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MSI Update on Novel Corona Virus (nCoV)

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MSI Update on Novel Corona Virus (nCoV)

MSI Update on Novel Corona Virus (nCoV) - 04-Feb-2020 At MSI, we have been closely monitoring the pandemic outbreak and are fully committed to combating this deadly disease to protect our staff on board and ashore, and contribute to the community by acting responsibly.

For our offices and fleet we had taken the following actions :

• Office closure and placing staff with recent visits to China to work remotely from home during the quarantine period.
• Staff kept up to date with latest news developments.
• Ceasing non-essential travel to all afflicted areas.
• Ceasing all crew changes in China.
• Stocking and supplying sufficient surgical masks to for our shore based staff and seafarers.
• Restricting provision supplies (excluding all meat products) from China.
• Fresh Water to be treated if supplied from China.
• Hand sanitizers and contactless thermometers provided to all offices and vessels.
• Displaying posters providing information to take necessary precautionary measures to mitigate risk of contracting the nCoV virus.
• Temperature checks on external parties visiting vessels.
• Access into accommodation will be sealed off for shore stevedores, for whom masks should be donned at all times.

Our prayers are with the victims of this epidemic and we hope this this will be over soon !

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Home > News > MSI Ship Management Ushers in the Year of the Rat With a Lion Dance Performance

MSI Ship Management Ushers in the Year of the Rat With a Lion Dance Performance

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MSI Ship Management Ushers in the Year of the Rat With a Lion Dance Performance

Staff at MSI Ship Management Office were treated today with a wonderful performance of the traditional Lion Dance performance at our office premises.

Both lions prowled and covered the entire office today, to provide an auspicious start to the Lunar New Year with several oranges devoured.

We certainly look forward to a very successful year 2020.

We would like to wish all our staff a Happy Lunar New Year and with it, good health, prosperity and happiness for 2020 and for the many years to come.
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Home > News > MSI Best Ship of the Year Awards 2019 – Maritime Coaction & Wawasan Topaz

MSI Best Ship of the Year Awards 2019 – Maritime Coaction & Wawasan Topaz

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MSI Best Ship of the Year Awards 2019 – Maritime Coaction & Wawasan Topaz

Starting this year we have constituted the “Best Ship of the year” Award for the Dry and Wet Ship categories for excellent overall perfromance. We were guided by one of our key Mission Statements while choosing on the ship in the fleet:

“Relentlessly pursuing high standards in integrated maritime transportation management services with integrity & accountability”

A committee was setup within MSI consisting of Senior Management, Technical, Operation and HSSQE staff. Data for 2019 in the following categories were used as measuring tools to help us decide on the “Best Ship of the Year”:
1. Personal Injury Cases (LTIF)
2. Non Injury Cases (eg. Navigational incidents. machinery failures, fire, spills, security incidents)
3. PSC Inspections and Detentions
4. Unscheduled Off Hire
5. Vetting or Rightship Inspections– Vessels individual Performance based on inspection Risk Rating.
6. Vessel rejections by Oil Major leading to Loss of business
7. Overdue PMS
8. Compliance with MESPAS Reporting and
9. Ship General Appearance – age of ship taken into account

After much deliberation, we have decided to present the Award for “Best Ship of the Year” to the following ships:
1. Maritime Coaction – Bulker
2. Wawasan Topaz - Tanker

We at MSI would like to congratulate all the Masters and Crew on board these two above mentioned ship, past and present who have worked hard to make this possible.

We plan to initiate awards in more categories in the coming years and hope that this initiative will in some way act as an encouragement for all on board to go that “extra mile” in their day to day actions while on board. We also recognise that seafarers have to face many challenges on a daily basis and situations often are not as perfect as we would like them to be. It is only your resilience that makes it possible for every ship to safely complete her voyage.

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Home > News > MSI Wins 3 Awards for Best Submission in the recent InterManagers Enclosed Safety Space Campaign, 2019

MSI Wins 3 Awards for Best Submission in the recent InterManagers Enclosed Safety Space Campaign, 2019

MSI Wins 3 Awards for Best Submission in the recent InterManagers Enclosed Safety Space Campaign, 2019

InterManager initiated a campaign on ‘Enclosed Space Safety’. In this 3 month long open survey, seafarers were requested to provide their feedback and opinion as to the causes and possible solutions.

