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Introduction We are proud to present to you the first newsletter of STC

International in 2019. Until now, 2019 has been a

prosperous year for STC International. New projects have

been assigned and on Wednesday 17th of April Albert Bos

received the official certificate ISO 9001:2015 from Michel

Hoencamp of Quist Maritime Services. The official audit

was conducted by DNV-GL. The past six months the team

of STC International has been working hard in order to

pass the audit.

Albert Bos and Laurian Hollander Management STC International For any further questions about the newsletter in general, please contact the Project Management Office: [email protected]

Area South East Asia Tianjin Maritime College

The Tianjin Maritime College (TMC) is the leading

maritime and logistic institute for vocational education in

the North East of China.

TMC was founded in 2006 as a public institute on

instigation of the Education Commission. Aim is to rise to

the level of Higher Vocational Education for the talented

people to obtain maritime education.

TMC has 27 majors that are conducted by 450 lecturers.

TMC has 8300 students (50 % maritime). TMC wants to

improve the quality of the lecturers on didactical skills.

After very fruitful discussions TMC has decided to take a

few steps together with STC International to improve the

quality of lecturing.

As a first step one of our didactical experts will fly to

Tianjin in May for the IMO 6.09 based course Train the

instructor.

STC International and TMC are looking forward to expand

their collaboration in the future to serve the local maritime

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and logistic cluster.

For questions about the Tianjin Maritime College please

contact Addy Houtappels: [email protected]

Shaanxi Transport & Logistics Port, China

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) of China announced on

March 28, 2019 that China aims to reduce logistics costs by

nearly 121 billion yuan ($17.8 billion) in 2019. It further

stated that MoT would unveil a string of measures not only

to cut costs but also to promote innovative development of

the industry. China will continue to increase railway freight

volume, upgrade its water transportation system, regulate

highway freight transport and speed up multimodal

transport, improving its logistics network and optimizing its

structure. It will also further integrate important ports and

harbors into the inland multimodal transport and logistics

network, which will connect them with more railways and

highways and enable improved cargo interoperability. The

Ministry also called for small and medium-sized enterprises

to forge alliances for common development to consolidate

the fragmented logistics sector.

The objective of the assignment is to provide technical

assistance to help the Provincial Government of Shaanxi

and ADB in the preparation of the Shaanxi Transport and

Logistics Port Project. A loan agreement for the Shaanxi

Transport and Logistics Port Development Project is

planned to be signed in 2020 with an estimated cost of

$468 million to be financed $200 million from ADB’s

ordinary capital resources in ADB’s Country Operations

Business Plan (COBP) for PRC 2018–2020.

René Meeuws of STC-NESTRA is team leader of a group of

8 international and 10 national consultants, which will

refine the project scope incorporating international best

practices and demonstrative innovative technologies and

conduct technical, safeguards, economic, financial, and

other due diligence to meet government’s and ADB’s

project processing requirements.

The consultants will complete the necessary due diligence

to prepare the project for ADB’s approval and will: (i)

review the project component plans and designs, and

suggest ways to enhance the quality of the project; (ii) help

define the scope, design, and operating plan of the

proposed road safety components to be included in the

project; (iii) ensure that the executing agency (EA) and the

project implementing agencies (PIA) have the capacity to

successfully implement the project and conduct any

training or capacity development required to ensure such

capacity; (iv) identify needs for a grant support to be

implemented together with the loan project to enhance

policy advice, capacity development and/or knowledge

sharing; (v) validate the feasibility studies; (vi) conduct the

economic and financial analysis; (vii) in cooperation with

the EA, determine areas where the TA will support the

logistics sector in Shaanxi and enhance the benefits

delivered by the proposed project components; and (viii)

ensure that the EA adheres to ADB’s Safeguard Policy

Statement (2009) covering resettlement, the environment,

and to ADB’s social and gender policy during project

planning and preparation.

