Team: Ambassador

  • Eddy Coenen

    Eddy Coenen

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    Eddy is an experienced RYA Yacht master and instructor who holds a <500GT commercial yachting certificate gained at the Belgian Naval Academy. He now works as a freelance RYA instructor and is the founder and CEO of Nautinstruct at Neiupoort.

  • Alexander McDonald

    Alexander McDonald

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    Alexander is currently working as a Roving Master / Safety Training Officer for an international company with more than 90 vessels including tankers, bulk & ro-ro. He provides safety and operational training for all ranks.

  • Brian Candaza

    Brian Candaza

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    After gaining a degree in in Marine Transportation, Brian became a Deck Cadet on bulk and container ships in the Philippines. He has a passion for maritime safety.

  • Sundeep Sequeira

    Sundeep Sequeira

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    Sundeep Sequeira made Singapore his Port of Registry after a sea career of 15 years. He now specialises in digitalisation enablement, learning technologies, competence management & content solutions for blue water crews and ships. He has delivered “Training Matters” engagement sessions at numerous crew seminars within the region in addition to training simulator instructors on…

  • Georgios Gatos

    Georgios Gatos

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    Georgios has a diploma in structural engineering and a degree in Engineering and Nautical Science. He began his maritime career an ordinary seaman on tugboats before graduating from the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy in Bulgaria as a Navigator. He has subsequently achieved his COC and has seagoing experience in crude oil, LNG and LPG carriers.…

  • Alex Pipchenko

    Alex Pipchenko

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    Chair of “Safety of Navigation” department of TCCS NU “Odessa Maritime Academy”. Founder of maritime education project “Learnmarine”. Graduated from Odessa National Maritime Academy, faculty of “Deep Sea Navigation” as B.Sc. with rewards in 2005. M.Sc. with rewards in 2007, Ph.D. in “Navigation and Motion Control” in 2010, and D.Sc. in “Navigation and Motion Control”…

  • Captain Herbert Magney

    Captain Herbert Magney

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    Born Californian, Herb has been a “Waterman” from the start. Solid dedication to the maritime community over the past four decades.  Herb is a maritime operations consultant based in Florida, US who possesses a comprehensive background in commercial yachts and superyachts, offshore and diving support vessels. He has extensive experience afloat as master, mate and…

  • Anto George Antony

    Anto George Antony

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    Anto George Antony is an Enthusiastic Health, safety, environmental Advisor, Maritime journalist, Peace Ambassador of United nations NGO and Volunteers co-ordinator of Heal the World charity organisation.

  • Manoj Paradkar

    Manoj Paradkar

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    Manoj is VP Marine and DPA/CSO for Zeaborn Ship Management in Singapore having previously been a vessel and operations manager for 11 years, and 4 years as QHSE manager. He has experience of Cape size slurry carriers, bulk carriers (all sizes from Handy to Cape), heavy lift and RO-RO vessels. He has also sailed as…

  • Yrhen Balinis

    Yrhen Balinis

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    Yrhen Balinis is an aspiring deck officer and maritime journalist. He is an advisory board member for Human Rights at Sea, a member of the Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN), the international and maritime representative for the Younger Members’ Group at RIN, an associate Member of The Nautical Institute, and a member advocate of the…

  • Dr. Zhiwei Zhao

    Dr. Zhiwei Zhao

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    Zhiwei completed her PhD in 2011, under the aegis of the SIRC-Nippon Foundation Fellowship Program of Cardiff University, UK and worked at Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC) before joining Dalian Maritime University in 2012, teaching Maritime Economics and Shipping Management. She was appointed the Director of Seafarers Research Centre in 2015 and has contributed to…

  • Maximiliano Vaccarezza

    Maximiliano Vaccarezza

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    Maximiliano Vaccarezza is an Argentinian Deck Officer who is currently serving as a Second Officer onboard a chemical/oil tanker and hoping to expand his career in DP PSV vessels.