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December
2014

Lyndell Lundahl

Assistant Registrar (Student Services)
World Maritime University

Award Ceremony for Sasakawa Fellows,
Saturday, November 1, 2014.
A long-standing tradition during WMU’s“Graduation season” is the Award Ceremony
hosted by the Ocean Policy Research Foundation (OPRF) for its graduating Fellows. This
year the Ceremony was held, as usual, in theimposing “Fridhemsborg” mansion overlooking
the Öresund with Copenhagen beyond: afitting and dignified location for such animportant occasion on Graduation Eve.
The Class of 2014 includes 22 students
whose studies at WMU were funded throught h e g e n e r o s i t y o f Th e N i p p o nFoundation/OPRF. The students come from
16 different countries: Algeria, Bangladesh,
Colombia, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Japan,
Kenya, Liberia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Papua
New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand
and Viet Nam. All were excited and a little
nervous as the proceedings began.
Mr. Kudo, Special Advisor of the OPRF,
opened the programme by welcoming all theguests, in particular Mr. Sekimizu, Chancellor
and Secretary-General of the IMO, Acting
WMU President Bellefontaine and Mrs. Bellefontaine, Mr. Unno, Executive Director of The
Nippon Foundation, and Mr. Leif Almö,
Honorary Consul of Japan and his wife. The

OPRF was also very happy to welcome several
dignitaries from IMO and University Governors, as well as guests who would be honoured
with special awards at the Graduation ceremony
the following day: Professor Charles Cushing,
who would receive an Honorary Doctorate, Dr.
Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, who was to bemade an Honorary Fellow, and H.E. Ambassador Dwight Gardiner and Vice-Admiral Rodolfo Isorena, who were to be named Outstanding Alumni. Naturally, OPRF-funded students
from the Class of 2015 and WMU staff werealso warmly welcomed, as were the family members who had accompanied the graduating
students to the reception.
Mr. Unno addressed the graduating students,
congratulating them on the completion of theirstudies and welcoming them to the “family” of
Sasakawa Fellows. He delighted the company bysaying “Congratulations” in all 16 languages
spoken in the students’ home countries. The
certificates were then presented individually toeach graduating student.
All the guests were then invited to help themselves to the generous buffet, a delightful mix ofJapanese specialities, such as sushi, and anumber of European dishes. Chatter and laughter filled the room, as well as cries of “one more,
one more” as cameras snapped to capture special

moments to be remembered. Finally, it wastime for a vote of thanks from one of thegraduating students, Ms. Ore Ovia Toua from
Papua New Guinea.
Ms. Ovia Toua noted with appreciation thewonderful support every student had received
from the OPRF staff, WMU faculty and staff,
and of course, from the host city of Malmö.
The students could look forward to their new
status as Fellows, anticipating the support andencouragement of a remarkable network of over
500 Sasakawa Fellows around the world. The
benefits of the support offered by The Nippon
Foundation extend far beyond Graduation andwill continue to assist the Fellows in their
future careers for many years to come.
The reception ended in excited anticipationof the big day to follow. On behalf of all theguests who were present, I would like to extend
sincere thanks to The Nippon Foundation andthe OPRF for a memorable evening.

WMU
Graduation
Ceremony
2014
Susan Jackson

Registrar
World Maritime University

On Sunday, November 2, WMU’s Chancellor
and Secretary-General of the International
Maritime Organization (IMO), Mr. Koji Sekimizu, conferred postgraduate degrees on theWorld Maritime University’s Class of 2014. In
total, 124 students graduated from the
Malmö-based M.Sc. program in Maritime
Affairs, 47 from the M.Sc. program in Dalian,
China, 36 from the M.Sc. program in Shanghai, China, and 19 from the distance-learning
Postgraduate Diploma in Marine Insurance.
Overall, the graduates in the Class of 2014
represented 49 countries, and this graduation
ceremony brought the total number of WMUgraduates to 3,889 from 165 countries.
Guest of Honour, Dr. Anne Christine
Brusendorff, General Secretary for the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea,emphasized the collective nature of teamwork
and the global nature of shipping, stating,“individually you are one drop, but together,you are an ocean.”
Guest of Honour, Dr. Blade Nzimande, Minister of Higher Education and Training for theRepublic of South Africa was unfortunately
unable to deliver his address due to illness,therefore Ms. Sindisiwe Chikunga, Deputy
Minister of Transport for the Republic ofSouth Africa, spoke in his place. She noted themilestone that the graduation ceremony represented in capacity building for South Africa,
with 23 students from the Republic of South
Africa graduating, all of whom were sponsoredby the South African Government.
Before the conferring of degrees on the graduates, Mr. Sekimizu conferred the degree of

Gao Deyi

Yusuke Mori
(Japan, 2014)(China, 1995)