For questions please contact René Meeuws: Meeuws@stc-

nestra.nl


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Prime Minister Rutte and STC-Group CEO Frits Gronsveld visited Vietnam accompanied by a Dutch delegation At the invitation of Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan

Phuc, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Mark Rutte, the Minister of Infrastructure and Water

Management Ms. Cora van Nieuwenhuizen have paid a

three-day visit to Vietnam from April 9, 2019. This is the

second visit of Prime Minister Rutte to South-East Asian

countries since 2014.

The Dutch Official government delegation included more

than 50 large companies accompanying Prime Minister

Rutte during this trip, which indicates his intention to

reinforce economic ties between the Netherlands and

Vietnam. The visit focus was on the agri- and horticulture,

water, logistics and offshore wind energy sectors.

The two countries presently continue this long-standing

bilateral cooperation under a new strategic partnership for

the development of multi-modal transport with a focus on

Inland Waterway Transport (IWT) and Seaports. The goal

of the new strategic partnership is to develop a “Dutch

approach towards sustainable development of the inland

waterway shipping sector and associated infrastructure in

Vietnam”. The new partnership has adopted the name

Vietnam Netherlands Waterborne Partnership (VINWAP).

As part of the VINWAP program, the workshop

“Interconnectivity and the multi-modal logistical delta: A

case study on the development of Port and Inland

Waterways on the corridor Ho Chi Minh City to Can Tho”

was organized during this visit. During the workshop, STC

International together with Dutch experts and stakeholders

were working together with Vietnamese partners on a case

study for the development of the inland waterway corridor

between Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho, focusing on

“Develop a Smart and Skilled Workforce for the Sustainable

and Integrated Growth of Logistics by Educating and

Transferring Knowledge between Universities and

Industries and between Countries”.

The aim of the workshop was to share knowledge and

experience, to discuss the needs and challenges of Vietnam

IWT and Seaport development, to create innovative

solutions for bottlenecks in the logistics network, to build

new relationships, and to connect with businesses for

Vietnam.

For questions please contact Tham Nugyen: [email protected] Review of China Inland Waterway Transport Development, 1978-2018

The study is part of series of studies carried out by World

Bank in the framework of 40 years of reforms in the

economy and the transport sector in the People’s Republic

of China.

The focus of the project, assigned to STC-NESTRA and the

China Waterborne Transportation Research Institute (WTI)

is Inland Waterway Transport (IWT), a mode of transport

that has been of great historical importance for the

development of China, but had nearly lost its significance

a number of decades ago due to the development of

highway and railway transportation. The reform process in

the IWT sector, which started in 1998, has turned the

dormant sector into a vibrant mode of transport, once

again greatly contributing to the development of the areas

along the riverbanks and turning them into wider

economic corridors.

Without the development of IWT, notably in the massive

Yangtze River Basin, the development of middle and west

China as the industrial heartland of the country, could not

have taken place.

Through strong government policy, guidance and

financing, the Chinese inland waterway system went

through an upgrade and modernization process that is

unique in the world. In the first years the focus was at

hardware: development of waterways, dams and ship-

locks, ports and terminals, and vessel standardization

schemes.


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Development of the cargo volumes on the waterway and

in ports and major policy reform programmes (x)

The total volume in Chinese IWT reached 3.7 billion tons

in 2017, the Yangtze being the main waterway with 2.2

billion tons, followed by the Pearl River (622 million tons)

and the Grand Canal (354 million tons).

Inland vessel fleet development (number of vessels and

average vessel size)

The fleet went down in numbers, in 2017 around 132,000

vessels were active, but average vessel size went up, due

to the scrapping and newbuilding programmes. The

average vessel age is now below 10 years.

The focus at hardware has changed in recent years, and

turned from quantity to quality. Programmes in the field

of emergency response, fleet management, waste

collection, and greening programmes were set up. As an

example the LNG programme can be mentioned, the

Chinese IWT fleet already has more than 600 LNG

powered vessels.

