Welcome Wednesday!

Who enrolled in Amver in the past week? Take a look. Another 23 ships have agreed to assist when needed and we are grateful for their dedication to safety at sea. Perhaps your ship is listed below. If not, this is how easy it is to join Amver. In the meantime help us welcome the latest participants.

• AL SHEEHANIYA
• ALTE WESER
• ATHINA L
• BBC HUDSON
• BETTY PFANKUCH
• BORONIA K
• CONTI LAPISLAZULI
• DEEP STIM BRASIL I
• DIAMOND WIND
• DREAM JASMINE
• FOUR BUTTERFLY
• GAZ SYNERGY
• GOLDEN UNITY
• IVS MAGPIE
• KOTA RANCAK
• L/B KAYD
• MAERSK BATAM
• MALANJE
• MARIA M
• NAKOLO
• PARTAWATI
• SFL KATE
• SONGA ECLIPSE

Don't forget, we want to hear your rescue stories. Will you share them with us?

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We want to hear from you

Do you sail on an Amver ship? Have you rescued someone at sea? We want to hear from you. Share your stories with us and the rest of the Amver audience. Write your story and email it to us here. This is your chance to tell the world how you contribute to safety at sea.

Are you a shipping company? Why not submit a story of heroism from one of your crews or ships? Perhaps you are the Propeller Club, why not solicit your members for rescue stories?

We'll publish what we receive here for the rest of the world to read. It's time to celebrate shipping and the good works of Amver!

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Propeller Club, Port of Piraeus hosts annual Amver awards

It's that time of year again. Time for the illuminati of shipping to pack into the Intercontinental Hotel in Athens for the annual Propeller Club, Port of Piraeus Amver awards dinner. Tonight hundreds will gather to celebrate safety at sea and a  tradition of seamanship that is unrivaled.

Over 940 Greek ships will be recognized tonight. It's certainly a party that's not to be missed. 

Congratulations to the Greek Amver award recipients! Thank you for your continued support.

Συγχαρητήρια στην Ελληνική αποδέκτες βραβείο AMVER!

Welcome Wednesday!

It's time to take a moment and welcome the latest members of the Amver safety network. Another 43 ships enrolled in Amver in the past week. We're thankful for their dedication to maritime safety and encourage you to take a few moments and do the same. It's easy to enroll today! Now, help us welcome the latest ships!

• AENEAS
• ANDES
• ANKE
• AQUA VISION
• ARCTIC DUCHESS
• BUDDY
• C. S. STAR
• CAPE JACARANDA
• CATHARINA BULKER
• CATTLEYA ACE
• CLAN VIII
• CMB KRISTINE
• DESERT CONDOR
• DOMINA
• DRAKES MOON
• GAS HAGI
• IRIS ACE
• KAPTAN ARIF BAYRAKTAR
• KING HAROLD
• MAGNATE
• MARE PICENUM
• MERCURY ACE
• NAVIGATOR LEO
• NCC DANAH
• NIKI C
• PACORA
• PERUVIAN EXPRESS
• PETROZAVODSK
• PHOENIX BEACON
• PILAR
• POS TANSANIT
• SEABULK NEBRASKA
• SEAMERIDIAN
• SHANTI
• SKANDI SINGAPORE
• TAURUS
• TENO
• TRANS PACIFIC 5
• TUBUL
• UNISON
• UNISON EVER
• UNIVERSAL PIONEER
• VALE RIO DE JANEIRO

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Amver ship pirated, crew rescued by commandos

According to a report by Reuters, the Amver participating bulker Montecristo was recently pirated Monday morning approximately 600 miles off the Somali coast. U.S. and British Royal Navy forces raced to the scene and freed the 23 crew members and arrested the 11 pirates. The Maltese flagged Montecristo, owned by Ocean Freight, Inc. enrolled in the Amver system in 2005 and was on a voyage from England to Vietnam with a cargo of scrap iron.

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Related articles

• Royal Navy rescues pirate hostages (mirror.co.uk)
• British marines free hijacked Italian ship off coast of Somalia (telegraph.co.uk)
• Somali pirates captured with help of British navy (guardian.co.uk)

Welcome Wednesday!

Every week we are happy to bring you the latest vessels enrolled in the Amver system. Thank you for continuing to support the largest voluntary search and rescue system in the world. Who joined in the past week? Take a look, and help us welcome them.

• ARHONTISA PINELOPI
• BULK URUGUAY
• CAPE MOSS
• DESIMI
• GUNES K
• HELEN N
• K. CORAL
• L/B PAUL
• LEWEK SCARLET
• NISSOS KYTHNOS
• OVERSEAS SAMAR
• PRETTY
• RYLAN T
• SEA MELODY
• SPRING GLORY
• STAR STANDARD
• STOLT QUETZAL
• TPC LONGVIEW
• TRIBU
• UNITED FORTUNE
• XIAO XIAO
• YASA ANATOLIA
• ZOSCO JINHUA

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

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How to: how to enroll your vessel in Amver

We thought we would take a moment to actually show you how easy it it to enroll your ship in Amver.



If you can't see the video click here.

Transcription of video:

Hey, it's Ben Strong from amver.com and we're here to show you how to -- this is kind of a how to series -- and right now, we're going to talk about how to enroll your ship in Amver. So the first thing you need to do is go to www.amver.com and there you go, voila, it takes you to the Amver homepage. To enroll a ship in Amver, use the frequently used links, the red button, click Enroll in Amver. That brings you to the enrollment page which has the SAR questionnaire link and the Amver ship reporting manual which is available in several different languages. But first and foremost, let's go ahead and get a ship enrolled. Click the SAR(Q) form. And we need an email address. That could be the email address on-board the ship, maybe you're on the operations department. Simply type in your email address. Woops, I should type it correctly. benjamin.m.strong@gmail.com. Your vessel name, maybe it's the -- what should we call it, the Amver? Call sign, OU812. And this is important, we need your IMO number. So put the vessels IMO number, 12345, and an Inmarsat Voice number which is a new feature that we're asking for. It's a new field that we're asking for in Amver enrollment, and what this does is it gives our search and rescue personnel direct access to the bridge. They're going to need to contact someone on your bridge in case of emergency. This is the number you would normally use for voice communications on the bridge. So type in that number so our SAR personnel can contact you if there's an emergency. You can also include medical personnel, is there a doctor on board, physician, nurse. Tick whatever box that's applicable. If you're unfamiliar with your radio watch schedule you can leave that blank. What is important, however, is the Completed By. We just want to know the name of the individual. So if there's a problem, we can get back to you and perhaps change things or update the questionnaire. Once you've done this one time, you don't have to do it anymore and this just stays in our repository and it gives our SAR personnel some necessary information when they look at your vessel in an Amver surface picture should you be called upon for a search and rescue case. Finally, you need to enter the Captcha information. That's this code right here. You'll need to enter that information into the field below. 97ECB. And then click Submit SAR(Q) form. Now I just want to make sure that they know that this is a test and we're going to submit SAR(Q) form. Once you've done that, your SAR(Q) request is complete. Thank you for your request, it will be processed as soon as possible, usually Monday through Friday during normal business hours. So, that's how to enroll a ship in Amver. I hope that it will spur you to get your vessels enrolled in our search and rescue system. I'm Ben Strong from Amver.com.