Doctor of Science in Maritime Affairs, honoriscausa on Dr. Charles Cushing, President, C.R.
Cushing & Co, for his exceptional service to the
University since 1986 as a Visiting and Adjunct
Professor, teaching both in Malmö and Dalian.
Three Honorary Fellow Awards were madeduring the ceremony for distinguished and outstanding service to WMU. The first award wasmade to Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, Director of the International Labour Standards
Department of the International Labour Office,who has a long-standing relationship with
WMU. The second Honorary Fellow was Dr.
Bernard Francou, who served from June 1998 to
May 2004 as WMU Associate Professor of Port
Management. For many years, Dr. Francou
served as a UN expert/consultant in shipping
and port related projects in Africa, Asia andLatin America. The final Honorary Fellow was
Mr. Jørgen Rasmussen, the former Chief Ship
Surveyor and Chief Advisor to the DirectorGeneral of the Danish Maritime Authority,
former member of the Danish delegation to
IMO and former Head of the Navigation Section of IMO’s Maritime Safety Division.
Three Outstanding Alumnus awards were alsopresented during the ceremony. The first award
was made to Professor Gao Deyi (MET 1995),
Vice-Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Education Committee. Professor Gao’s MSc studies
were funded by a fellowship provided by Oshima
Shipbuilding of Japan. The second award waspresented to Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary, Dwight C. Gardiner (MSA1990), Director and Registrar General of the
Antigua and Barbuda Department of Marine

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Aleik Nurwahyudy(Indonesia, 2014)

Services and Merchant Shipping. The final
Outstanding Alumnus Award was presented toVice-Admiral Rodolfo D. Isorena, Commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard (MSEP
2002). Admiral Isorena is the third consecutive
Commandant of the PCG who is a WMU
graduate.
Th e a n n u a l s t u d e n t a w a r d s w e r e a l s oannounced at the ceremony:• Chancellor's Medal for Academic Excellence(Malmö): Gareth John Courtois, South
Africa• Chancellor's Medal for Academic Excellence(Dalian): Shen Jiaqiang, China• Chancellor's Medal for Academic Excellence(Shanghai): Hermann Christoph Schulte,
Germany• Pierre Léonard Prize for the Best Female Student: Deniece Aiken, Jamaica• C. P. Srivastava Award for International
Fellowship: Yusuke Mori, Japan (Sasakawa
Fellow)• Lloyd´s Maritime Academy Dissertation
Prize: Aleik Nurwahyudy, Indonesia(Sasakawa Fellow)• Informa Law Prize: Ronald Alfred, Trinidad
and Tobago
Also at graduation, it was announced that anagreement had been signed with Dr. Vishwapati Trivedi, Secretary for the Ministry of Shipping for the Government of India, to establish
an Indian Professorial Chair in Port Management, which will benefit maritime capacity
building worldwide through supporting the
education of students at WMU.

One Bond… One Resolve!
Sasakawa Fellowship 2014 & 2015

Christine Pauline Bergano Diciano(Philippines, 2015)

Throughout the years, the Sasakawa Fellowship Program under the auspices of The
Nippon Foundation, through the Ocean
Policy Research Foundation (OPRF), hassignificantly supported diverse maritime pursuits of various developing countries at theWorld Maritime University. Resilient as everin its efforts for capacity and network buildingin the maritime fields, this Fellowship now
has 499 Fellows (WMU alumni) and 44
ongoing Student Fellowships (22 each for S14
and S15).
The Gathering Orientation for the 2014
and 2015 Fellowships was held at WMU on
September 26, 2014, with no less than the
Executive Director and Special Advisor of
OPRF, Mr. Eisuke Kudo. This year was evenmore historic with the first Fellowship beneficiary from Tunisia, Trinidad & Tobago, andGambia. In strongly sustaining WMU’s policies on equal opportunities for women in thefield of maritime studies and employment,
this year showed 6 or 27% of the total grants
to countries like Japan, Myanmar, Panama,
Trinidad and Tobago, and the Philippines.
The program commenced with a group
photo session followed by the formal orientation at the CPS Hall. Mr. Kudo delivered his
opening remarks with an aide-mémoire ofbeing grateful to the Fellowship, to consis-

