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WEGEMT General Assembly and Executive Committee meeting

WEGEMT held its annual Executive Committee (EC) meeting and General Assembly on 27 November 2020. Representatives from major European universities gathered online to discuss  important matters on the actions and future plans of WEGEMT. The research projects in which WEGEMT currently participates (BEOPEN, MATES, DRIVE2THEFUTURE,…
Ioannis
18th 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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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
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WEGEMT at the OMAE 2019 Conference

WEGEMT participated in the 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore & Arctic Engineering (OMAE) in Glasgow UK  on 12 June 2019. The OMAE 2019 was hosted by the Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering at the University of Strathclyde which is one of…
Ioannis
21st August 2019