Amver Awards in Russia

The Amver team had a successful trip to NEVA, the Russian shipping exhibition in Saint Petersburg. We met lots of Amver participants and held an Amver awards ceremony recognizing heroism and dedication to safety at sea by Russian vessels. We had the pleasure of meeting representatives from The Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Sovcomflot, and Vega Joint Stock Company among others.

Here is a list of the Russian award recipients-

• Akros Fishing Company
• Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
• Atomflot
• Far Eastern Regional Hydrometeorological Research Institute
• Far-Eastern Shipping Company (FESCO)
• IDK Comany
• Murmansk Basin Administration for Fishery Protection and Conservation
• Murmansk Shipping Company (MSC)
• Murmansk Trawl Fleet Company
• Sakhalin Shipping Company (SASCO)
• SCF Novoship JSC (Sovcomflot)
• PP Shirshov Institute of Oceanology
• Unicom Management Services
• Vega Joint Stock Comany

Congratulations to all the award recipients!

Photo credit: USCG Photo by Beverly Howard

2011 Amver Assisted Rescue at Sea Award Winner

Lloyd's List recently held their annual awards dinner in London on Sept. 20, 2011. The Amver Assisted Rescue at Sea Award, sponsored by Inmarsat, went to MOL Lines for the rescue of students from the sunken training ship Concordia by two of their Amver participating vessels.

The Amver Assisted Rescue at Sea Award praises seafarers for rescue activities demonstrating extraordinary courage and seamanship. This year's award honors the MOL-owned wood chip carriers Hokuetsu Delight and Crystal Pioneer, which rescued all 64 persons adrift from the sailing ship Concordia, which capsized in the Atlantic Ocean 550 km southeast of Rio de Janeiro.

The 57 meter Concordia, operated as a floating school, encountered fierce winds on February 17, 2010 and capsized around 8:00 pm that night, with the crew and trainees, high school and university students, abandoning ship. Search and rescue activities took place from the night of the incident until the morning of the 19th. Despite high winds, choppy seas, and limited pre-dawn visibility, the two wood chip carriers searched for and located the shipwreck survivors.

The task was all the more difficult considering that the huge wood chip carriers are easily affected by winds and difficult to maneuver. However, the highly skilled officers and crew members completed the rescue operation without any secondary injuries or damage.

In the winner photo:

Winner Mr. Mitsuhiro Iwata, Manager Director, Mitsui O.S.K. Bulk Shipping (Europe) Sponsor representative, Allison Horrocks, Senior Vice President Corporate Governance and Company Secretary, Inmarsat
Host: Matthew Parris

Photo credits: Lloyd's List

Welcome Wednesday!

We're back from a successful trip to Russia where we presented Amver awards to vessels of the Russian Federation. But that's for another blog post. In the meantime we want to recognize the 41 new ships that have enrolled in the Amver network. These ships have committed to ensuring no call for help goes unanswered. Have you signed up your ships? You should. It's easy and free. The costs to participate are minimal. There are several commercial ways to participate as well, if you are a Pole Star or Transas customer.

In the meantime please help us welcome the new Amver members!

• ABU DHABI-III
• AL YASAT- II
• ANNELIES ILENA
• BERGE EVEREST
• BERGEN TRADER
• BLUE FIN
• CAPE SAMPAGITA
• CELANOVA
• CMB BORIS
• CPO EUROPE
• E. R. BORDEAUX
• EASTERN RUBY
• ELVIRA BULKER
• FAR SKY
• GENCO AVRA
• HEBEI KING
• JAG ARYA
• KANG SHENG
• KARIMU
• KASTELLI WAVE
• KIMBERLY C
• MBA ROSARIA
• MINERAL MANILA
• ONEGO BORA
• PACIFIC FALCON
• PALVA
• PETREL BULKER
• POMER
• ROXEN STAR
• SHAGANG HONGCHANG
• SIMANO
• SINAR SOLO
• SONANGOL RANGEL
• SUEZ RAJAN
• SUNLEAF GRACE
• TASSIE BRIDGE
• TENDER SALUTE
• VICTORIOUS ACE
• VISHVA NIDHI
• WAWASAN TOPAZ
• YANGTZE CROWN

Don't forget to check out the Amver podcast, The Quarterdeck!

Photo credit: Fotolia

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Amver and the Inbound Marketing Summit

How do marketers like Amver share their story? In the old days it was print advertising or other means of interruption. Now we use inbound marketing techniques like those we learned at the Inbound Marketing Summit this month in Boston. Take a look at what went on.



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Video courtesy of the Pulse Network.

Marshall Island flagged Amver ship rescues 12

A international search and rescue effort involving MRCC Madrid, U.S. Coast Guard rescue coordinators and an Amver ship resulted in 12 sailors being rescued from their vessel. On September 9, 2011 Spanish rescue authorities requested an Amver surface picture to assist a boat in distress in their search and rescue region.

The request was routed through the U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area command center and Amver information was immediately sent back to Madrid. The Marshall Island flagged tanker, Cape Tallin, was near the distress and diverted to offer assistance.

Once on scene the crew of the Cape Tallin, managed by Columbia Shipmanagement of Cyprus, quickly rescued the 12 sailors. The Cape Tallin enrolled in the Amver system in April, 2009 and has earned three Amver participation awards.

Photo credit: marrinetraffic.com

Welcome Wednesday!

You did it! You helped Amver achieve 5,000 vessels on plot! Five years ago we used to tout the number of days the Amver plot was over 3,000 vessels. This past Sunday the Amver plot achieved 5,067 vessels available for search and rescue. For that we are eternally grateful. Thank you. Who helped us achieve this goal? Vessels like those listed below, vessels enrolled in the Amver system.

• ANAKENA
• BALSA 59
• BAOGANG SPIRIT
• BAOSTEEL EMOTION
• BERNARD A
• BGP PROSPECTOR
• BULK ORION
• BULKERS ALESSIA
• DESERT HOPE
• DS VISION
• EAGLE MELBOURNE
• EAGLE TEXAS
• EASTERN BUND
• ELKA DELOS
• EVGENIA
• FANTASTIC
• GRETA
• HANSA SALZBURG
• HIROSHIMA
• IKOMASAN
• JUNO
• MBA FUTURE
• MOTIVATOR
• NAFTOCEMENT IX
• NORGAS CAMILLA
• NORTH SEA
• PENTA
• PORT MACAU
• Q ARION
• RHOON
• SEA VOYAGER
• TEIZAN
• VIRGEN MARIA B

Congratulations for helping us reach 5,000 ships on plot!

Photo credit: Fotolia

Visit Amver in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Come visit the Amver team at the NEVA 2011 Shipping Exhibition in Saint Petersburg, Russia this week. We are exhibiting in booth 733. We would love to meet you, tell you a bit more about Amver and get your ships enrolled.

We are also hosting an Amver awards ceremony on Friday September 23, 2011 at 1100 hours in Hall 7 in conference hall 7-2 recognizing Russian Federation Amver participants.

Приезжайте AMVER команда НЕВА 2011 Доставка выставка в Санкт-Петербурге, Россия на этой неделе. Мы показываем на стенде 733. Мы будем рады встретиться с вами, рассказать вам немного больше о AMVER и получитьваши корабли поступил.

Мы также хостинг церемонии AMVER награды в пятницу 23 сентября 2011 в 11.00 часов в зале № 7, в конференц-зале 7-2 признании Русского ФедерацииAMVER участников.