tently give best efforts towards the academic
requirements of WMU and to strongly develop
friendships that will advance a dynamic
Sasakawa Fellows’ network. Subsequently, Mr.
Shinichi Ichikawa from OPRF presented theevolution of the Sasakawa Fellowship Program
in relation to The Nippon Foundation, OPRF
and Japan Motorboat Racing. Associate Professor Michael E. Manuel, Head of the Maritime Education and Training specializationand holder of one of the three Nippon
Foundation-funded chairs at WMU, likewise
rendered his message, focusing on encouraging
students to take advantage of all the vast
knowledge, skills and experiences at WMUwith the Fellows. This was followed by thestudents’ introduction, presentation on Specialization Courses by the graduating class and agroup discussion on future networking sustainability.
The discussions revealed that the Sasakawa
Fellows’ individual linkages and collective commitments promise improved regional andglobal cooperation on various maritime issues,
significantly on safety and security, improved
training and development programs, humanresource management and reliable access tovital information, especially during maritime
emergencies. Maximizing the potential of ICT
in the network will further allow members totake on its dynamic responsibility in mainstreaming focal activities and the collaborationof best maritime practices with their respective
organizations.
Believing that a comprehensive and global
standpoint is necessary to deal with the diversity and complexity of ocean problems, education and training continue to be the valuable3

underpinning instrument towards developing and enhancing deeper international cooperation and capacity development by the
OPRF. With the fast-growing and increasing
demands of the global maritime industry, thevaluable lessons acquired by deserving
students through these scholarships will allow
them to appreciate different aspects of themaritime community. As such, the Sasakawa
Fellows will be able to propagate dynamic
social awareness and responsibility as theyafford important direction in ocean affairs
through their respective posts in government,
non-government organizations, and academia.
Furthermore, the overall goal to mobilize
knowledge becomes more achievable with the
integrated Sasakawa Fellows networking.
Indeed, the ocean depends so much on us—
on how we nurture and sustain this great giftpristinely and peacefully. As we continue
fostering better accord and collaboration
through the Fellowship, the greater blessingsof goodwill, safe and cleaner seas, regional
stability and stronger global maritime
economy is truly within reach! Guided by
OPRF’s philosophy of “Coexistence with the
Ocean”, together let us thrive and achieve
bliss!

The Need for Ocean Governancewell as showing the positive results ofscience-based fisheries and aquaculture
management. Regional programs, such as
Dr. Gunnar Kullenberg
PEMSEA in the East Asian Seas, have shown
Former Executive Secretarymuch progress in coastal zone management,of IOC/UNESCO,
Former Visiting Fellow of OPRF, demonstrating the value of ICM and voluntary
Former University Professor
regional cooperation in ocean affairs. Sustainedbasin-wide programs using repeated sections by
About 10 years ago I prepared an overview ships and satellite observations have identified
regarding ocean governance implementation, changes in the biological system, including that
discussing principles, theoretical elements and of plankton species and primary production, andprocesses, motivations and strategies. This have linked these in some areas to temperatureincluded the role of the ocean in economic increases. Ocean acidification resulting fromdevelopment and in the climate system, carbon dioxide uptake has been confirmed, andmaritime transport, food from the ocean, impacts on sea food production demonstrated.
contributions to society from the coastal zone Hot-spots of acidification have been found inand the EEZ. Management techniques were areas with large shipping congestion. An
discussed, including ICM, Large Marine increase in the rate of sea level rise seems to be
Ecosystems, Port State Control, marine confirmed, as well as changes in strength andprotected areas, regional systems as PEMSEA, frequency of the occurrence of extreme weather
a n d o t h e r e c o s y s t e m - b a s e d a n d events. Public awareness of these problems,
community-based actions. Opportunities for climate change concerns and the ocean appears
cooperative implementation and capacity to have increased.
building included ocean observations and
The ecosystem-based management concept
forecasting, coastal area development, global has been generally accepted and put in operation
reviews by GESAMP, shipping, aspects of in national and regional cases, including in Large
climate change and freshwater availability (1).
Marine Ecosystem projects. Many nations have
Here are some highlights that follow up on established ICM programs, and the Global
what has happened over the past 10 years. Program of Action for the Protection of the
Maritime transport has continued to grow, the Marine Environment is progressing throughvalue of the goods carried by ships having at national action plans. However, degradation ofleast doubled since the mid-1990s to about 13 coastal and shelf sea areas and habitats continues
trillion USD now. The number of containers due to over-exploitation, sewage and nutrient
carried by the largest ships has multiplied by a releases, garbage aggregations and landfactor of at least 3 up to 18,000. In the Pacific reclamations. Marine Protected Areas have beenregion, sea transport covers about 95% of trade, expanded but are far from reaching the agreed
in the EU about 70-90%, and in the USA at goal of a 10% coverage. Fisheries continue toleast 40%. The global ballast water protocol has expand with at least 75% of all stocks fished at or
been put in place through IMO and related beyond their biological limits, although 90% of
industries, creating a subsidiary industry valued FAO member states have developed fisheries
at 35 billion USD, and the Port State Control management plans, and improved management
mechanism has expanded.
has been put in operation in several nations.
Enhanced understanding of processes has Regional arrangements have been established tobeen achieved through Large Marine ensure the implementation of existing
Ecosystem projects with global coverage, and international agreements, for instance, between
much capacity building. These have elucidated the Pacific Island States and the distant fishingthe impact of land reclamation and the runoff fleet nations, and the EU has launched directivesof nutrients, which alters the balance of major with similar aims. Illegal, unregulated andnutrients and leads to a change in plankton unreported fishing continues. However, 80% of
species and production. These projects have member states have specified plans to address it.
demonstrated the large, often negative Systematic ocean observation and surveillance
consequences this has for fisheries, with the have increased, in particular through the ARGO
warming of regions and its possible impacts, as
float program, but the Global Ocean Observing