The objective of this campaign was not only to raise awareness amongst people to the dangers by reflecting on ways and means to improve safety, but it was also to look at innovative means to eradicate this bane that has plagued the industry for decades.

With participants coming from diverse backgrounf from vessel operators, managers to over 5000 seafarers from 2500 vessels taking part in this survey, valuable feedback were provided which includes :
• A perceived lack of improvement in the design of vessels with not enough consideration being given to access areas and the people working in them.
• enclosed spaces being hard to reach, are frequently impossible to properly ventilate or to measure the atmosphere conditions.
• allocation of unrealistically tight timeframes for cargo hold and tank preparation;
• adequate protection of seafarers from unrealistic commercial time pressures.

We are pleased to announce that MSI was one of the companies recognized to be taken an active part in this campaign. All the responses were screened by a committee and 12 persons were judged as Safety Leaders for their participation. Amongst those 12 persons awarded, 4 were from MSI...Indeed a proud moment for us:

Our special thanks to :
• Capt. Himadri Shikhar Ghosh, for steering the campaign in MSI
• Capt. Avinash Serafino Carrasco from Maritime Meridian for best submission
• Mr. Sunny Tangappan Kannan from Maritime Meridian for best submission
• Mr. Asokan Exhilan form Maritime Tuntiga for best submission

Capt. Himadri Ghosh was in Manila at the Annual Crew Connect Conference on 21st Nov 2019 to collect the awards on behalf of all the MSI awardees. The award consists of a handsome plaque with the name engraved.

Once again, we would like to thank all of you who participated and congratulate the award recipients. You have made MSI proud!

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Home > News > MSI Seafarer Conference- Mumbai 2-4 Oct 2019

MSI Seafarer Conference- Mumbai 2-4 Oct 2019

MSI Seafarer Conference- Mumbai 2-4 Oct 2019

MSI was proud to organize the recent Seafarer Conference which was held in Mumbai from 2nd to 4th October 2019. The theme of this year’s conference was – “Back to Basics”.

The event was well-attended by more than 50 officers from our fleets as well as representatives from our other business units including Capt Erol D’Monty and Ms Fathin from Aurora Tankers. The occasion was graced by Mr Frederik Guttormsen, Senior Director, IMC Industrial Group Shipping who discussed the shipping industry trends and IMC’s strategic plans.

The 3 days conference covered topics ranging from Ballast Water Management, Global Sulphur Cap 2020 to Emotional Quotient – Resilience and Communications, which were presented by eminent external speakers and psychologist. Senior Managers from MSI also shared their valuable knowledge from maritime cases.

The seminar was inaugurated by Capt Sanjay Ramnathan, Head of MSI who elaborated the theme saying “safety has to go beyond slogans and posters”.

The event was well-received with positive responses from attendees who felt such events were informative and would provide greater awareness into increasing workplace safety and compliance. It was also a great opportunity for the office staff to interact which the ship’s staff in an informal environment.
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Home > News > MSI Participation in the 9th Mare Forum in Jakarta 17th Sept 2019

MSI Participation in the 9th Mare Forum in Jakarta 17th Sept 2019

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MSI Participation in the 9th Mare Forum in Jakarta (17th Sept 2019)

MSI participated in the 9th Mare Forum Indonesia which was held on the 17th September 2019 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Mare Forum provides a common arena for Indonesia’s maritime leaders and a wide range of industry players from venture capitalists, vessel owners/operators, government entities, trading & brokerage companies, financial institutions to participate in discussions and debate the growth of Indonesian shipping, national and foreign investments and its impact on a regional and global scale.

The Mare Forum also provided MSI an opportunity to engage with local shipowners and members of the local shipping community in brainstorming sessions and network providing a positive sharing experience as well to explore opportunities to work together.

