

sitting behind a screen and keyboard’’ 

“On board training & experience enriches 

our knowledge to shipboard environment 

and is to be considered a great 

advantage to our work output and contribution’’ 

“From my experience, I realized that it 

takes a lot of patience, focus and dedication 

to be able to live the life of a seaman’’ 

“Watching the seamen working as a 

team, and observing how the chain of 

command is strictly followed helped me 

understand what it takes to be a seaman’’ 

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“This experience has definitely been an 

eye opener for me and it will surely help 

me perform my work now even better as 

I have a far greater understanding of the 

shipping industry than I did before’’ 

Stefan Bajorat (right) 

Juliana Eleftheriou (left) Constantinos Nestorides (center) 

Evroulla Theodosiou (left) and Martha Kyriakou (right) 


Maria Achillea - MN CYPRUS

3rd Issue 

All Marlow seamen, are familiar with 

‘ships visits’ that take place from 

time to time by the superintendents. But, 

it is unusual for a superintendent to stay 

on board for ten days, as did Kuido 

Naaber on the anchor handling tugboat 

‘AHT Magnus’ (it is worth mentioning 

that Kuido is an ex seafarer with the rank 

of 2nd Officer). 

The purpose of such a visit was for him 

to familiarize himself with the general day 

to day operations and to observe at close 

quarters anchor handling and towing op- 

erations. 

He joined the vessel in Den Helder on the 

evening of the 19th of September, in 

good time to participate in the rig move 

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S h i p a t W o r k 

of the jack up platform Britannia. The 

vessel sailed later on the same evening and 

arrived at the location around midnight. 

During the night, anchors and buoys were 

discharged and stood by until next 

evening when the bridle towing line to the 

rig was connected and got underway to 

the new location which was 100nm away. 

When the tug arrived at the new location 

the platform was fixed to prepositioning 

and the vessel made ready for anchor 

handling, a total of 3 anchors were de- 

ployed two Bruce type anchors from one 

side of the vessel and 1 anchor from the 

other side. 

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Operations were suspended for most erations and feedback. 

of the next day due to worsening weather 

conditions and the vessels left for standby 

outside the 500m zone. During the 

standby time the vessel operated in 

Dynamic Positioning (DP) mode for 

greasing the towing wire. 

Operations were resumed and the bridle 

was connected, allowing the drilling rig to 

heave itself to its final position by using 

anchor lines (final distance from fixed 

production rig installation approx 2 me- 

tres). All 3 anchors were recovered and 

collected full equipment on deck for de- 

livery back to Den Helder. 

Kuido says that the trip was very benefi- 

cial in getting a better understanding in re- 

gards to towing and anchor handling 

operations, and a better understanding of 

the equipment setup and the way of op- 

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Many thanks to the owners, to Capt. Ser- 

hiy Ponomarenko and to all the crew for 

the “experience” on AHT Magnus. 

Article provided by - 

Kuido Naaber - MN CYPRUS

3rd Issue 

10 year watch giving ceremonies continue 

to take place whenever possible. 

Here below you will find several photos 

of seafarers receiving their watch which 

we would like to share with you. You 

may be familiar with some of them. 

Dec 2008 

W a t c h G i v i n g - 1 0 Y e a r s 

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Here below is the list of the Long 

Serving Seamen who have completed 

between 13 - 17 years, calculating 

minimum 2600 actual sea service days and 

more. 

