DS Scanmar’s senior officer seminar in Riga, Latvia, on 11-12 May 2011 included topics on passage planning, MARPOL, insurance and Maritime Resource Management. The event was jointly organised by Capt Frank-Uwe Schneider, Head of Fleet Personnel Department, DS Scanmar Crewing Services GmbH and Mr Alexander Borisovsky of BIMS Ltd in Riga. Hans Filipsson of The Swedish Club discussed the insurance issues while Martin Hernqvist of The Swedish Club Academy focussed on MRM.