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System needs further strengthening. The
importance of the ocean in climate andsocio-economic contexts has been fully
acknowledged, as shown by recent evaluationsof the IPCC and the first globally integrated
ocean assessment decided by the WSSD in
2002, and initiated through the presentation in2009 of an Assessment of Assessments.
International global cooperative research
programs have shown that human activities are
influencing ocean conditions and functions at alevel seriously threatening our life-support
system: the ocean is warming, with changes insalt and freshwater distributions, ocean
stratification, circulation and acidification,
nutrient inputs from land leading to excessorganic production and many dead zones,
changes and large decline in fish stocks,
migration patterns and food availability, losses
in biodiversity and critical habitats. We face
many uncertainties as to the effects, thesynergism, the feedback to society, bifurcations
and irreversibility. In the Arctic, warming fromabove and below has led to almost ice freesummers. This has opened transport routes andpossibilities for the exploitation of resources,
including oil and gas, which has expanded into
depths of 3000-4000m. However, our ability to
manage risks does not seem to have increased ata matching level. The changes may also imply
alterations of deepwater formation processes athigh latitudes. Ocean governance should ensurethat we obtain satisfactory risk management aswell as knowledge of ocean deepwater
circulation. These points are underlined by theincreasing potential for ocean mining of
nodules for metals such as cobalt, copper,
manganese, and nickel, as well as of deposits ofphosphate and sulfide. Many applications tostart operations are in the pipeline, in particularin the Pacific region.
The pollution of coastal areas, the shelf seas
and the open ocean is a growing concern. Largeamounts of leftovers from ocean operations,much of it plastic material, have been observed
floating at subsurface levels in some ocean
basins. The pollution of coastal and regionalseas by garbage and litter is substantial,
matching what is found on many beaches. At
the same time, the use of coastal areas has
increased, from growing urbanization, maritime
transport and tourism to the extraction of clean
energy from tidal currents, wind and waves.

The use of plastic material since the 1960s andits long decay time has led to such material
being found practically everywhere in the ocean.
In the marine environment its gradualbreakdown results in micro-size particles which
attract dissolved organic material as pesticides.
The particles are taken in by fish and theharmful material may be returned to man
through food. The deep ocean is the largest
reservoir of genetic resources, and ocean
biotechnology is growing fast. Many new
substances of potential use for developing drugs
and other pharmaceutical products have been
identified. New types of antibiotics of greatneed, and molecular entities to address bacterial
diseases can result. Ocean governance is needed
to ensure that this development has a scientificbasis and follows sustainable development andprecautionary principles, especially in view ofour very limited knowledge of the function insustainable development. Application andthe life-supporting system of the vast deep sea
implementation of the Convention together
ecosystem. (2)Proper use of ocean services requires good with other related agreements could lead to thegovernance of the ocean as a whole, which sustainable development of the ocean andincludes the coastal and shelf seas. Despite possibly other realms, within the limits
improvements there is a strong need for awareness imposed by the biosphere and the ecosystemcreation and education about the ocean and its services. The potentially stimulating role of therole for society, as well as developments of related Convention on the Law of the Sea for urgently
professional abilities over sectors and disciplines. needed policy agreements and implementation
The World Maritime University constitutes an should not be underestimated.
example. The Convention on the Law of the Sea,
which entered into force in November 1994,
References
exactly 2 decades ago, was in 2012 reconfirmed by(1) Ocean Policy Studies, no.3, July 2006
the United Nations General Assembly as(2) Sustainable Oceans in the Twenty-firstproviding international law for the conservation
Century, S. Arico, editor, Cambridgeand sustainable use of the ocean, its resources andUniversity Press, in press 2014, overall
services. The Convention includes the Common
reference for most of the text.
Heritage of Mankind and its principles: an ethical,
environmental, economic, and a peace and security
dimension. These principles also form the basis forConcentrated Inspection Campaign ofPort State Control in 2014 & 2015
Masashi Sugomori
Japan PSC Office(Japan, 2010)

