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| August 2007 |
| Marine Navigation and Safety
of Sea Transportation |
The 7th International Navigational
Symposium on Marine Navigation and
Safety of Sea Transportation Trans-
Nav’2007, organized jointly by the
Faculty of Navigation, Gdynia Maritime
University and the Polish Branch of the
Nautical Institute held from 20 to 22
June, 2007 in Gdynia, Poland. The theme
of this year Navigational Symposium:
“Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea
Transportation” is, therefore, most timely
as it provides participating distinguished
delegates who represented Maritime
Education and Training (MET) and
research institutions, shipping industry,
shipowners, classifi cation societies,
maritime administrations, ports, services,
professional institutes, agencies, societies
and navigational instrument manufacturers. |
What could be more relevant, therefore,
than representatives from 35 countries
all over the world coming together to
discuss the best possible ways of preparing
staff at sea, in shipping companies,
ports and maritime administrations
to meet these challenges? |
The papers presented at the TransNav’2007
covered a full range of topics, from
operations, management and organization
to engineering and sciences. The
Symposium main topics were Marine
navigation, Safety and security of maritime
shipping, Sea transport and transportation
technology, Hydrography, geodesy and
marine cartography, Geomatics and GIS
in maritime applications, Electronic chart
systems ECS and ECDIS, and many more. |
It is my pleasure to inform that the
following very important persons have
kindly accepted the honorary patronage
of the Symposium: Mr. Rafal Wiechecki
- Minister of Maritime Economy Ministry
of the Republic of Poland, Capt. Nicholas
Cooper - President of the Nautical
Institute, VAdm Alexandros Maratos,
President of the International Hydrographic
Bureau, Dr. Wojciech Szczurek - Mayor
of Gdynia and Prof. Jozef Lisowski -
Rector of Gdynia Maritime University. |
Symposium Proceedings titled
“Advances in Navigation and Safety
of Sea Transportation” was organized
thematically like a Monograph. |
On the occasion of World Hydrography Day
on 21st of June a special plenary session
was organized under chairmanship of
RAdm. Dr. Czeslaw Dyrcz and Capt. Piotr
Pernaczynski, former and present Head of
Hydrographic Offi ce of the Polish Navy.
The theme of this year's celebrations was
"Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs);
an essential element of safety at sea
and effi cient maritime operations". |
A round table panel discussion was
organized under chairmanship of
Prof. Vidal Ashkenazi, UK. It was the
most attractive part of Symposium.
The title of Round Table Plenary
Session was "Galileo: A Signifi cant
Benefi t to Marine Navigation?". In the
Symposium participated distinguished
delegates from over 60 institutions
from 35 countries around the world. |
The winner of the best presentation
award, Mr. Oguzhan Gurel (Turkey), was
presented to the audience at the end of the
Symposium during the Closing Ceremony. |
The winner of the best paper award, Prof
Frantisek Vejrazka (Czech Republic), was
presented to the audience at the end of the
Symposium during the Closing Ceremony. |
The 7th Symposium was accompanied by
a small exhibition (Imtech, Transas, CMap
by Jappesen, PC Maritime), which will
display the latest developments in onboard
equipment, education and training,
safety and navigation infrastructure, and
navigation technologies and equipment. |
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| Prof Dr Adam Weintrit, weintrit@am.gdynia.pl |
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