References

Many of the instructors of the IMCS Training Academy regularly take the stand at international seminars and conferences, write articles in leading magazines, teach at maritime colleges and lecture during senior staff meetings in shipping companies and/or agencies.

Presentations on different maritime subjects for

  • Allandia Marine
  • American P&I Club Seminars
  • APEC-Antwerp/Flanders Port Training Center
  • ArcelorMittal
  • Batterman & Tillery
  • Bilbrough
  • Brittania P&I
  • Gard P&I
  • Groupama
  • HDI-Gerling
  • Intership Navigation
  • Mari-tech
  • Marine Maintenance Conference
  • Marsh
  • Nautical Institute
  • North of England P&I
  • Portilog
  • SGS
  • Steamship Mutual
  • TT Club
  • UK P&I
  • MacGREGOR/Cargotec
  • TTS
  • SDT International

Publications

  • Major reference works:
    • “The Ship Survey and Audit Companion”, author : W. Vervloesem (FNI) – published by the Nautical Institute (04/2000)
    • “Hatch Cover Inspections”, author: W. Vervloesem (FNI) – published by the Nautical Institute (08/2003)
    • “Mooring and Anchoring Ships”, author : W. Vervloesem (FNI) – published by the Nautical Institute (10/2009)
    • “RoRo Ships” (contributing author : W. Vervloesem (FNI – 2017))
  • Industry publications:
    • “The Nautical Institute on Command” (contributing author : W. Vervloesem (FNI) – revised edition 2000)
    • “Hatch Cover Guide” (contributing author : W. Vervloesem (FNI) – 2005)
    • “Nautical Institute on Command” (contributing author : W. Vervloesem (FNI) – 2015)
    • “Nautical Institute – Improving Ships Operational Design” (contributing author: W. Vervloesem (FNI) –  2015)
    • “Wiley Maritime Encyclopedia of Marine & Offshore Engineering” (contributing author: W. Vervloesem (FNI) – 2017)
    • Various articles on maritime issues (P&I Club newsletters, loss prevention bulletins, SASI, Seaways, Marine Maintenance Technology …)

Videos

  • European Harbour Master’s Committee on a training video for mooring operations (“The Missing Link” – improving mooring operations)
  • Seagull hatch cover maintenance and operation program
  • UK P&I – ship visits
  • Videotel & West of England P&I – hatch cover inspections

In-house trainings & workshops

  • Briese Shiffahrts GmbH
  • Cargotec
  • Damen Shipyards
  • Hartmann
  • IACS JWG on design standards for mooring equipment
  • Interorient
  • Intership
  • Intership (ISN)
  • MacGREGOR Training Academy
  • Phoenix Reederei
  • Rodenstaal
  • TTS
  • Unicom (Cyprus)
  • V-Ships (Cyprus)
  • Wallenius (Sweden)
  • Raets Marine (Rotterdam)
  • SGS (Antwerp)
  • Battermann & Tillery (Hamburg)
  • Yara (Sluiskil)
  • Hanse-Agro-Control GmbH (Hamburg)
  • EWS Group (Antwerp)
  • Mund + Bruns GmbH (Bremen)
  • Briese Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG (Leer)
  • Kopervik Shipmanagement (Gdansk)