Management of a crew’s fatigue is a fundamental approach to reducing maritime disasters,such as collisions and groundings, as well as
maintaining the health condition of the crew.
The Manila amendment to the STCW Convention, which came into force on January 1, 2012,
was reviewed in line with the requirements of the
Maritime Labour Convention, (MLC 2006).
Mandatory hours of rest laid down in the
STCW as amended are more stringent than
before, and the recording of working and resting
hours must be done in a proper manner to allow
the ship’s master to monitor each crew member.
However, these requirements are actually quite aheadache for shipowners arranging proper manning onboard.
Tokyo MOU (Memorandum of Understanding on Port State control in the Asia-PacificRegion) conducts a concentrated inspection
campaign from September 1 - November 30
every year, in conjunction with Paris MOU andthe other PSC regional regimes. This year, bothTokyo and Paris MOU decided to concentrateon this area, taking into consideration the effective implementation of the Manila amendment
to the STCW.
The CICs always use a questionnaire in addition to the normal PSC inspection. CIC 2014
on hours of rest consists of the ten questions
below:or “N/A (not applicable)”. As of the end of
October, of all the questions, the one with thehighest response of non-compliance (“No”) wasquestion No. 5 (approx. 17 % of total inspections
during the CIC).
The results of CIC 2014 will be published on
the Tokyo MOU website in due course.
For your further information, the next CIC
topic in 2015, “Crew Familiarization for
Enclosed Space Entry” has just been agreed uponby the 25th Tokyo MOU PSC Committee in
1. Is a watch schedule posted in an easily acces- November 2014 in Queenstown, New Zealand.
sible area?
This topic was chosen due to the amendment to
2. Is the ship manned in accordance with Regulation 19, Chapter III of the SOLAS ConMSMD or an equivalent document?
vention that will come into force on January 1,
3. Are there records of daily hours of rest for 2015. Tokyo and Paris MOU chose this topic
each watchkeeper?
for the campaign, as fatalities of the enclosed
4. Have the records in Qu 3 been endorsed by space entry have never decreased. New drill
an appropriate person?
requirements on enclosed space entry and its
5. Are records related to hours of rest being rescue operations shall be conducted every tworecorded correctly?
months, and CIC 2015 will also be targeting its
6. Do rest periods for all watchkeeping person- effective implementation.
nel comply with STCW requirements,
I hope safety will improve through theseincluding the weekly requirements of rest?
activities.
7. Will the watchkeepers on the first and subsequent watch after departure have sufficient
time to rest?
8. Is there evidence that on-call seafarers receive
adequate compensatory rest periods if
disturbed by call-outs to work?
9. Do the records indicate that a bridge lookout
is being maintained?
10. Was the ship detained as a result of thisCIC?
All the questions are answered by “Yes”, “No”

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New Members of WMU Sasa

Bangladesh
S15060 (MLP)

Cameroon
S15059 (PM)Colombia
S15057(SML)

Md Nasir Uddin Chowdhury

Mukund Gujar

Assistant Manager, Secretariat
Bangladesh Shipping Corporation

Commandant ( JG)
Operations, Indian Coast Guard

By attending WMU, I have great expectations to gain
knowledge and expertise in maritime affairs and contribute to
the efficient operation and development of the Bangladesh
Shipping Corporation and participate in maritime related
national policy formulation. Besides, to be a student at WMU isa great privilege, sharing and interacting with students comingfrom all over the world and benefitting from each others'
experiences.

India
S15062 (MSEA)

Buo Ngha Gerard

Nanditya Darma Wardhana

Research Officer, Maritime Affairs
Ministry of Transport

Officer for Directorate of Navigation
Directorate of Navigation, Directorate General of Sea Transportation
Ministry of Transportation

I promise to use the knowledge gained at WMU to help themaritime industry of my country, especially the new ports
being built in Kribi, and soon Limbe. I wish to help in the fightagainst piracy in shipping, marine accidents, and pollution, as
well as highlight the importance of women in maritime affairs,
for the benefit of my country.

Sadaharu Koga

First Lieutenant, Colombian Navy

Official, Maritime Bureau
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

At WMU, I look forward to learning about the shipping businessand how international shipping companies work, in order toachieve an ICS certificate in the future.
When I go back to Colombia I would like to share all myknowledge with my country’s new seafarers and the maritime
society, in order to enhance and promote the maritime sector ofColombia.

I have three goals while at WMU. The first is to obtainfundamental knowledge regarding relevant instruments of
IMO. The second is to improve my English skills to attend
IMO meetings in the future. The last is to make friends fromaround the world, which will be the greatest assets of my life.
Japan
S15015 (MSEA)

Mohamed Nabil El nabawi Abd el hadi Bahriz

Maki Tominaga

Marine lecturer, Marine technology
Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport

Staff, Education and Training Division
Administration Department, Japan Coast Guard

I want to learn Maritime Management, Maritime Economics,
Shipping Management and Logistics at WMU, plus I want tolearn about Swedish culture. When I come back to Egypt, I want
to share my knowledge with my colleagues, students and the
Egyptian administration.

