Nov2020

Study Port Digitalization Latin America (Latam) – Webinar 1 December 2020

With about 80% of world trade carried by sea, ports are an integral part of the global economy as key enablers of international trade. Nevertheless, the negative impacts from port and maritime related activities cannot be overlooked. Particularly those sources resulting from the inefficiencies of port-related activities, which will generally result in congestion or sub-optimal energy consumption, among others. A smarter use of current infrastructure has received increased attention in port communities throughout the past years. With digital technologies as key enablers, a smarter use means to gain competitiveness and reduce inefficiencies, and therefore to reduce negative sustainability impacts. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the digital transformation trend gained further momentum.

With the Dutch expertise as a best practice in the port sector, the purpose of the study Port Digitalization in Latam had twofold. First, to assess the state of play of port digitalization in selected countries of the LATAM region, and second, it explored potential market opportunities for Dutch businesses in the field of port digitalization in Latam.

The study was commissioned by the RBD Latam team, and carried out by Holland House Colombia and STC International.

The results of the study will be presented the first day of the digital mission to Central America, 1/12/2020 at 17.00 hours Dutch time.

Interested Dutch companies can register here.
25 Nov

Webinar on Port Development in the wake of the Pandemic – 25 November 2020

We kindly invite you to join the first webinar on port development in Indonesia on 25 November at 3 pm WIB (9 am CET).
It is the first discussion in a series of eight meetings organized by the Indonesian Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment and the Netherlands Ministry for Infrastructure and Water Management. STC International and STC NESTRA facilitate the webinars. For more information about the content of the first webinar, please have a look at the Program. 

Registration link: https://lnkd.in/gTD8nvE
Nov2020

Ports & Maritime Summit Mexico

On the 27th of October the digital Ports and Maritime Summit took place, organized by the Dutch Embassy in Mexico and Holland House Mexico.
STC International had the honor to be invited to participate as speaker. Laurian Hollander, Deputy Director of STC International, and Silvina Pereira Marques, Area Manager Latin America of STC International, shared a presentation about “Smart Ports and Human Capital” with a big audience.
Oct2020

Execution of the Second activity of the Second Derivate Agreement between STC International and SENA (Colombia)

From September the 7th to October the 2nd, the Inland Waterway Transport online course were executed for instructors and members of the SENA sector table. These online courses were focused on the following topics:
• Better understanding of IWT solutions and application as part of multimodal logistics supply chains;
• The ability to better assess and develop inland waterways projects;
• Better understanding of holistic and end-user focused approach to inland waterways projects.
Sep2020

XLII REPICA – Online Conference

From 18 up to and including 20 August 2020, the “LXII REUNIÓN PORTUARIA DEL ISTMO DE CENTROAMÉRICA, “XLII REPICA”, (LXII PORT MEETING OF THE ISTHMUS OF CENTRAL AMERICA) took place from El Salvador online.

Every year, this event is organized by the “Comisión Centroamericana de Transporte Marítimo”, “COCATRAM (“Central American Commission of Maritime Transport”) in a different country of Central America and/or the Dominican Republic.

STC International has been present in Central America during the last two REPICA’s. This year, due to COVID-19, the event has been organized online and Laurian Hollander (Deputy Director of STC International) and Silvina Pereira Marques (Area Manager Latin America of STC International) have been invited to contribute to the conference by giving a presentation on “Smart Ports and Human Capital”. About 120 participants of REPICA attended the conference online.

About 5 conferences and 7 panels took place during “XLII REPICA”.

The video of the conference is to be found at: http://www.cocatram.org.ni/repica/Virtual/42_Repica_2020.html
Sep2020

First virtual seminars executed with SENA (Colombia)

From July 13th to 31th, the first virtual seminars on challenges and perspectives of Transportation and Logistics were held for instructors and members of the SENA sector table. These three seminars focused on the following topics:

  • Strategic decisions: Subcontracting in Transport and Logistics in an environment of constant change and challenge,
  • Reverse Logistics and Circular Economy,
  • Digital transformation in Transport and Logistics processes.

Regardless of the current situation caused by COVID-19, the long lasting cooperation between STC International and SENA has enabled the partners to organise these virtual activities successfully . The STC International Chilean expert, Paulo Solar, had the opportunity to give these seminars in real time with active participation of the attendees.

The sessions have been executed without any inconveniences taking advantage of the tools that digital platforms offer today. Participants were even able to carry out group activities, discussions with the expert and share their questions and comments in a plenary session.

Finally, a virtual ceremony has been organized in order to grant certificates to the instructors whom successfully participated in the seminars. During this event, some of the participants gave their impressions of the course and the importance of this type of training for instructors and apprentices of SENA in Colombia.

To learn more about the seminars, please check this Twitter post of SENA to view some testimonials.

 

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/senacomunica/status/1293221828752809985?prefetchtimestamp=1599553348478
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.