May2020

Webinar Introduction to Maritime Resource Management | Video online

On Wednesday 3 June 2020 the fourth webinar was streamed in close cooperation with STC-SA. This time the focus was on the Introduction to Maritime Resource Management. 

Interested? Please have a look.

This time all questions, as part of the Q&A, could be answered during the webinar sessions and they are included in the video. Should you have additional questions about the subject. Please feel free to contact us via international@stc-r.nl

About the topic:

After the worst air disaster in history which occurred at the Las Palmas Airport in 1977 resulting is 583 fatalities, the results from the accident investigation indicated to a number of human errors that all contributed to the accident, all of which could have been avoided. The result was the development of a specialized training programme designed to reduce human error. The training was so successful in the aviation sector, that the maritime sector soon introduced a similar training programme.

The Maritime Resource Management programme has been  specifically designed to ensure that  incumbents undergo a complete paradigm shift with respect to the manner in which they communicate, collect and process information as well as immediately identify hazardous situations as well as hazardous thoughts. The course provides incumbents with the requisite skills to utilize all available resources, human or other, to make the most accurate decisions, within the available time, thereby reducing the potential for human error and accidents.

This programme includes modules such as; Communications, Teamwork, Situation Awareness, Cultural Awareness, Authority and Assertiveness, Management and Leadership, Challenge and response just to mention a few. This course is essential for every organization wishing to improve on safety, productivity, and efficiency.

About the speaker:

Mr. Patrick Wells has 36 years of maritime experience and commenced his career in the South African Navy where he served as a Combat Officer for fourteen years. He retired from the South African Navy in 1997 to join the Port Services and served in various positions such as Tug Master, Fleet Manager, Quality Manager and Marine Pilot. He was also responsible for a number of years for the training of Tug Masters, Marine Pilots, Dredging Masters and Vessel Traffic Services Operators for the South African Transnet National Ports Authority. In 2012, Patrick joined STC and was appointed as the Head of Department for the Maritime Faculty at the International Maritime College of Oman and soon thereafter was appointed as the Deputy Dean in charge of the college academics. Patrick returned to South Africa mid 2017 to take up the position of Managing Director of STC Southern Africa.  Passionate about training and development and enhancing safety of all seafarers, he is instrumental in the design and development of maritime training programmes. Due to Patrick’s unique range of expertise and experience within port operations, he is actively involved in STC projects in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. 
May2020

Webinar Port Operations Automatization | Video online

On Wednesday 20 May STC International streamed the  webinar on the Port Operations Automatization. The video of this webinar is available online now.  Interested? Please have a look.

Please note that not all questions could be answered during the webinar due to limited time. Questions that could not be discussed live, will be answered in writing. This will be uploaded in this news item as soon as possible.

About the topic:

The integration of services in a port and the maximalization of the use of expensive resources, forces smart ports to deliver integrated services including tracking and tracing services of containers.

Port operations are nowadays concentrated into specific time windows. Ports should deliver precise services so that vessels are assisted in the agreed window and all services must be rendered to the client in the agreed window(s). This demands integration of operations, logistics and maintenance and results in more and more automated operations on terminals. The smarter the port,  the more integrated the services.

About the speaker:

Mr. Chris van Aar has a first degree in teaching in the disciplines of Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science. He started his career at the nautical secondary school “ Noorderhaaks” in Den Helder in the early 1980s. A few years later Chris was recruited by the SVZ, (Scheepvaartvereniging Zuid), the employers’ organization of the Port of Rotterdam, to join them and assist the organization in building one of the first full mission crane simulators in the world. The training department of the SVZ was one of the entities which later became part of the association of STC Group in 1990. And up to this date Chris is still working for STC. Over the years he has been involved in operational training with a focus on cranes and other heavy equipment. At this moment Chris is working as a senior project manager at STC International specialized in port operations and automatization all over the world. Recently Chris has been involved in a project at the new med II terminal in Morocco for setting up the simulator and designing and developing the training programs for the new remote operated cranes. Furthermore, he has been active in a project in Indonesia for upgrading the operational training.
May2020

Webinar Introduction to Smart Ports | Video online

On both 6 and 13 May STC International streamed the second webinar on the Introduction to Smart Ports. The video of this webinar is available online now.  Interested? Please have a look.

Please find a summary of the Q&A that could not be discussed during the webinar here.

About the topic:

What are Smart Ports? Why are ports going “digital”? What are some of the examples of digitalization that we are seeing in the port environment, and what could be the impact on port labour? This webinar offered by STC International  answers the previous questions and expands on the previous webinar of the global trends in maritime, port, transport and logistics. The concept of Smart Ports as a new stage in port development, some of the driving forces behind the digitalization movement, and the important role that human capital plays in current and future ports, will be discussed.

About the speaker:

Mr. Martinez de Ubago Alvarez de Sotomayor has a BSc and MSc in Civil Engineering from the University of Coruña (Spain), where he combined his last academic year as a junior port consultant in MCVALNERA. He later decided to continue his studies with a MSc in Transport, Infrastructure & Logistics at TU Delft (The Netherlands), where he graduated Cum Laude with a thesis, in collaboration with Port of Rotterdam, about the future of Ports under the influence of the Physical Internet, a hot topic in the field of transport and logistics.

