One of The Swedish Club’s largest members, the German containership major NSB Niederelbe Schiffahrtgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, is amongst the latest organisations to sign Maritime Resource Management (MRM) agreements with the Club. During March the newly established Pt. Mercator Services, of Indonesia, also signed an MRM agreement with The Swedish Club.

These two new agreements bring to 24 the total number of shipowners, shipmanagers and maritime training establishments now providing MRM training programmes licensed by The Swedish Club. MRM is a multi-module programme focused on the human aspects of safe ship operation. MRM is designed for deck and engineering staff, together with shore-based personnel, and concentrates on behavioural aspects in normal daily teamwork as well as in critical situations.

Reederei NSB recently moved to new offices at Buxtehude, Germany. This includes the NSB Academy, a training centre and bridge simulator. Reederei NSB operates a large fleet of 92 container vessels, and 5 gas tankers. NSB Academy’s mission is to train seafarers for service with the fleet and, eventually, to extend these training services to other vessel operators.

The Swedish Club’s Manager, Maritime Resource Management, Martin Hernqvist, says: “Reederei NSB is a welcome addition to the long list of MRM training providers licensed by The Swedish Club.

In Indonesia, Pt. Mercator Services was established to promote Indonesian seafarers in the international market and, in addition, to provide high quality training for local/regional shipowners and oil and gas industry clients. The Jakarta-based company has strong links with various shipowners, such as Samudera Shipping, Berlian Laju Tankers, Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line and Pertamina Shipping.

Martin Hernqvist comments: “Pt Mercator will be an effective provider of MRM training. This establishment is a valuable additional source of MRM training in the region.”

• March saw the commencement of MRM Workshop Leader training in Göteborg, The Swedish Club’s “home port”. Workshop Leader training is now provided, together with MRM courses, at Chalmers University of Technology. Captain Hans Hederström is the Facilitator. The first Workshop Leader candidate attending this new training programme in Göteborg is Captain Peter-Gerhard Müller, Designated Person, representing NSB Academy at Buxtehude.

Martin Hernqvist is Manager for Maritime Resource Management at The Swedish Club.