The human resources aspect of IWT should not be

forgotten, as modernization of the sector and upgrading of

vessels and equipment, new technologies and handling of

dangerous cargoes require ever-increasing requirements

to the staff and crew of inland shipping companies.

Reforms in the educational system were also needed to

meet the growing demands. China has established special

inland shipping universities, next to a large number of

inland shipping colleges and schools. Very important is the

attention that China gives to research and development,

WTI (under the Ministry of Transport) has more than

1,000 researchers and developers in the field of inland

shipping and ports.

Further development and reform will take place in the

coming years, they can be grouped in six areas: Markets,

market development and modal share; Integrated water

management, planning and governance; Greening and

climate change adaptability; Technological innovations

and standardization; Multimodal connectivity; Smart

inland shipping including autonomous shipping.

For questions about China please contact Harry de Leijer: [email protected]

BRM training course for Maritime Pilots UT-STC is currently conducting 3 training courses on

Bridge Resource Management for the local maritime pilots

of pilot Co.1 in HCMC. They are part of their 5-yearly

refresher course for BRM.

The 3 training courses are carried out over a period of

several months in 2019.

The general objective of a BRM course is to further

improve the participant’s notice of items such as

situational awareness, communication, bridge organization and the management of the human

resources on a bridge.

The BRM course is carried in compliance with the specific

STCW requirements and follows the guidelines of the

applicable IMO Model Course. Specific contents is added

as requested by Client.

The course comprises 50% interactive classroom sessions

and 50% exercises in which UT-STC utilizes her full

mission bridge simulator. The learning objectives of the

regular BRM course as well as the input by the Client will

be used to reach the goals set by the Client.

Note: special attention was paid to the specific

requirements of pilots with respect to BRM, e.g. Master-

Pilot conference. Pilot Company 1 provides pilotage for the

wider Ho Chi Minh City area, Saigon River, Soai Rap River


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and Cai Mep River. Pilot Company 1 employs approx. 80

pilots.

Stolt officers training SH & BRM training Stolt identifies the need for a comprehensive and global

implemented training program to train and refresh its

experienced as well as deck officers for the following

training courses:

• Bridge Resource Management (BRM)

• Ship Handling (SH)

• Assessment for promotion to Master (CAP

assessment)

Under a (renewed) contract between UT-STC and Stolt

Tankers BV, the program is conducted by UT-STC in HCMC

in an identical manner as conducted by STC BV in

Rotterdam.

Both programs BRM and SH are a blend of theory and

simulator practice and include assessments.

The target group consists of junior and senior officers of

Stolt, mainly from Russia, Vietnam, India, Philippines and

China.

a. SH courses;

b. BRM courses;

c. BRM-SH refresher courses;

d. Assessments of Stolt Chief Officers who are to

become Master.

The programme was initially jointly implemented by STC

BV and UT-STC and is in line with all STCW and Stolt

company requirements.

On average 18 to 20 times per year one of the above

mentioned 5-day courses is conducted at UT-STC.

For the CAP assessment a psychologist of STC Rotterdam

is flown in, experienced in these specific assessments in

order to issue a professional psychological report as

required by Stolt.

This continued proficiency program provides the Stolt

officers of refreshed and up to date knowledge and gives

them the opportunity to apply this directly in practice on

the simulator.

For questions please contact Martijn Hendriks:

[email protected]


June 2019

Visit of Mr. Kovtunenko, dean of KMA, to NSTC and PIT Palompon

In the week of 15th to 24th of May 2019, Mr. Dmitry

Kovtunenko (senior project manager STC International)

visited the Netherlands Shipping Training Centre in

Palompon in the Philippines. The basis of the visit was to

evaluate and advice on future strategies and operational

matters linked to the project. During his visit, Mr. Dmitry

visited both the training center and the Palompon Institute

of Technology (a strategic partner of the KVNR), where he

shared his experiences and best practices with managers

and staff. Mr. Dmitry was very much inspired by the

students and staff on their friendliness, openness and

their willingness to succeed and keep on moving towards

a higher quality output of both PIT and NSTC in the

future. In all the visit was very fruitful and many ideas

were shared by both sides and which will be adopted in

the future. PIT and NSTC are grateful for the input and

time that was given to us, and we are looking forward to

keeping on working on the best practices and the

management of the project. The project will keep working

with Mr. Dmitry on an “off“ project basis in the future.

