The third MRM event this year has just culminated in Gothenburg, Sweden with 18 new certified MRM facilitators inducted in the network which took place at The Swedish Club Academy on 8-9 April 2014. Aside from the new ones, there were also 3 participants who are already certified facilitators and attended the training as a refresher course which totaled to 21 participants all in all with 9 different nationalities represented. The focus of these events in the first half of 2014 is to accommodate The Swedish Club members who have taken part in the MRM campaign of the club last year. Some of the participants are from our existing training providers while one company came in thru the All Academy International AB side.

Here is the list of the participants from the event:

1.	Mats Enberg	Aboa Mare
2.	Jan Polacek	C.O.S. Crew Management s.r.o.
3.	Hakan Güngör	Ekol Denizcilik
4.	Peter Bergvall	Furetank Rederi AB
5.	Lars Croy	Furetank Rederi AB
6.	Jonas Gunnarsson	Furetank Rederi AB
7.	Per-Anders Höglund	Furetank Rederi AB
8.	Torben Pihl	Furetank Rederi AB
9.	Mikael Åberg	Furetank Rederi AB
10.	Bertil Andersson	Laurin Maritime AB
11.	Lina Svensson	Laurin Maritime AB
12.	Hilmar Snorrason	Maritime Safety and Survival Training Centre ICE-SAR
13.	Uwe Jungnickel	Reederei NORD GmbH
14.	Deshapriya Daminda Wickrama Samaranayake	Reederei NORD GmbH
15.	Jan Blomqvist	Star Cruises
16.	Jonny Mehtola	Star Cruises
17.	Martin Lewerentz	Stena Line Scandinavia AB
18.	Freek Muurling	STODEL (Dutch Pilots’ Corporation)
19.	Daniel Netsere	STODEL (Dutch Pilots’ Corporation)
20.	Joakim Bergstedt	Swedish Maritime Administration (Sjöfartsverket)
21.	Jukka-Pekka Kiuru	University Applied Science Kotka (UAS)

 

Capt. Hilmar Snorrason who has been an MRM Facilitator since 2007 explains:

 

 

“For me as a Facilitator, is it important to participate in an MRM Facilitator training regularly. The MRM training is one of the most important factors in creating a safe culture onboard a ship and in the working environment in the Maritime field. MRM should also be implemented into shore-based operations for the ultimate result of building a safe culture. The workshop was very informative and it helps me to develop much further as a moderator for MRM courses.”

 

    

  

  

“Mr. Martin Hernqvist provides an excellent MRM Train the trainer Facilitator. The underlining idea how to implement MRM in daily practice is a fine basis for us as marine pilots”, commented Capt. Daniel Netsere who is a pilot from the Netherlands and will be taking over the facilitation of the MRM courses at STODEL.

 

 

 

   

  

“Good food for thought” -Capt. Freek Muurling, MRM Facilitator for 7 years 

 

 

   

Furetank Rederi AB, a Swedish Club member who recently joined the MRM campaign, had the biggest group during the event and Capt. Per-Anders Höglund, head of party, concluded, “I am convinced that MRM will be a good tool for our company to improve the crew’s awareness towards Zero incidents. It was great to share experiences with other participants and listen to their experiences on MRM implementation. The MRM Facilitator training was conducted in a very good manner. These experiences and learnings will be brought back to the management for implementation in our organisation. I learned that the work with training and educating people in our organisation not only onboard the ships but also at the head office will give results in fewer incidents. The MRM course will also result in improved retention rates because people will be more motivated knowing that the company has a good attitude towards safety improvement. The shipping owner’s goal is to have a NO Tiger captains onboard. Everybody onboard is and will be trained to “Challenge” an order they know that is wrong from the briefing conducted. We are interested in a 3-hour introduction to MRM course for the top Management or even to the crew onboard.”

In general, the training event was well-received by the participants and good feedbacks as well as improvement areas have been noted for the future events as the Academy strives only for excellence. With the success of yet another MRM Facilitator training event, it is a feather in the cap for The Swedish Club Academy.

 

 

MRM in Action