Digital Ship Cyprus - Vessel Performance Optimisation
Digital Ship held their annual seminar in Limassol on the 14th March 2019 at the Carob Mill venue.
This year's theme was Vessel Performance Optimisation and MSM's Captain Adami participated with a presentation called "Vessel Performance Monitoring in Cyprus" which focused on the future digitalisation requirements and its consequences within the shipping industry.

MV Blue Ocean under MSM management
MV Blue Ocean, a general cargo vessel, was transferred to MSM full management on January 25th, 2019.
The vessel is scheduled to be trading in Papua New Guinea under its current charter.
MV Black Rhino to trade in Mauritius
As previously announced MSM has purchased a general cargo vessel, MV Black Rhino, which will trade in between Mauritius islands.
The vessel was transferred to MSM management on the 11th December, 2018.

CSC Career Fair: Shipping “A Sea of Careers”
The first Career Fair, "Shipping – A Sea of Careers", took place on Sunday, November 18, at the Carob Mill venue, in Limassol.
The event was organised by the Cyprus Shipping Chamber and several of the Chamber’s Member-Companies, Academic Institutions and Organisations participated and were ready to inform the public about career choices and opportunities within the Shipping Industry. The opening ceremony of the event was attended by the Shipping Deputy Minister, the Ministry of Education and Culture, Limassol Mayor and other officials.
The implementation of the first Shipping Career Fair , is part of a continuous and wider effort of the Shipping Chamber to educate young people who have a keen interest in professions linked with the Maritime Sector, as well as, the need to continually reconfirm that modern maritime education is the key to stabilise and grow the Shipping Industry and be able to maintain its pace of progress and expansion.
MSM's Captain Adami held a very informative presentation focusing on the future HR need of young shipping professionals in Cyprus.

MSM joins forces with Mauritius Shipping Corporation
It is with great pleasure we announce that Mastermind Shipmanagement Ltd. have reached a shipping agreement with the Government of Mauritius, where part of the agreement is to run their inter-island cargo operations as from January 2019.
For this purpose MSM have purchased a dedicated vessel which will fly the Cyprus Flag, although it will be trading locally within the Mauritian waters.
Just like Cyprus, The Republic of Mauritius is an island nation who’s government puts shipping high on their agenda. The country includes Mauritius and Rodrigues islands together with another two smaller islands, altogether having a population of roughly 1.2 million.
Mr Jawa Lallchand, the Chairman of Mauritius Shipping Corporation, and his wife visited Cyprus in September where, among other, a meeting with the Shipping Deputy Minister, Mrs Natasa Pilides and a visit to Eurogate Container Terminal was also held in order to elaborate further on how our two nations could cooperate in the future in regards to shipping, economics and education. Mr Lallchand, who is also a Chairperson in the National Ocean Council of Ministry of Ocean Economy, Marine Resources, Fisheries, Shipping and Outer Islands, said he would would welcome any fruitful future cooperation with Cyprus shipping cluster.
The charter party agreement between MSM and MSCL was signed on the 10th September at a ceremony at Amathus Hotel, which was followed by a festive dinner to celebrate the happy occasion.
Delivery of MV Blue Six
MSM expands their blue fleet with the latest addition, MV Blue Six, a general cargo vessel.
She was transferred to MSM full management on April 26th, 2018.

MSM welcomes their first cement vessel to the fleet
We are happy to announce that M/V Grace Peony was transferred into MSM full management on the 23rd January, 2018.
Grace Peony is a cement vessel and she is scheduled to trade in the Eastern Mediterranean under the Panama flag.
Shipdex presented at Cyprus Shipping Chamber meeting
Shipdex protocol has been presented during the January Cyprus Shipping Chamber meeting in Limassol (CY).
The presentation was made by the Shipdex Executive members: Capt. Adami (Mastermind Shipmanagement Ltd.), Mr. Lars Robert Pedersen (BIMCO) and Mr. Marco Vatteroni (Shipdex Consulting Ltd).

BIMCO joins forces with Shipdex to push digitalisation of data
BIMCO and Shipdex TM (www.shipdex.com) have signed an agreement to support the development and exchange of technical and logistic data across the shipping community, and to include BIMCO as an executive member of Shipdex TM steering committee.
The agreement was signed at BIMCO Head office, Copenhagen by Lars Robert Pedersen, BIMCO Deputy Secretary General and representatives from the original nine executive members – Grimaldi Group S.P.A., Mastermind Shipmanagement Ltd., Alfa Laval Tumba AB, MacGregor Group AB, Man Diesel & Turbo SE, Shipdex Consulting Ltd, Yanmar Company Ltd., G&C Shipping Ltd. and Rolls Royce PLC.
For further information, please see pdf: SHIPDEX press release
MV Blue Antares joins MSM Fleet
We are happy to welcome M/V Blue Antares into our "Blue" fleet. She was transferred into MSM full management on the 13 June, 2017.