After working for the migration arm of the United Nations (the IOM, in Geneva), Manuel joined the STC Group in Rotterdam, where he currently works as a project manager for STC International and STC-NESTRA. Among others, he is involved in transport consulting projects in Asian countries, such as the Mekong area, and also in the development of new training courses, especially in the field of Port Digitalization.
Apr2020

Webinar Global Trends in Maritime Port & Logistics | Video online

On Wednesday 22 April STC International organized the first webinar on Global Trends in Maritime Port & Logistics. Interested? The video of the webinar is available online now.

Please find a summary of the Q&A of the webinar here.

About the topic:

The focus of the webinar is on the latest trends with regard to the development in ports and the surroundings from a transport and logistics point of view. Items discussed here are the functions of ports and the activities that are being conducted and what the expectations are for the near future. Hereby also the industrial developments (Industry 4.0) are considered as well as the role that human capital plays in this. Finally, an outlook is provided of the possible impact COVID-19 has on the future of ports, transport and logistics.

About the speaker:

Mr. Adson Hofman has a BSc in Business Administration and a MSc in Supply Chain Management, both from the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Currently he is the area manager for South East Asia at STC International, where he is responsible for project management, identification, investigation, analysis and evaluation in the clusters maritime & offshore, ports & terminals, transport & logistics and process industry & energy. Activities in the role of Area Manager South East Asia are related to responsibility of the projects done in South East Asia in above mentioned clusters regarding training, consultancy and research. Moreover, he is also the Training Director of Tancang-STC in Vietnam. He has been involved as project manager in numerous projects concerning capacity development at universities and training centres in Indonesia, Bangladesh and South Africa among others. Next, he provides training in the field of port, transport and logistics to audiences from Latin America, Africa and Asia.
Mar2020

Trade Mission Indonesia

From 10-13 March 2020 a trade mission to Indonesia took place in which approximately 180 representatives from 112 companies, organisations and knowledge institutes participated. The trade mission was led by Minister Kaag from the Ministry Foreign Trade & Aid, business mission leader Hans de Boer of VNO-NCW and Minister Van Nieuwenhuizen (Ministry of Infrastructure & Water). King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima were present during some parts of the business programme, among others the exchange of agreements and contracts between Dutch and Indonesian companies and government organisations.

STC international joined the trade mission and participated by providing a presentation regarding their activities concerning capacity building in the maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors in Indonesia and their collaboration with Indonesian institutes. Moreover, STC International also contributed to the panel discussion regarding ‘Port & Connectivity’. On 10 March 2020, a MoU was signed with Samudera Indonesia regarding cooperation in the field of maritime, port, transport and logistics for training and education.
Mar2020

Visit Dutch Minister to ITS Surabaya

As part of the trade mission to Indonesia, Minister van Nieuwenhuizen (Ministry of Infrastructure & Water) visited Surabaya. An element of the programme was the visit to ITS, where a consortium, managed by lead partner STC International together with the counterparts Erasmus University (EUR), Rotterdam University of Applied Science (RUAS), STC-NESTRA B.V. (Nestra) and the Department of Marine Transportation Engineering (DMTE), Faculty of Marine Technology, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), has been working on a project for the establishment of the faculty of marine technology at ITS.

The main focus was on Capacity Building in Maritime Transportation & Logistics Education and Research. This project was made possible via Nuffic funds from the Netherlands.

In 2017, ITS experienced further development as outcome of the previously executed project. The department was awarded with a brand new building which was finished in December 2019 to further support the growth and potential of the department and faculty. During the visit of Minister Van Nieuwenhuizen to the new building of the department, an overview was provided about the previous project, the current cooperation between ITS and STC International regarding shipbuilding capacity building and the impact that the project generated in Indonesia for education and training in the field of maritime.

Moreover, during the visit a letter of intent was signed between the members of the PIB Shipbuilding (STC International, Damen Shipyards Group, Royal IHC, CSI Control Systems, Netherlands Maritime Technology) and ITS for cooperation on a variety of topics regarding research and education.
Feb2020

Visit from Bangladesh

Monday 10th of February Real Admiral M. Khaled Iqbal of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Muijbur Rahman Maritime University from Bangladesh visited STC International. This visit was related to a big project that STC International is executing in cooperation with CINOP (Centre for Innovation in Education) and IHE-Delft (institute for water and education). This project is financed by NUFFIC (organization for internationalisation in education) and its main goal is achieving sustainable solutions in the Maritime & Port sector in Bangladesh by strengthening the capacity of BSMR Maritime University and CPA (Chittagong Port Authority) through strategic multi stakeholder partnership information. The project started on the 1st of September 2019 and will end on the 31st of December 2021.

 
Feb2020

Career College visit to Rotterdam

On 30 and 31 of January eight colleges from the UK visited STC International. The visit included a visit to one of largest vocational schools in Rotterdam Zadkine and Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam (GLR), the Dutch creative college for media, design & technology. STC International is working on a joint franchise agreement with Career College and the colleges.

 
Nov2019

Charity project West Timor

Recently, STC, Saab Group and Monsum have supported two local charity oraganisations, Foundations Tynaarlo West Timor and Cahaya Nusantara, to further develop the water and sanitation infrastructure in West Timor.