Institute News
CESMA – 29th Annual General Assembly – May 2024
Capt. Trevor Crowley attended the 29th AGA of the Confederation of European Shipmaster's Associations (CESMA) on behalf of the Irish Institute of Master Mariners. See below documents for the AGA minutes, CESMA council meeting minutes and resolutions of the 29th AGA....
2024 Don Curtis Award
Deck Cadet Elise is pictured being presented with the Captain Don Curtis trophy and certificate of award by Captain Trevor Crowley, National Officer of the Irish Institute of Master Mariners. On the 5th of June, the annual awards ceremony at the National Maritime...
CESMA Open Letter about the hijacking of MV Galaxy Leader
The "Confederation of European Shipmasters Associations (CESMA) has issued an open letter dated 21st November 2023 on the recent hijacking of car carrier MV Galaxy Leader. The open letter can be found here. CESMA Open Letter - MV Galaxy Leader
New requirements for DP operator certificates
Updated: 07th December Some interesting changes for our IIMM members that hold a Nautical Institute DP certificate. The Nautical Institute have recently announced changes to the procedure for renewing your Nautical Institute DP Operator certificates. For more...
International Maritime Health Foundation – Scientific journal and resources
https://journals.viamedica.pl/international_maritime_health/issue/downloadFile/current Capt. Bill Kavanagh is an advisor to the International Maritime Health Foundation and was involved in the co-authoring of a paper titled "Medical training of seafarers:...
Capt. Bill Kavanagh and Capt. Aine Hyde in attendance at CESMA AGA 2023
The Confederation of European Shipmasters (CESMA) Council Meeting and Annual General Assembly were held in Varna, Bulgaria this year. Varna is the home-port of CESMA President Capt. Dimitar Dimitrov Ph.D and the local organisation, the Bulgarian Shipmasters...
UK Pension Information
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22196054/ The above link is an interesting interview with Eoin McGee, Personal Finance Expert, who is having a chat about how to get your UK pension if you are entitled to it. It might be useful for some of our members who have...
Sea Scouting Ireland Annual Master Mariners competition winners visited ILV Granuaile on Wednesday, 28th December 2022.
The Master Mariner competition is an annual event for Ventures (15 to 17 years old) & Rovers (18 to 26 years old), first held in 1995. The event is supported and sponsored by the Irish Institute of Master Mariners (IIMM)....
Capt. Bill Kavanagh receives award for “Seafarer Wellness Conference”
An award from the Cork Convention Bureau for the "Seafarers Wellness Conference" was presented to Capt. Bill Kavanagh of Nautical Institute and supported by the Irish Institute of Master Mariners. Congratulations Bill on a great conference.
Seafarers Wellness Conference – Official Press Release
A ‘Seafarer Wellness’ conference will be held in the National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI) on 7th October next to address human factors and seafarer wellness in the maritime industry. Over 1.5 million seafarers play a vital part in the supply chain which...