I am looking forward to meeting all my unique classmates withdifferent backgrounds. I would like to establish an enduring
human network, which will enable me to have a broader
perspective on things. After graduation, I hope I can deal withmaritime safety and security issues that the world and Japan
may face, using the network and skills gained at WMU.

Egypt

GuatemalaS15017 (MET)

Indonesia
S15068 (MLP)

During my studies at WMU I would like to obtain valuableknowledge concerning maritime affairs, especially thoserelated to international regulations/conventions and bestinternational practices. I will use said knowledge to assist myorganization to enhance the safety of navigation and marine
environmental protection in Indonesian waters.

Jose Luis Archila

Japan
S15018 (MSEA)

S15058 (PM)Gambia
S15067 (MSEA)

Growing maritime challenges in the Indian Ocean and otherparts of the world necessitate amendments to existingprocedures, legislations and processes, and effective implementation towards safer, secure and cleaner oceans. Post graduation, asa Coast Guard officer my priority would be to assess andinculcate knowledge gained at WMU to bring about positivechanges in the Indian maritime domain for effective SAR,
anti-piracy measures, effective surveillance and pollution
response, HNS related measures.

Kulay Manneh

Juma Ahmed Ali

Deputy Director of Marine & Harbours Services
The Gambia Ports Authority

Assistant Trade Facilitation Officer
Commercial Shipping Department, Kenya Maritime Authority

1. Specialize in Maritime Safety and Environmental Administration
2. Make significant contributions towards the improvement ofmaritime safety of my country
3. Advise public/private maritime organizations on the maritime
environment/ocean management issues
4. Advocate in collaboration with the National Environment Agency
for the establishment of a sustainable port reception facility
5. Be involved in sensitization and training of employees on safe
practices and marine environment protection.

I plan to go back to my organization, which is the maritime
regulator, and assist in the development of the maritime sector,
which is currently undergoing transformation. I will assist in
the development of policies which will increase local participation in the maritime sector, improve transport efficiency, andprotection and the sustainable use of the environment.

Kenya
S15055 (SML)

Edwynn Alejandro Raxon

Said Mata Khamis

Guatemalan Navy Officer, Directorship of Maritime Affairs
Ministry of National Defense

Principal Internal Auditor (Operations)
Head of Internal Audit & Risk Management, Kenya Ports Authority

Guatemala ratified the STCW convention in 2003. The Navy, as
Maritime Authority, has started to generate officers withknowledge in maritime necessities. STCW is mandatory and ourpriority. That’s the reason why my government supported me inapplying for a scholarship at WMU, and gave me permission toattend the MET for the implementation of the STCW
convention in Guatemala.

At WMU, I want to get an understanding of different aspects
of Port Management, general maritime developments bothtechnical and commercial. I will provide advisory services tomy company, country and maritime industry at large on thecurrent development challenges faced by the industry.
I will continue advocating for co-existence between man andthe ocean by networking with other fellowship graduates.

Kenya
S15086 (PM)6kawa Fellowship, Class of 201522 new Sasakawa Fellowship Students in the class of 2015 have joined
the WMU Academic Program in the middle of September, 2014. Thesestudents are experts in their own right and expected to excel in theirchosen maritime courses under the stringent supervision of the bestexperts in the world in the maritime field. Upon the completion of theircourses, their new knowledge and skills shall contribute further toenhance their countries’ maritime community.

Myanmar
S15064 (MET)

Panama
S15013 (PM)Philippines
S15056 (MLP)

Philippines
S15061 (MET)Sri Lanka
S15065 (MSEA)

Specialization Courses

MET: Maritime Education & Training
MLP: Maritime Law & Policy

MSEA: Maritime Safety & Environmental Administration
PM: Port Management

SML: Shipping Management & Logistics

MEOM: Marine Environmental & Ocean Management

Hla Ohn Mar Htay

Ranil Jayantha Mahawatta Arachchilage

Instructor, Department of Workshop Technology
Myanmar Mercantile Marine College

Staff Assistant (Executive Grade III), Logistics Department
Ceylon Shipping Corporation, Ltd.

I want to learn both theoretical and practical knowledge in themaritime field, and I expect to gain the best education from
WMU. After graduation, I plan to return to my home country
and share my newly gained expertise. I will also try as much as I
can to provide my organization and my country's needs in themaritime field with the latest IMO standards.

I would like to study Shipping Management & Logistics at
WMU, which covers Ship Chartering and Sales & Purchase,
Maritime Commercial Law, Bills of Lading, etc. I intend to doresearch into dry and wet bulk ship chartering, management
and operations, based on secondary sources. This will enable
me to fill the vacuum of theoretical knowledge in the said areasin our organization.