NO. SURNAME NAME RANK 

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PHILIPPINES 

1 SAMSON EDWIN CAPT 

2 CANEZAL JOB CAPT 

3 ESER NICANOR COFF 

4 PEDREGOSA LEO COFF 

5 VALENCIA JOHN COFF 

6 AGUILA DOMINGO COFF 

7 MOLANIDA HENRY N. COFF 

8 SUBITO MICHAEL COFF 

9 GUERNALDO MONCHITO 2OFF 

10 CABRERA PEDRO 2OFF 

11 SEALONGO LEONARDO 2OFF 

12 DELOS SANTOS EDWIN 2OFF 

13 CANALES JR. FELICITO 2OFF 

14 MENDOZA ALLEN 2OFF 

15 QUIJANO ROMMEL 2OFF 

16 SANTOS ARMANDO 2OFF 

17 TAYCO JAMES 2OFF 

18 BARTOLOME JONATHAN 2OFF 

19 CAUMBAN MODESTO 2OFF 

20 ALFONSO DANTE 2OFF 

21 ZALDIVAR ROLANDO 2OFF 

22 MONASTERIO BOBBY 2ENG 

23 GUINMAPANG NELSON 2ENG 

24 GABRIEL JUAN 2ENG 

25 DE GUZMAN NELSON 2ENG 


L o n g S e r v i n g S e a m e n 

26 GARDOSE ROY 2ENG 

27 MARTIN ERNELITO DELA CRUZ 2ENG 

28 PILANTE JONEL 2ENG 

29 NOGRALES CRISPIN.JR 2ENG 

30 BELANDRES EDGAR 3ENG 

31 CARALDE ROBERTO 3ENG 

32 URFILLA HERNANIE 3ENG 

33 DELA ROSA LUISITO 3ENG 

34 AMBUT EVENARD 3ENG 

35 BARCENAS SALVADOR 3ENG 

36 ABELLO ROBERT 3ENG 

37 RAFOLS EPIFANIO 3ENG 

38 MILLARES APOLLO ELEC 

39 LOZADA ROLANDO BSN 

40 GONZAGA ISAGANI BSN 

41 LOCADO RENE BSN 

42 TENORIO DANILO BSN 

43 ALMANON ESMAEL B BSN 

44 CABARABAN MARVIN BSN 

45 ESPOS JAIME BSN 

46 GASTADOR EDITO P BSN 

47 MARAON DENNIS ANTONIO BSN 

48 GILBUENA REYNALDO BSN 

49 WANILLO ALREX BSN 

50 SALCEDO JIMMY BSN 

51 OROPEL JOEL BSN 

52 SERASPE GEORGE BSN 

53 NILLES RENANTE BSN 

54 AVILA ANGEL BSN 

55 MONTILLA GIL BSN

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56 SEVA NICK BSN 

57 CARNABLE NARCISO BSN 

58 ARIESGADO REYNALDO BSN 

59 LOPEZ VICTOR BSN 

60 BALORIO NERIO BSN 

61 SERVANDO MEDEL BSN 

62 PENARUBIA EDGAR BSN 

63 QUINTELA ANTHONY BSN 

64 PERDEGUERO LEMUEL BSN 

65 MANANSALA ROEL BSN 

66 GAITAN CESAR BSN 

67 MONTINOLA NOLI BSN 

68 MACUROL CARLITO JR. BSN 

69 OSORIO JERSON BSN 

70 ELBANBUENA MANUEL KA/B 

71 DE PEDRO GALILEO KA/B 

72 SALDO EMMANUEL KA/B 

73 CALUBIRAN NOLI KA/B 

74 BUENAVENTURA SIMEON KA/B 

75 INCOGNITO JOEBERT KA/B 

76 REYES GAVINO P A/B 

77 GUBAT ADONIS A/B 

78 AGUIRRE AMADEO A/B 

79 LOPEZ ARNOLD A/B 

80 BELIR EDGARDO A/B 

81 BEREBER JOEY A/B 

82 TANIONGON DANILO A/B 

83 SALAVEREZ ARTEMIO A/B 

84 REYES JOHNNY Q A/B 

85 BEDURIA JOHN A/B 

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86 OPENIANO JAY R A/B 

87 PONTOY ULYSSES A/B 

88 BELINARIO ARNEL A/B 

89 ANCHETA RUSTICO AGLIAM A/B 

90 DE PABLO HILARIO A/B 

91 LORIA EDWIN A/B 

92 EVASCO HENRY A/B 

93 PERNALA SESINANDO A/B 

94 SOTITO LAURENCE K X A/B 

95 CRISOSTOMO NILO A/B 

96 MANZANO LUIS A/B 

97 TREYES FRANCISCO A/B 

98 ORTIZ JR. APOLONIO A/B 

99 BABIA RENANTE A/B 

100 ZARASPE FRANCISCO A/B 

101 CORONA CERNAN A/B 

102 MONTANO JOSE BIMBO A/B 

103 PACLAUNA ROBERTSON A/B 

104 DAYAG RONALDO A/B 

105 BALUYOT GERONIMO A/B 

106 FORTES EDWIN A/B 

107 CADUNGOG NICOLAS A/B 

108 NALUPA RAMEL A/B 

109 GAMBOA DANILO A/B 

110 CEA FELOMINO A/B 

111 GAMBOA DIEGO A/B 

112 MORIENTE SOCRATES O/S 