Training for NSTC personnel in the Philippines At the Palompon Institute of Technology (PIT), STC

International personnel are mainly involved in improving

the quality of training delivered at both PIT and NSTC. NSTC

has the task of ensuring all required STCW ancillary

courses are conducted for the students as well as

supplying accommodation at the NSTC dormitory.

On 1 May, which is a public holiday, the focus was

however on the local NSTC office and dormitory

personnel. Refresher Training Courses for Fire Prevention

and Fire Fighting (FPFF) and Basic Life Support (BLS) were

held for the staff in line with the NSTC QMS.

The course was officially opened by Benjamin Smit

representing STC welcoming the staff, explaining the

importance of the training for them and thanking them for

their willingness to participate on a public holiday. The

training was done by the local NSTC instructors.

The day was enjoyed by all the staff and with the

knowledge being refreshed, it also served as a good team

building exercise. All the participants proved to be

proficient in giving basic life support and preventing and

combatting small fires.

For questions please contact Henrik Petersen:

[email protected]


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Signing Accreditation & Certification Document Since 2016, STC international and IPC Corporate

University (with support of the Dutch Embassy in

Indonesia) have initiated a collaborative approach to

improve the port operation training offering in Indonesia.

On 22 May 2019, STC International and IPC Corporate

University signed a 3-year agreement concerning the

cooperation regarding accreditation and certification of the

courses which have been jointly developed.

The execution of Accreditation by STC International and

Certification of the Courses provides PT PMLI with a strong

marketing tool. STC International Accreditation and

Certification can be mentioned in PT PMLI marketing

efforts. Moreover, the Accreditation of STC International

of the Courses to be provided by PT PMLI shows the long-

term commitment of PT PMLI and its cooperation with STC

International to the Embassy of the Kingdom of the

Netherlands.

Project Awarded TVET Surabaya STC International with consortium member CINOP and

subcontractor ITS Surabaya have been awarded a

contract regarding TVET for the maritime and logistics

sector in Surabaya. The project will focus on (1) Develop

and / or modernize TVET curricula, (2) Develop and

implement training for the teachers and (3) the

accreditation and certification of the curricula, where

possible and relevant against international benchmarks.

This will be done at two schools in Surabaya, one related

to maritime shipping (PPS) and the other one related to

shipbuilding (PPNS). The project is aimed to start in August 2019 and will have a total duration of 2 years.

For questions please contact Adson Hofman:

[email protected]

Area Latin America

First Special Agreement derivate from the International Cooperation Agreement between SENA-STC Group

The International Cooperation Agreement between SENA

and STC Group for the next four years has been signed in

November 2018 in the presence of Dutch Prime Minister,

Mark Rutte, and the President of the Republic of Colombia,

Iván Duque.

SENA (National Training Service of Colombia) is a

public institution that provides work training in several

specialties such as Logistics and Transport in the thematic

axes of Logistic Management, Services and Port equipment

Operation, Marine, Inland, Rail and Road Transport.

During the months following the signing of the above

mentioned International Cooperation Agreement, future

projects were discussed. The commitment and cooperation

between the two institutions became much stronger in the


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continuation and complementation of the activities that

have been carried out in the country.

On 21 May 2019, the first special agreement between the

two institutions has been signed. The activities included in

this first special agreement are:

1. Train the Trainer program for SENA instructors of

terminal operators (Reach Stacker Operators)

2. Port Management & Port Regionalization program

for SENA instructors in logistics and transport

3. Networking event between SENA

students/trainees and Dutch companies

established in Colombia.