Sri Lanka
S15066 (SML)

Melissa Danella Barria

Surasak Changjul

Chief, Quality Management Area
Office of the General Director of Ports and Maritime Auxiliary Industries
Panama Maritime Authority

Government Ship Surveyor, Marine Department Office 3, Phetchaburi Branch
Marine Department, Ministry of Transport of Thailand

I am really looking forward to acquiring the necessary
knowledge to succeed in the maritime field, as my government
expects of me. I also want to gain experience from the faculty
and my colleagues at WMU. My plan after graduation is tocontinue working in the port management directorate, and if
possible, in the legal affairs area.

Thailand
S15014 (MSEA)

I will integrate WMU knowledge and experience with myduties in developing the Thailand Port State Control
Department. There are many conventions that the Thai
Government did not ratify as national law, so I will support our
maritime authority in this. I also can represent my country atinternational meetings concerning maritime issues.

Fatima Aleli Angeles

Diana Arielle Virginia Henry

Commander, Coast Guard Legal Service (former)
Lieutenant Commander, Coast Guard Legal Service
Philippine Coast Guard

Assistant Maritime Administrator (Safety)
Maritime Services Division, Ministry of Transport

After graduation, I shall continue to be in contact with the vast andvaluable Sasakawa Fellows’ network. Equipped with the knowledge
that I have acquired from WMU, I will endeavor to find legitimate
solutions should there be any issues involving maritime disputes or any
concerns relating to maritime affairs and relations between States
which may involve my country. As members of the Sasakawa Fellows'
network, I believe we may be of help to our respective countries towork on a common goal: the betterment of the maritime realm.

Trinidad and Tobago
S15063 (SML)The knowledge obtained in Maritime Safety and Environmental Administration will be an excellent tool for thedevelopment of my country's maritime sector. It is a wonderful
opportunity to gain new experiences and also friends from allover the world, thus forging lasting relationships and vital
linkages for cooperation in the global maritime community.

Christine Pauline Bergano Diciano

Chihebeddine Badir

Former Commander, Coast Guard Procurement Service and Staff & Pilot,
Coast Guard Air Group, Philippine Coast Guard

Harbour Officer, Harbour Office, SFAX Port
Office of Merchant Marine and Ports Authority

I will strongly advocate opportunities of continued collaboration and enhancement of the Sasakawa Fellows’ Network
through continuous education, research, capacity building
measures and dynamic commitment towards the progression of
oneself and the organization I am called to serve. I will pursue
valuable initiatives to develop my role in national development,
regional commitments and global maritime progress.

Studying at WMU is a great opportunity to show me the realneeds of the maritime industry. It will also help me to acquireessential contacts within the international maritime arena. I
will use the knowledge gained to strive for better environmental protection and safety measures in my country. In addition, I
will enhance my national responsibilities towards effective
maritime development.

Tunisia
S15012 (MSEA)

J.M. Buddhika S.J. Jayaweera

Cao Hong Quan

Deputy Director Personnel & Administration, Commander
Personnel & Administration, Sri Lanka Coast Guard

Vietnam National Shipping Lines

I'm looking forward to acquiring as much knowledge from thebest scholars in the world at WMU and making lifelong
contacts with fellow mariners. I’m determined to utilize my
acquired knowledge to enhance the safety and all aspects ofmaritime administration in the maritime domain of Sri Lanka,
through the Sri Lanka Coast Guard after graduation.

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Viet Nam
S15019 (SML)

With a coastline of 3,260 kms, Vietnam is striving to become apowerful and rich coastal nation. As a member of Vinalines, I
am trying to contribute a tiny part towards the maritime
economic development of my country. After graduating fromthe shipping management and logistics program at WMU, I
will transfer my new knowledge to colleagues and people who
are working or learning in the maritime sector.

10th Heads of Asian
Coast Guard Agencies
Meeting (HACGAM)
The 10th HACGAM was held on September 30th in Yokohama. Attendants reconfirmed the role of this meeting, which was initiated with thecooperation of The Nippon Foundation, and agreed to continue activities
in the five areas the meeting has been promoting since the India
HACGAM in 2012. These areas are: search and rescue, environmental
protection, countermeasures for natural disasters, prevention and control
of unlawful acts at sea, and capacity building. The leaders from 13 countries and one region met with Prime Minister Abe and Mr. Sasakawa onthat day. Participating in the meeting were the following WMU
Sasakawa Fellows: Ms. Retno Windari (Indonesia, 2001), Mr. Thanatip
Jantarapakde (Thailand, 1998), Mr. Damrongkiat Kiatopas (Thailand,2011), Mr. Mohd Rosli Abdullah（Malaysia, 2008）, Mr. Ryoji Hayashi(Japan, 2002), and Mr. Yasuhiro Okamoto（Japan, 2009）.
Friends of WMU, Japan Secretariat
Ocean Policy Research Foundation