113 APELANIO DELECIO O/S 

114 GARCIA SALVADOR O/S 

115 AQUINO ALVIN O/S 

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116 MARTIN ANASTACIO O/S 

117 ALIPAT ALEX O/S 

118 CARINO JOEGIE O/S 

119 ANDAYA CLEMENTE FITT 

120 DIZON JOEY FITT 

121 SANTOS WILFREDO FITT 

122 GOMEZ R. FERNANDO OIL 

123 VEDAD TONY OIL 

124 VALLO EDUARDO OIL 

125 LITRERO EDUARDO OIL 

126 MAGPUSAO RENATO OIL 

127 RETITA RICO OIL 

128 GARZON JIMMY OIL 

129 SANCIO RENATO OIL 

130 NATOLLA TEOFOLO OIL 

131 NOBLEZA CECILIO OIL 

132 GAMIAO MICHAEL OIL 

133 MENDOZA JOFESON OIL 

134 SOURIBIO ROLANDO OIL 

135 CABARLES ROY OIL 

136 BANDIOLA VENSIE OIL 

137 DE LINO JOVENAL JR OIL 

138 GUILAB BERNARD OIL 

139 TONO GILBERT OIL 

140 GARDOSE RIC OIL 

141 BRIONES WESTPHAL OIL 

142 DAYON JOSELITO OIL 

143 RAZ DIEGO OIL 

144 ARDANA EDWIN OIL 

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145 BERNAL ZANDRO OSCK 

146 PATAPAT RIZALINO OSCK 

147 MORILLO RONALD WIPR 

148 BALLENAS MIGUEL WIPR 

149 VELASQUEZ ERNESTO CHCK 

150 CALMA EMMANUEL CHCK 

151 PINEDA RUEL COOK 

152 SANTOS DANILO COOK 

153 TUASON EMMANUEL COOK 

154 DELFINO SAL JR COOK 

155 IBO OBET COOK 

156 COLENDRA ROLANDO COOK 

157 ADVINCULA ROGELIO M COOK 

158 SEVILLE FERNANDO III COOK 

159 ALVAREZ ARNOLD COOK 

160 CENIDOZA SERGIO S STWD 

161 YUSON GENARO STWD 

162 PARMAN RONNIE 2STW 

POLAND 

163 SZYMANSKI JERZY CAPT 

164 NOSEK JAN CAPT 

165 WOJTKOW JERZY CAPT 

166 NOWAK JAN CAPT 

167 GARBACIAK MIROSLAW CAPT 

168 OLEKSY JAROSLAW CAPT 

169 FRANKOWSKI MAREK CAPT 

170 KAROLEWSKI TOMASZ CAPT 

171 SEROKA ANDRZEJ CAPT 

172 POWCHOWICZ KRZYSZTOF CAPT

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173 TARASIUK JAN CAPT 

174 GORGON RYSZARD CAPT 

175 WINKOWSKI MAREK CAPT 

176 NOWICKI WOJCIECH CAPT 

177 PELC ZDZISLAW COFF 

178 LEWICKI WOJCIECH COFF 

179 PRZYBYCINSKI ANDRZEJ 1OFF 

180 KOWALSKI MIECZYSLAW CENG 

181 WISNIEWSKI KAROL CENG 

182 PALOC JOACHIM CENG 

183 DUCH EDWARD CENG 

184 WOJCIK WALDEMAR CENG 

185 PLODZIEN DAWID CENG 

186 WISNIEWSKI JACEK EDMUND CENG 

187 BIEGAJLO JAN CENG 

188 CHMARO PIOTR CENG 

189 SZYCHOT ANDRZEJ CENG 

190 SADOWSKI ROMUALD CENG 

191 RAK MIROSLAW CENG 

192 KUPCZAK JOZEF SENG 

193 KOTWAS LESZEK 1ENG 

194 MORDACZ KRZYSZTOF 2ENG 

195 KAMINSKI ZBIGNIEW ELEC 

196 TARNOWSKI DARIUSZ BSN 

197 KORDALSKI JOZEF A/B 

198 JAKSIM TADEUSZ A/B 

199 KROL ANDRZEJ A/B 

Dec 2008 

200 JABKIEWICZ MIROSLAW A/B 

201 BOJANOWSKI LESZEK A/B 

202 POZDAL KRZYSZTOF A/B 

203 LABUDA KAZIMIERZ ABCK 

204 WROBLEWSKI RYSZARD ABCK 

205 JAKS WLADYSLAW FITT 

206 SZELAGIEWICZ BOGUSLAW FITT 

207 TROJNAR ANDRZEJ OIL 

208 PASIERBSKI ZBIGNIEW OIL 

209 MARCZUK IGOR OIL 

210 HEIMRATH IRENEUSZ OIL 

211 KOMOSINSKI TOMASZ OSCK 

212 ZAWADZKI PIOTR OSCK 

213 PURZYCKI MIECZYSLAW OSCK 

214 KASZOREK MIROSLAW OSCK 

215 JAZDOWSKI RADOMYSL OSCK 

216 MENDELSKI HENRYK OSCK 

217 PROSCINSKI GRZEGORZ OSCK 

218 HOF GRZEGORZ CHCK 

219 NOWAK PIOTR CHCK 

220 BORSOW ANDRZEJ COOK 

GERMANY 

