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Thome Assignment Progamme for

Officer
Trainees

By Marin Bogdan
By Marin Igor
By Chia Hui Shuen, a Year 2 Student
studying a Diploma in Maritime Business at

the Singapore Polytechnic
My name is Marin Bogdan My name is Marin Igor
and I have been serving for andI have worked with TSM

almost two years as Chief since October 2009 as Chief
Officer on board one of the Officer on Eitzen Chemical

MR1 vessels of the Kirk vessels and so you can imagine
Kapital pool under Thome Ship how delighted I was to have

Management. I have also been asked to participate in
worked in other fleet groups on this program. Although I didn’t

vessels such as chemical, quite realize the work
products and bitumen tankers.
pressures I would face during

my daily tasks.
At the start of my one-
month office assignment in the During my office

strategic crewing department,
assignment, I was mostly
I began with a familiarization involved in the fast track

and leadership course which I promotion program for those
found invaluable. One of my second officers who have got a

main tasks was to participate in good potential aptitude and I was given an opportunity to serve my internship at
the implementation of potable attitude to be promoted in the Thome Ship Management in the Health, Safety, Security,
water policy in compliance near future.
Environmental and Quality department, or HSSEQ for short,

with MLC 2006 and preparing and the six months I spent there have enriched the way I view The fast track promotion
a standard training booklet. I the shipping industry. Without doubt, I have a more in-depth program currently has up to 33

was also involved in the fast understanding of the workings of the HSSEQ department and second mates as possible
track officer training list. The the wider ship management industry now.
candidates and I can say that

job was interesting especially many officers and masters My tasks were varied, from collecting documents and
as I was also working have shown a lot of packing packages for vessels to shadowing and learning about

alongside several technical enthusiasm for this program. the role of an HSSEQ Administrator. I was given many
superintendents, in particular Candidates have been opportunities to go on ship visits to learn and have first hand

from Fleet Group 1.
commenting in their messages experience of the workings of a merchant vessel.
This assignment gave me a I visited the Pacific Sunrise, an oil tanker, and the Ocean that Masters and Chief

great opportunity to observe Scorpio, a bulk carrier, which were at anchorage. Also,
Officers are taking a lot of
differences between working in the ETC Ramsis, a crude oil carrier, at the newly built
interest in training them.

the office and on board ship. I One of the challenges is to Tuas Shipyard.
quickly realised that the find well trained Chief Ship management is carried out by independent companies

pressure encountered on board Officers on the market, so we who manage ships owned by other owning companies. The
with technical and commercial need to take whatever steps we ship management company manages ships for an owner and in

issues was transmitted also to can to encourage our junior return receives a management fee which is settled between the
the office. It helped me to officer to grow in ranks. Fast owner and the ship management company. Ship management
understand the current Track is a new born project can take several forms, either full/technical management

challenges facing the teams and still under review by the where the complete running of the ship is carried out by a
and will allow me to better senior management.
third party manager like Thome, or crew management

manage various problems I would like to thank where the crewing needs of that ship are handled by the
which may occur on board Thome for nominating me to managing company.

Thome vessels.
I am really very thankful to Thome for giving me this great work in the office and to have
I wish to thank to all opportunity to learn and gain unforgettable experiences this great experience.

in Thome for giving me allowing me to bring all these experiences back to school to
this chance.
share with my classmates.

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Issue 36: March 2014