National Maritime College of Ireland

Maritime Industry Awards 2015

Where do we even begin?

The awards took place in Dublin at the Ballsbridge Hotel last Thursday and were hosted by Colm O’Regan of ‘Irish Mammies’ fame. A charismatic host who had over 240 guests laughing in their seats from the beginning. The night kicked off with a champagne reception at the Ballsbridge Hotel which was a great way to begin networking with the guests at the event. The bell rang and the doors opened into the ball room which took your breathe away. The room was beautifully decorated, seating arrangements even had guest names with company logos on them. Event Strategies thought of everything for this night. Once we were seated the Starter, West Cork Black Pudding, arrived followed by an option of either Beef or Hake. Dessert was then presented, a trio of chocolate, followed by tea & coffee.

The awards ceremony kicked off then at 10pm on the dot. With two large screens showcasing the award winners receiving their trophies nobody missed the moments which we had all been waiting for. All pictures from the night of the awards can be found on our Twitter Page here.

Some pictures from the event can be seen below.

Seán Mowlds (SEFtec) & Joy Gillen (GTSS)

NMCI Gents at the Maritime Industry Awards

James O’Byrne, Conor Mowlds & Roderick Cooke (NMCI)

Annette Coughlan (NMCI) , Giuesseppe from D’amico & Helena Day (NMCI)

Ball Room at Ballsbridge Hotel

Background to the event

The inaugural Maritime Industry Awards is something which we had been working towards for some time now. A lot of people may not be aware of the work which went on behind the scenes prior to the event but there were several key industry players involved in getting these awards off the ground. We would like to take this opportunity to thank those people involved in the awards, namely; Conor Mowlds – Head of the National Maritime College of Ireland, Liam Lacy -Director of the IMDO, Capt. Kevin Allen -Harbour Master, Belfast Harbour , Geoffrey O’Sullivan – (Retired) formerly Senior Science Policy Advisor, Marine Institute (Ireland)  , Conchur O’Bradaigh – Director, Professor of Energy Engineering, Marine Renewable Energy Ireland, Lorcan O’Cinnéide – Irish Fish Processors, Dr. David Jackson – Inspector of Fisheries/Section Manager, Marine Institute, Capt. Dave Hopkins – Marine Director, Irish Mainport Holdings, Prof. Patrick Shannon – Irish Offshore Operators’ Association, Minister Simon Coveney, Event Strategies and the Team at the National Maritime College of Ireland.

Overall Category Winners at the Maritime Industry Awards

In total there were 15 prestigious trophies which were presented to individuals and organisations within Ireland’s maritime industry.

The 2015 Awards Winners are listed below. 

Overall Maritime Excellence Award: Resolute Marine Energy

Lifetime Achievement Award: Eoin Sweeney

Ship Operator of the Year: Atlantic Towage & Marine

Excellence in Maritime Environmental Protection Award: Commissioners of Irish Lights

Excellence in Maritime Education & Training Award: Marine Data Network – SEA-Tech Evolution

Excellence in Marine Renewable Energy Award: Resolute Marine Energy

Excellence in Vessel Repair & Maintenance Award: Mooney Boats

Special Recognition Award: Helen Noble

Excellence in Marine Tourism & Leisure Award: Port of Cork Company

Excellence in Aquaculture Award: Marine Harvest Ireland

Offshore Ireland Award: Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources

Shipyard of the Year: Bere Island Boat Yard

Innovation in Maritime Safety Award: SafeTrx – DeCare Systems Ireland

Innovation in Marine Technology Award: SeaFi Horizon – Port of Cork Company and SEA-Tech Evolution

Commercial Dive and Marine Contractors of the Year: Inland and Coastal Marina Systems

Category Winners at the Maritime Industry Awards 2015

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate everyone who was shortlisted for an award and the overall category winners. It was great to see companies being recognised for their efforts in supporting the growing maritime sector in Ireland.  For pictures of each category winner receiving their award  click here.

A huge thank you goes to our  Minister Simon Coveney for his motivating and heartfelt speech at the awards about the potential of Ireland’s Maritime Sector. It was an honour for the NMCI, as patrons to the awards, to have the Minister both attend and speak at the inaugural maritime awards.

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Flagship Management – Seafarers Week

Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Minister
for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation with Rory McGuire, Flagship’s European Partner (2013)

Who are Flagship Management?

Flagship Maritime Consultants Ltd, trading as Flagship Management, provides specialist recruitment, staffing and executive search services to the maritime, energy and offshore industries. From its base in Kinvara, Co. Galway, the company provides services covering markets in  Ireland, the EU, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. The company works across many sectors of the industry including the oil and energy majors, leading ship owners, leading shipyards, classification societies,  maritime regulatory agencies and maritime finance and insurance services. Flagship Ireland is one of the principal suppliers of senior management for major shipbuilding projects in China and South Korea.