The activities will be executed in the cities of Bogota,

Barranquilla and Cartagena between July and December

2019.

Signing of International Cooperation Agreement SENA-

STC Group

Training Introduction Maritime Ports Transport & Logistics From 29 April 2019 to 2 May 2019, a training course was

provided in cooperation with UA (University of Aruba)

regarding an introduction to maritime, ports, transport

and logistics. This course was open for any professional

and/or people having an educational background in the

field of transport and logistics. A total of 16 delegates

from private companies, state owned enterprises and

government participated in this course.

For questions about the regions Central and South

America please contact Silvina Pereira Marques:

[email protected]

Area Central Asia

Kazakhstan Maritime Academy

Year 2019 has just started, but KMA just continued in

steady pace of 2018, with shipping industry requesting

various courses. Three months have been fully booked

and there is prospect for more which is a good sign for us,

meaning the quality of delivered courses in cooperation

with STC international, STC SA and even from Odessa,

Ukraine is up to the mark and feedback provided by the

participants, put us in the top five of the training centers

where various experienced crew members have been

training during their career. This is an encouraging sign

for such a young establishment. We are leaving a footprint

already, with hunger for more. From various meetings

with the representatives from the industry we can

conclude that KMA is the leader in the maritime education

and training in Republic of Kazakhstan, leaving

competition far behind. Next step is to expand beyond

Kazakhstan and to develop the region of Central Asia.

From 8th of February to 18th of February a group of 26 1st

year students of KMA was hosted by STC international and

STC Training and Consultancy for their Basic Training,

prior their first seagoing apprenticeship on board of the

Eendracht. On 19 February the group has departed to St.

Martin (NA) to board our beautiful training vessel and

making almost 2300 nautical miles, docked safely four

weeks later in Azores. This has been a very active and

productive experience for future Kazakh seafarers.


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At this moment, in cooperation with Kazakh British

Technical University (KBTU) we are preparing an

extension of present contract to ensure quality education

and supervision of the maritime programs with

involvement of STC International for 2019 to 2021. Last

September one of KMA KBTU employees enrolled in NMU

master’s program and will be returning to KBTU in

September 2019, to ensure that our work of the past

seven years will be continued, keeping the focus on the

maritime programs and opening new master programs in

cooperation with STC Group.

On 4 July 2019 KMA will have its fourth Graduation of

cadets and we hope that 23 students will be finding their

way, after four long years of education, to the industry

where professionals are very much needed to continue

development of human capital in Republic Of Kazakhstan.

We are very proud to contribute to this development with

all involved professionals from both, STC and KMA.

Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is

progress, working together is success!

For questions about Kazakhstan, please contact Dmitry

Kovtunenko: [email protected]

Area Middle East & Africa

Student numbers soar by 74 % from 2018 at the STC-SA Table Bay Training Centre

During 2017, almost all seafarers were required to upgrade

their STCW certification to meet the needs of the 2015

International Maritime Organisations (IMO) Manila

Amendments. Therefore, there was a large influx of

seafarers booking for various courses with STC-SA to

ensure they were able to continue to work at sea. As a

result of the 2017 revalidation, very few seafarers needed

to upgrade or conduct training during 2018 which in turn

resulted in relatively low numbers of students enrolling for

courses at the STC-SA Training Centre. However, the

‘downtime’ during last year was used to create partnerships

with Maritime recruitment and placement agencies across

South Africa with special focus on the cruise liner and

superyacht industries. No less than six partnership

agreements were signed during the year ensuring that STC-

SA became the sole training provider for these agencies

who provide crew for large cruise lines such as MSC,

Norwegian Cruises, Viking Cruises, Virgin Cruises and

Disney Cruises to name just a few. Many of these agencies

have shifted their training away from other maritime

training institutes within the Cape Town area and now use

STC-SA exclusively for all their training needs. This shift

has resulted in a dramatic rise in the number of candidates

being enrolled onto a full range of STCW training courses

offered at the STC-SA training centre. As of the end of May

2019, STC-SA has seen an increase in student numbers of

74% in comparison to the same period last year. This

upward trend is expected to continue as more cruise liners

as well as recruitment agencies approach STC-SA to

support them with their training needs.


