The Student Forum of the International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU) was being held at the headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London from 11 till 13 July, 2017. Generally, a similar event has already become traditional for the Association and Universities, including NU «OMA» in particular.

The Forum brought together 60 students representing educational institutions in more than 30 countries apart from organisers and tutors of working groups. The forum’s theme “Connecting Ships, Ports and People” was dedicated to the Word Maritime Day 2017.

Kitack Lim, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) made a welcoming speech, emphasizing that people who are connected with the sea in one way or another, can always change their life course, but each of them has a wide range of alternatives, though those who have a somewhat different attitude to the maritime industry. He noted that understanding of the maritime complex as a whole requiring a sustainable cooperation with various sectors of maritime business was to play an important role in such mobility.

Besides, introductory statements were made by Takeshi Nakazawa, Executive Director of the International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU) and the representative of the Nippon Foundation – the main sponsor of the Association.

Аll students were divided into 5 groups and distributed depending on the occupation and geographic location of their institution. In two days, the participants held active discussions, presented ideas and highlighted the general issues of the maritime industry. Consequently, each group presented its project on the proposed topic containing the ways of their solution.

Kozachenko Nikolay, a cadet of the 5th course of the Maritime Law and Management Faculty was the representative on behalf of NU «OMA». He was involved in the work of the group that considered the problematic issues of port and coastal services. Many ideas were suggested and considered including the problems of mutual understanding between seamen and coastal services, the problems of ports as well as dangerous cyber security trends.