Flagship has established itself overcoming many competitive challenges. It was a new entrant into a highly competitive and established market with numerous competitors spread across Europe. The Flagship model had already proven itself in the US, Canada and South America, and was now to target two of the largest maritime marketplaces: Europe and the Asia Pacific. In order to claim market share we are focusing on our competitive advantages that are difficult for our competitors to replicate:

• We focus on employing staff with extensive experience in the maritime industry adding skills and knowledge that our competitors cannot offer. Our staff are ex-­‐naval architects, master mariners, chief engineers and bunker traders amongst others.

• In addition to their expertise, our staff offers a more mature profile in an industry dominated by a very young and very transient workforce.

• Everything is in the ‘Cloud’. Our cloud-­‐based infrastructure allows our personnel to work remotely in real-­‐time just as if they were still in the office. Our office phone numbers follow us wherever we go, allowing an “always-­‐ on” service for our clients.

• Our service offering: in addition to the above, our services follow a six-­‐point process that provides a structural approach for both ourselves and our clients. By following this process we have an industry leading retention rate of professionals placed with our clients.

Our knowledge, our network, working for our clients and candidates

We are professional recruiters with real maritime know-­‐how. Our experience matters. We have worked in the industry and are vested in it and consequently our clients benefit from an intuitive knowledge of the positions they are trying to fill. Our candidates can expect dedicated support throughout the recruitment process from submission to the first day on the new job and beyond. Check out our website: www.flagshipmgt.com

Want further information on Flagship? Open this PDF : Flagship Management Profile

A CV IS NOT YOUR LIFE STORY: it’s the exciting advert for your life story coming soon to an interview room near you.

Your Maritime CV: 3 simple ways to make your CV a LOT better!

Every week we’re reading hundreds of CV’s and, for any given job advertised, you can bet company HR departments are also reviewing hundreds of CV’s and they have a lot less time to review them than our team. Some career advisors will tell you ‘you need to make your CV stand out!’ You might also feel that fancy formatting and plenty of colour with ‘cool’ infographics is the way to go. In our opinion the following is much more productive:

1. Standard formatting: Personal details, Employment (most recent to oldest), Education (Always include from-to dates, type of degree/dip/cert and University/Educational Institute), Skills (IT, personnel, HSEQ training, short courses, languages, etc) and Interests.

If the HR manager has 100 CV’s to review, 6 annual performance management interviews, a union dispute, and any amount of payroll, pension or new employee inductions to carry out that day then they are not going to appreciate having to work through your infographics, diagrams and colourful pictures to find out if you’re actually qualified to do the job, particularly if you’re number 99 and they’ve already found 5 guys they can call to interview. It’s a lot easier for them to find your information if it presented in a similar format to most of the CV’s they’ll see.

2. It’s not what you’ve done, it’s how well you have done it! It’s ok to include brief information on the roles and responsibilities of each position you’ve had in the past, but it is extremely important to highlight your achievements in each role. What additional value were you to each employer? How did you improve processes or procedures? Did you make your employer more efficient? Did you save costs or earn extra revenue for your company? Did you have excellent annual performance appraisals? Did you give to your employer more than just the standard requirements of the job.
If you’re a bunker trader or marine business developer you must highlight your performance against target. If you’re a HSEQ manager you must highlight processes, incident-free records, etc. If you’re a tech super, highlight solutions that saved your employer time/money in downtime maybe in drydock. At the very least you should be able to say that your annual performance reviews were excellent.

3. Keep it short. Too many guys were speak to believe that they cannot possibly fit their experience into anything less than 8 pages! We have argued this point with guys with CV’s that are over 20 pages long! A CV IS NOT YOUR LIFE STORY: it’s the exciting advert for your life story coming soon to an interview room near you. It should be 2 pages, max 3. Most employers are only going to be interested in what you’ve been doing over the past 5 years, provide detail on your last 2 to 3 positions and list out everything else.

Good luck in your job search!

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Ireland & the EU – A Paralell Session July 10th

Harnessing our Ocean Wealth

Maritime Transport Developments: Ireland and the EU

National Maritime College of Ireland, Cork

Date: 10 July 2015

SeaFest will be taking place here in Ringaskiddy, both at the NMCI & the Beaufort Building, in July. As part of this conference there will be a seminar which is being organised by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS).    The aim of the seminar is to outline and discuss relevant developments at national and EU level which underpin a successful maritime transport sector in Ireland.  There will be a particular emphasis on the international and EU dimension, and the relationship between the regulatory environment and the relevant actions in Harnessing Our Ocean Wealth (HOOW).  The seminar provides an opportunity to discuss actions and progress in Maritime Safety, Security and Surveillance – one of the eight Enablers identified in HOOW as vital for creating the conditions for growth and investment.