Le Nam Tran (Vietnam, 2009)
I am delighted to share our joy at the arrival of our son with mydear Sasakawa Fellows around the world. He was born on July 08,
2014, at the Haiphong Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital. He is
named Tran Le Dang Khoi, with our hopes that he will become ahandsome, intelligent person with great talent. His nickname isSoc, meaning “squirrel”. It’s a lovely name, isn’t it?
Our newborn angel spreads new smiles and warmth throughout
our family, as we’ve waited many years for him – 13 years, to be

Toru Eguchi (Japan, 2009)
My first child was born on August 10, 2014. We named her“Momoka”, which means “hundred flowers” in Japanese kanji.
“Momo” also has another meaning, “peach”, which arrives insummer and is also believed to have the power to ward off evil andmisfortune.
When she was born, I literally flew to meet her. My wife hadgone back to her (and my) hometown two months before ourbaby’s due date to prepare for the delivery with the help of herparents and relatives.

exact, since the birth of our daughter. Now, we have a “princess”
and a “prince”, a daughter followed by a son, which in Vietnam,
means we got an A+! We fully and deeply understand that ourchildren bring us not only happiness but also responsibilities. We
have been working hard to give them a better life, and we will try
to raise them as good and useful persons in society.
Finally, I would like to give my special thanks to Dr. Sasakawa
for allowing me to become a 2009 Sasakawa Fellow. I also would
like to thank the Friends of WMU for always connecting us
Sasakawa Fellows.
On that day, I received a call from my mother-in-law saying thatmy wife was about to give birth. I immediately left my house inTokyo and got on a plane.
Since this was our first child, everyone thought the delivery
would take a long time. So, I was supposed to be there sharing the
moment of birth with my wife. Unfortunately, or perhaps I should
say fortunately, the delivery was so easy that our baby was bornwhile I was still on the plane.
I can’t express how much gratitude and love I feel towards mywife for giving birth to such a healthy and “kawaii” baby, and to
Momoka for bringing us such great happiness.

WMU welcomes new Assistant Registrar

We were delighted to welcome Peter Marriott to the Registry
team on October 1, 2014. Pete has been appointed as Assistant
Registrar (Student Records) and will be responsible for the newRegistry student record system as well as having oversight ofadmissions and enrolment.
Pete, 33, and his partner, Louise, have moved to Malmö from
London, where he worked at Tower Hamlets College, firstly as Faculty
Administrator and then as Quality Data Analyst. Pete has also worked at the
University of the West of England in Bristol, as a teacher of business English in
China and also spent a year as a rock climbing specialist in Canada. He holds a
BSc in Actuarial Science from the University of Kent, and an MSc in BusinessIntelligence and Analytics from the University of Westminster.
“WMU looks like a really interesting place to work,” Pete said, “and I’mlooking forward to new challenges in the context of an international
community. The Sasakawa Fellowship programme clearly has created a uniqueglobal network that plays a vital role in building global capacity and economic
development, and so I’m very interested in meeting the Fellows in the next few
months.”
Outside work, Pete is looking forward to experiencing Sweden’s rock-climbing
opportunities. He is keen on sport of all kinds, but especially cricket.

Just one year has passed since typhoon Yolanda wreaked havoc in thePhilippines. We heard the news just at the time we were in the middle of ourregional conference for Sasakawa Fellows in Accra, Ghana, in November lastyear. According to the news, Leyte Island suffered the most damage. The
National Maritime Polytechnic (NMP) is located in Leyte, and many WMU
graduates were working there, including some Sasakawa Fellows. After returning
to Japan from Ghana, I attempted to contact them several times, and I remember
feeling very anxious about not being able to reach them whatsoever.
The Maritime Technical College (MTC) that I belong to has a longassociation with this NMP. MTC has maintained a long-term commitment to
NMP in providing support in teaching materials, as well as promoting exchanges
with teaching staff, and this added to our concern as each day passed.

An investigation team from Japan was later sent to Leyte to provide relief andsupport, and MTC was able to dispatch some teaching staff as personnel. We
finally got an overall picture of the damages and felt somewhat relieved.
It was then decided that MTC would assist in providing general support for
NMP in areas such as the restoration of teaching materials and thereconstruction of the school.
Although it has been 12 years since I left WMU, I feel a tremendous sense of
joy to be able to work together with the graduates of WMU again. At the sametime, I have come to keenly believe that we in the maritime industry are closely
connected with one another throughout the world.

Susan Jackson

Registrar, World Maritime University

Prof. Toshio Hikima
Marine Technical College

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