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STC-SA Training Centre opens for business seven days a week

Due to the high demand for training, as well as some

extremely tight schedules dictated from recruitment and

placement agencies to get candidates onboard cruise liners

and superyachts as per their sailing schedules, STC-SA

Training Centre was unable to meet the demands of

industry if training was only offered from Monday to Friday.

Although training seats were available with other training

institutes, our training partners were not comfortable in

moving their candidates away from STC-SA and therefore,

in order to ensure client satisfaction, it was necessary to

shift from a five to seven-day training week. No other

maritime training institute in the region has committed to

such a training schedule and although it is more costly to

train over the weekends, the commitment STC-SA has

made to cater to the needs of industry has resulted in

extremely positive feedback being received from our

industry partners.

STC-SA Opens Maritime and Occupational Medical Clinic As part of the business model of STC-SA, a commitment

was made to our industry partners that the Table Bay

Training Centre would be a ‘one-stop-shop’ for all seafarers.

Ultimately, the aim was for a candidate to be able to walk

in the front door without any maritime experience and walk

out after a period of time and be able to be employed

immediately onboard a seagoing vessel. Part of the

requirements to be completed before joining a ship is to

undergo a full seafarers medical examination which needs

to be repeated annually. From 2017, STC-SA engaged with

an external company who had established a full

occupational clinic within the Table Bay Training Centre who

conducted the required seafarers medical examinations on

the premises. Therefore, in essence, STC-SA was able to

provide a one-stop-shop to industry, but in partnership with

a third party.

However, due to challenges faced by the owner of the clinic,

they were unable to offer a reliable medical service and a

decision was made, that in order to ensure market

credibility, as well as a reliable service to industry, that

STC-SA would start their own Maritime and Occupational

Clinic.

By the 24th of February this year, it was evident that the

existing clinic would not be able to continue operations into

March and as a result, STC-SA was placed under pressure

to purchase all the required medical equipment, ensure all

the equipment was installed and properly calibrated, tested

and certified, employ suitably qualified medical and

administrative staff to operate the clinic and obtain the

required licenses and accreditations needed to operate as

a fully-fledged occupational clinic, as well as conduct IMO

medical examinations for the maritime sector before month

end. Despite the odds, which were stacked heavily against

STC-SA, the clinic commenced operations Monday 04

March and competently serves the needs of companies

operating within the port and further afield. The clinic has

already signed exclusive service contracts to conduct all the

medical examinations and associated health care services

for large organisations such as Damen Shipyards, Elgin

Brown and Hamer as well as De Beers Mining to name just

a few. For the cruise liner and superyacht candidates, the

inclusion of the clinic into STC-SA, they are able to do all

their courses and medicals once again, under one roof. This

makes STC-SA very attractive to the maritime industry.


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STC Mourns the passing of a hero STC Group, through STC International and STC-SA have for

many years provided support and financial aid to the

Groenberg Secondary School situated in Grabouw which is

a farming area just outside Cape Town well known for

producing the world famous Appletiser, Liquifruit and Ceres

range of fruit juices. The area also produces top quality

apples, grapes and pears for the export market.

Employment in the region is mostly seasonal with high

demand for employment during the picking season and

almost no demand when harvesting has been completed.

The population within Grabouw within the last five years

has grown exponentially as people flock from neighbouring

provinces in hope of finding employment. Unfortunately,

this is not always possible and even if employment is found,

it is temporary during the harvesting season only.