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Home > News > MSI Ship Management Proud to be Finalists in the 2019 Safety at Sea Awards

MSI Ship Management Proud to be Finalists in the 2019 Safety at Sea Awards

MSI Ship Management Proud to be Finalists in the 2019 Safety at Sea Awards

MSI Ship Management is proud to announce its nomination as one of the Finalists under the Category of Maritime Employer of the Year, at the Annual Safety at Sea Awards that was held in London, UK, on 10th of September 2019.

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Home > News > MSI participated in Nor-Shipping from 4-7 June 2019 in Oslo, Norway

MSI participated in Nor-Shipping from 4-7 June 2019 in Oslo, Norway

MSI participated in Nor-Shipping from 4-7 June 2019 in Oslo, Norway

MSI was privileged to be part of the ASMI (Association of Singapore Marine Industries) and Singapore pavilion at the recent Nor-Shipping event held in Oslo, Norway from 4 to 7 June.

MSI’s objective of participating in the event was to create greater awareness of MSI brand in the European market, more specifically in the Scandinavian shipping markets on MSI services and potentially generate sufficient leads for 3rd party ship management business through direct contact with ship-owners.

Nor-Shipping is a maritime trade fair that has been held in Norway every other year since 1965. It is one of the leading international shipping events and an important meeting place and forum for the shipping industry. It features exhibitions, conferences, debates, product launches and social occasions. The fair attracted shipowners, ship builders, classification societies, technology suppliers, shipbrokers, innovators, ship financiers and industry leaders.

MSI received excellent support from the Singapore Senior Minister of State for Health and Transport, Dr Lam Pin Min, who is also the Ambassador of Singapore to Norway and Ms. Quay Ley Hoon, CEO of MPA as they were very encouraging during their visit to MSI’s booth and conveyed that they we could count on their strong support.

The successful Singapore - Norway event organised by the Singapore Government was well attended and MSI look forward to further cultivating the close relationships with all the trade partners and business contacts.

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Home > News > Maritime Kelly Anne Rescue Mission

Maritime Kelly Anne Rescue Mission

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Maritime Kelly Anne Rescue Mission

Maritime Kelly Anne recently conducted a high-sea rescue of a French national, Mr. Jean Jacques Savin, aged 71 years from a distressed sea craft in the Caribbean region on 3rd of May 2019.

The vessel had received a distress message that was relayed by the USCG which was received from the French adventurer and former military paratrooper, who had previously set off for the Caribbean in a barrel on a 3 month voyage from the Canary Islands using the aid of ocean currents and dropping markers to help oceanographers from the JCOMMOPS International Marine Observatory in the study of currents in the Atlantic.

Maritime Kelly Anne reacted decisively and covered 282NM in reaching the distress craft’s location around 0020Hrs UTC on the 03rd May 2019 and successfully rescued Mr. Jacques. Vessel then proceeded to St. Eustatius and disembarked Mr. Savin, where after receiving medical care he would be repatriated to his native France.

MSI, applauds and recognizes excellent seamanship exhibited by the ships team commanded by Capt. Abhishek Pant.

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Home > News > MSI Shanghai Annual Officer’s Family Day 2019

MSI Shanghai Annual Officer’s Family Day 2019

MSI Shanghai Annual Officer's Family Day 2019

MSI held its first Officer’s Seminar of 2019 from 26th to 28th March in Qingdao, China. The seminar was opened by Capt Sanjay Ramnathan, Head of MSI who had driven home the importance in how the power of observation and our attitudes drives our innate behaviour which was in line with our seminar theme.

About 45 MSI officers of various ranks were present to raise and discuss issues of particular relevance to this topic during their time on board MSI ships. In addition, various external speakers presented workshops of varied topics such as Resilience and Media Response in Crisis.

Internal speakers from MSI Group, addressed topics such as PSC and Vetting Inspections, Security, recent incidents and new legislation such as IMO DCS and EU MRV.

During the final wrap-up, Capt Meng Jun, GM of MSI Shanghai added “This seminar gives us all a sense of belonging where we the MSI family strive towards a safer work environment free from harm to people and environment” and hoped that everyone in attendance, derived the full value out of this three day event.

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