Check out the seminar agenda below or click on the link to open it in a pdf.  Seminar Agenda

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The Nautical Institute – Seafarers Week

The Nautical Institute Ireland Branch

The Nautical Institute is the international professional organisation for maritime professionals, providing a wide range of services to enhance the professional standing and knowledge of members who are drawn from all sectors of the maritime world. The Institute provides individual membership to Merchant and Naval personnel who are interested in maritime matters.

http://www.nautinst.org/

What do we do?

1. We promote professionalism      amongst those in control of sea going ships.

1. We give seafarers a representative voice at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) and other industry bodies on key policy issues.

1. We Provide support and guidance for Continuing Professional Development (CPD Online), an online Jobs Board and worldwide branch network activities.

4. We give mariners professional      recognition with the chance to network with colleagues, employers and customers and      improve job prospects.

How do we do all this?

1. Publications, such as the Seaways magazine issued monthly, the Mariners’ Alerting and Reporting Scheme (MARS), where you can help others learn from your experiences and the ALERT bulletin for improving awareness of the human element in the maritime industry which includes online VODCASTS that can be downloaded.

1. A Members Only Area, including free downloads of briefings and conference papers, with participation forums online such as AIS, ECDIS, e-Navigation and lifeboat safety.

1. Worldwide professional recognition, including being able to display your Nautical Institute membership on your business card and CV.

1. The Nautical Institute accredits training in Dynamic Positioning.

1. The Nautical Institute offers open learning schemes for: Harbour Masters, Square Rig Sailing and Command.

1. Legal defence insurance cover, protecting you against criminalisation

1. 30% discount on nautical publications such as the Admiralty Manual of Seamanship, Radar and ECDIS.

The Ireland Branch has over 150 members’, providing a local professional focus giving national representation for Ireland.  We host presentations imparting excellent professional knowledge/experience, keeping maritime professionals up to date with developments in the industry as well as an opportunity to socialise with other members.  We provide maritime professionals with access to local people who can offer guidance and advice on career and studies.

Who are the People? Members consist of Irish Maritime Professionals from across the industry including ships officers, naval service personnel, surveyors, lecturers, marine superintendents.  A number of Ireland Branch members also serve on the Institutes international committees including the Technical, Professional Development and IMO Committees.

The Nautical Institute Ireland Branch is run by maritime professionals for maritime professionals. Seafarers are essential to the Continuing Professional Development that takes place at branch level.  The work of the institute and the focused work of the branch has enhanced members technical knowledge and skill set.  Continuing Professional Development is encouraged and learning takes place during presentations, symposiums, seminars and during discussion and debate.  The topics that are covered at branch meetings go beyond a structured college curriculum and contain technical solutions delivered by practical industry experts in order to promote Lifelong Learning throughout the maritime sector.

Employment Opportunities

Committee positions in the Nautical Institute Ireland Branch are honorary, however employment opportunities can become available at the Nautical Institute Head Quarters in London.  These usually include requirements for a relevant maritime qualification .

The Nautical Institute Ireland Branch Asgard Award for Best Research Dissertation

Recipient Lawerence Kirwan June 2014

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Irish Marine Engineers

Irish Marine Engineers

Diamond Jubilee Dinner

Reunion Announcement and Invitation

The Marines are 60 in 2015

Dear Friends,                  

2015 marks 60 unbroken years of Marine Engineering education in Cork. The Committee has decided to organise a reunion of all past Marines and friends to mark and celebrate this unique occasion and we hope you and your friends will join us.

Diamond Jubilee Dinner Saturday 19^th September 2015.

The reunion will commence on Friday September 18^th with an informal get together at the Rochestown Park Hotel Cork commencing at 20.00hrs.

On Saturday evening we will gather for dinner and fun in the Atrium Bar of the Rochestown Park Hotel, at 19.30hrs with dinner at 20.00hrs in the Estuary Suite.  (Bar open until 01.30hrs)   The cost per person for attendance at the dinner is €50 per person. 

On Saturday September 19^th at 14.00 a guided tour of the National Maritime College of Ireland in Ringaskiddy will be available to those who signify a wish to visit the college.

We are very excited about this event as it offers such a unique opportunity to meet and greet each other once again.  Our capacity to socialise together has never been in doubt and the occasion provides a wonderful opportunity to renew friendships!   We will make every effort to contact all alumni but please pass the word to your circle of class friends and contacts in case our address records are not accurate or are out of date.  As we anticipate a high level of interest, we are restricted to 400 attendees and regretfully issue tickets on a “First Come First Served” basis up to the end of July.   

Please contact Donal Burke at: donal.burke@cit.ie  for booking details for the event.

Very Best Regards

Peter Otter (Chairman, Organising Committee)                                                                              

Committee: 

Peter Otter, Bobby Broderick, Paddy McGlade, Frank Mullin, Gerry Horan, Donal Burke.

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