The rapid increase in population, with limited employment

opportunities, brings with it a number of social challenges

to the community and Grabouw has not been spared any

one of these challenges. The lack of infrastructure to

support the mushrooming community is one of the biggest

challenges and Groenberg Secondary School finds itself in

the centre of this dilemma.

Operating on a ‘shoe-string’ budget that more often than

not, does not even cover the teachers’ salaries, let alone

allow for infrastructure or programme development,

graduates from the school have become doctors, teachers,

lawyers as just a few examples. The school has also

ensured that students who excel in arts, culture or sport

are supported in being able to represent not only the

school, but the Western Province at national level and

South Africa at international events.

How could all of this be made possible? By the hand of a

hero.

In 1984 Mr. Antony Mark Hess joined Groenberg Secondary

School, and as a result of his leadership soon thereafter

assumed the role of school principal. His passion for people,

growth, development and equality, all as well as his

personal ethics gave him the requisite attributes and

strength needed to manage a school sitting at 150% over-

capacity in a very challenging environment. During the

thirty-five years as principal, Mr. Hess received numerous

awards form the South African government for his

achievements as principal and his dedication and passion

for his students. He was nominated for the ‘Principle of the

Year’ award seven years in a row. He was awarded this

accolade more times than once during his tenure as

principle of Groenberg Secondary School.

The legendary Mr. Hess, as well as the needs of Groenberg

Seconary School reached the attention of the STC Directors

and soon thereafter, a support process was put in place.

Since the support measure was established, STC has

continued to provide financial support to Groenberg to pay

the salaries of certain staff including the social worker who

is aptly referred to as ‘Angel’, who works tirelessly to

support the students to cope with their social issues.

In addition, the funds received from STC has supported

Groenberg in the building of classrooms, to support the

additional increase in student numbers, assisted with the

purchase of a school bus to provide transport to sport and

cultural events, supported the funding for prize giving and

graduation ceremonies, as well as supporting feeding

programmes for students coming from the poorest of

families.

Mr. Hess sadly passed away on Friday 03 May after

suffering a heart-attack. STC-SA attended both his

memorial service as well as his funeral and the large

turnout to both events from government officials, the

educational sector, scholars and teachers from Groenberg

School as well as from the region proved testimony to his

valued contribution to the Western Cape and especially to


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many in the Grabouw area. He will be missed and always

remembered as a true hero.

Nuffic hosts Dutch Technical and Vocational delegation in South Africa During April 2019, a delegation of representatives from a

number of Technical and Vocational Educational and

Training (TVET) colleges located in The Netherlands were

invited by NUFFIC to visit South Africa for a period of five

days to establish areas of cooperation between South

African and Dutch TVET colleges. The delegation visited a

number of colleges in the Gauteng and Cape Town areas as

well as visits to government organisations responsible for

the accreditation of training programmes. The delegation

visited STC-SA where the interaction between the STC-SA

Training Centre and local TVET Colleges was highlighted. A

full demonstration of practical training took place. The

delegation was also briefed during their visit to STC-SA by

Mr. Jan Kweekel.

Tema Port Ghana

About 30 km east of the city of Accra, Ghana Meridian

Port Services (MPS) is creating an expansion of the port of

Tema. This 1,5 BLN US $ investment creates a

transhipment hub in the Western African Region. MPS is a

joint venture between APM terminals and Bolloré.

Due to demographic development in West Africa, the

volumes of container handling are growing exponentially

in the next decade. By creating an expansion of the port

of Tema, MPS is creating a substantial increase in volume

up to 3.5 million TEU annually. With this expansion is the

need to have staff trained on the handling of equipment in

this port.

MPS has chosen to refresh the current trainers staff, in

order to train local operators (existing and new operators)

on the current and new equipment for the port. By doing

so, the volume of to be trained staff can be handled to

reach the deadline for opening of the port in June 2019.

