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Drive2theFuture 4th Plenary Meeting

The 4th plenary meeting of the Drive2theFuture project took place online on the 7th and 8th October 2020 with the participation of more than 40 consortium members. The work progress and the key new results were highlighted during the meeting. Drive2theFuture (www.drive2thefuture.eu) is near its…
Ioannis
17th January 2021
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MarLEM General Assembly 2020

The 1st General Assembly of MarLEM (Maritime Logistics Engineering and Management) project took place on 29 June 2020. The main items on the agenda of the meeting covered the following: -Master Program design, planning and certification; -Involvement of Teachers and recognised professionals from Universities, -Industries…
Ioannis
17th January 2021
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WEGEMT 2020: Executive Committee meeting

WEGEMT held its annual Executive Committee (EC) meeting on 12 June 2020. Representatives from major European universities gathered to discuss various important matters on the collaborative R&D and other actions of WEGEMT. The meeting was held online due to the restrictions related to the COVID-19…
Ioannis
12th July 2020
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Drive2theFuture 3rd Plenary Meeting

The 3rd plenary meeting of the Drive2theFuture project took place in Brussels, Belgium on the 4th and 5th March 2020, with the participation of more than 30 consortium partners (physically and online). An overview of the work progress was presented by the project Coordinator, Ms…
Ioannis
2nd July 2020
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TRAVISIONS 2020 Shortlisting Workshop

The Shortlisting Workshop of the TRA VISIONS 2020 competition took place in Brussels, on 10th February 2020. A large judging panel of twenty two (22) experts gathered to evaluate the top young researchers’ projects and the top senior researchers for each mode of transport. The…
Ioannis
29th June 2020
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BE OPEN: 2nd project meeting

WEGEMT participated in the second BE OPEN project meeting in Piraeus, Greece on 17-18 February 2020, which was hosted by CERTH-HIT. BEOPEN (https://beopen-project.eu) commenced its second phase and has already achieved the planned milestones and results. During the meeting, the key results and the next…
Ioannis
29th June 2020
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WEGEMT shows the way to the new era of maritime careers

WEGEMT visited the Merchant Marine Academy of Kalymnos in Greece, on the 31st January 2020. Dr. Ioannis Ergas (Research Director at WEGEMT) passed a warm message of encouragement from WEGEMT's Chairman (Prof. Peilin Zhou) and Secretary General (Mr. George Smyrnakis) to the students of the…
Ioannis
29th June 2020
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MarLEM Project kick-off meeting

The MarLEM (Maritime Logistics Engineering and Management) project kick-off meeting took place at the Naval School (Escola Naval) of Portugal, in Lisbon on 19 December 2019. The project partners gathered to kick start the activities that will run for 36 months. MarLEM’s main objectives are…
George Smyrnakis
5th February 2020
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WEGEMT joins discussions with other major stakeholders from the European maritime transport sector on the working and living conditions of seafarers and the attractiveness of their profession.

WEGEMT was invited to participate in a Stakeholders’ Workshop, which took place in Brussels on 15 and 16 October 2019. The workshop was part of the final phase of the Study on Social Aspects within the Maritime Transport Sector conducted by Coffey, TIS, Oxford Research…
George Smyrnakis
31st October 2019
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WEGEMT at the heart of the European shipping community

WEGEMT visited the headquarters of Maran Dry Management Inc. (MDM) on 01 October 2019. MDM is part of the Angelicoussis Shipping Group Limited ("ASGL") which currently employs a staff of approximately 300 shore-based professionals and over 4,000 officers and crew onboard one of the largest…
George Smyrnakis
31st October 2019