221 HELDT LUTZ CAPT 

222 SCHOENING PETER CAPT 

223 WILK PETER CAPT 

224 MOKDAD KAMAL CAPT 

225 SAEHLOFF ALFRED CAPT 

226 HOPF UWE CAPT 

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227 REMMERS HANS-GERD CAPT 

228 STELLING HANS CAPT 

229 GRAEBER JUERGEN CAPT 

230 LOECK HORST CENG 

231 BANDASCH SIEGFRIED, RUDOLF CENG 

232 BUERKLE JOHANN HEINRICH CENG 

233 TIETJEN WERNER CENG 

234 WEISS BRUNO CHRISTIAN CENG 

235 SENGE NORBERT CENG 

236 SCHUETT DIETER CENG 

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CABOVERDE 

ALMEIDA 

MONTEIRO EMANUEL A/B 

238 RODRIGUES PEDRO FRANCISCO A/B 

239 OLIVEIRA LINO JOSE O/S 

240 LOPES AUGUSTO JACINTO O/S 

241 DOS SANTOS MANUEL PAULINO OIL 

242 DUARTE JOSE BRITO OSCK 

HUNGARY 

243 KOVACS CSABA CAPT 

244 KOVACS KORNEL VAZUL CAPT 

245 GUBO JOZSEF SENG 

246 KOVACS LASZLO 1ENG 

247 GELLAI IMRE A/B 


RUSSIA 

248 PARINOV GENNADY CAPT 

249 BORTNIKOV YURIY CAPT 

250 KULYGIN VADIM CAPT 

251 KHASCHENKO SERGEY CENG 

UKRAINE 

252 KORYATOV YURIY CAPT 

253 SHULEPA OLEKSANDR ELEC 

254 FILIMONOV SERHIY BSN 

AUSTRIA 

255 HARTMANN FRANZ CENG 

FINLAND 

256 EL NEMR TAHSINE AHMAD CAPT 

BELGIUM 

257 PIEPRZYK MICHAEL CAPT 

ESTONIA 

258 GORITSEV VALERI COFF 

GHANA 

259 SALAMBERE EDMOND O/S 

NETHERLANDS 

260 BAAS RUDOLF ARIE DIRK 1ENG

Did You Know ? 

3rd Issue 

Dec 2008 

There are more than 2,700 different languages spoken in the world, with more 

than 7 000 dialects. 

In Indonesia alone, there are 365 different languages. 

More than 1,000 different languages are spoken in Africa 

Mandarin is the most spoken language in the world, 

followed by English. 

700 different languages are spoken in London. In some 

suburbs of London. 

English is now a second language. 

The smallest country in the world is the Vatican. It is also the only country where 

Latin is the official language. 

Wise Cracks 

1. Seen it all, done it all. Can’t remember most of it. 

2. I don’t know how I got over the hill without getting to the top. 

3. It ain’t the age. It’s the mileage. 

F e a t u r e s 

4. It is easier to get older than it is to get wiser. 

5. Funny, I don’t remember being absent-minded. 

6. If I want your opinion, I’ll ask you to fill out the necessary forms. 

7. I don’t need your attitude. I have one of my own. 

8. “Work fascinates me” I can look at it for hours. 

9. God made relatives but thank god we can choose our friends. 

10. The more you learn, the more you know, the more you know the more you forget 

the more you forget the less you know – So why learn? 

11. A little boy went up to his father and asked, “Dad where did all of my intelligence 

come from?” His father replied, “Well, son, you must have gotten it from your 

mother, because I still have mine.” 

12. You don’t stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you 

stop laughing. 

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and 

Tomorrow 

Today 

be with you 

Love 

Always

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