In the build-up of the terminal, MPS has chosen

to: Refresh training on

pedagogical/technical/instructive documentation

and process review for the current trainer staff

Additional training for the new Electronic Rubber

Tire Gantry Crane for the current operators and

new entry’s

Select and assess Rubber Tire Gantry crane

operators

Select and assess Reach stackers operators

Train the STS instructors + CPS (loading

containers) & SA (boats man guidance) on the

new STS crane

Examine the operators trained by the trainers

staff of MPS based on pre-conducted exams.

For this project will make use of the strong position our

trainers have in the African continent. Trainers from the

Netherlands and South Africa will conduct the training for

this client. The connection our trainers have with the staff

is excellent, allowing us to have a constant opening for

ideas that will help the client move forward in reaching

their goals.

After the first three sessions, client is more than satisfied

with the results so far. We are looking forward to extend

our relations in the region with port operational training

and help our clients to be successful in their business.


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For questions about Southern Africa please contact Patrick

Wells: [email protected]

Logistics Sector Reform advisory service from Ministry of Finance, Ethiopia

The Ministry of Finance of Ethiopia has requested the

World Bank and the African Development Bank for

technical assistance from internationally qualified logistics

sector experts to advise the government on the reforms

the Government is pursuing for the logistics sector.

The focus of the assignment is to support the Government

in translating its vision for the logistics sector (National

Logistics Strategy) into reality, by helping diagnose the

problems and constraints of the sector, identifying policy

actions and priories to bring about the desired

transformation of the sector. The consultancy defines

strategies for engaging the private sector and bringing

about competition in support of greater efficiency. Advice

provided should be consistent with the broader aims of

the Ethiopian Government and with emerging policy

reforms in the management of Public Enterprises.

Advice is also requested on issues pertaining to sector

development, management/roles and responsibilities,

public and private sector participation, financing and

monitoring. The consultancy has resulted in a road map

for implementation of logistiucs sector reform. The

following areas of reform are identified:

The detailed measures and actions in the road map are

presented in the form of a number of matrices, specifying

each specific action and measure, by describing the time

frame envisaged, the rationale, the main stakeholders (to

be) involved, and the implementation requirements.

This project is implemented in close cooperation with a

variety of stakeholders participating in the logistics reform

committee, as well as stakeholders from the industry.

The project is carried out by STC-NESTRA in the first half

of 2019, and is fully financed by World Bank. The second

part of the assignment will be contracted after 30 June,

the work will than focus at supporting the implementation

of the proposed measures.

For more information about Ethiopia please contact Harry

de Leijer: [email protected]

Women Empowerment Seminar in the Maritime Industry at IMCO A women empowerment seminar was held at the

international Maritime College Oman (IMCO) on

Wednesday 10th April which aimed at raising awareness of

the role of women in the maritime industry. The seminar

highlighted the important contribution of women all over

the world to the maritime sector. The event was a good

opportunity to show good examples of female leaders

from the region and globally too which can encourage

female students to think of maritime as a future career.

The seminar included plenary sessions, innovative

workshops, networking opportunities and presentations. A

representative from the World Maritime University Dr.

Carolina Romero was one of the speakers in the event.

She gave a presentation on "Gender Equality and

Women's Empowerment Policies in the Maritime Transport

Sector". Also, IMCO’s alumna, Marine Engineer, Mir Al

Nesa Al Balushi spoke about her experience and the

challenges she faced on board being a female marine

engineer. There is no doubt that such events can inspire

female youth to play a more effective role in the society.

The seminar was sponsored by National Ferry’s Company

and Sohar Industrial Port Company and targeted


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university students, school students, parents and

professionals from the industry. Dr. Daniel Garcia Soto

the Head of the Maritime Department says” women

empowerment is a very important issue to address, I

believe that Women can contribute tremendously in the

Maritime Sector and I hope that this event will inspire

female students to find their way to a better future”.

For more information please contact Abir Al Jabri:

[email protected].

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