From the very first day of its operation to the present day, Pemptousia brings together science and culture with the authentic Christian tradition. Shipping is incessantly interwoven with Greek history and culture since ancient times. The scientific approach and teaching of shipping in the classrooms highlights the utmost importance of the development and inner formation of the human personality. The contact between Shipping and the principles of Orthodox spiritual life could open the horizons for a new field of inter-scientific dialogue between shipping and theology in a productive and highly promising perspective.

Thus, Pemptousia is sailing to new horizons with the creation of the Shipping Section. This voyage is led by experienced scientists and professionals who contribute to the editing of this interesting new field.

First article: The anthropology of Marine Labour

The International Workshop on Maritime Academies was organized by the European Commission via ECORYS at the Headquarters of the Italian Coast Guard in Rome on April 22nd 2016. Professors I.Pachoundakis and S.Spyrou participated in the workshop and advocated the adoption of the distance learning in the European Maritime Education Institutions.

The goal of the workshop was to deliberate on the policies and strategies needed for the collaboration in the field of Maritime Education between the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Libanon, Turkey) and the EU member states (Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, Greece).

The Workshop was organized by:

Download the final report of the European Commission:

Maritime Academies – Final Report and annexes_template EC_0

On April 21st 2016, Mons. Paul Tighe, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture of the Vatican met with professors I.Pachoundakis and S.Spyrou as part of an educational visit to Rome, Italy.

The purpose of the meeting was to acknowledge the paramount contribution of the Catholic Church to World Culture and Education, as well as its contribution to Humanity though its social policies.

With the support of the Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See in Greece:

As part of the Xinis Education Festival 2016, a training seminar on Marine Diversity Management was presented to over 120 students of Shipping Studies in Piraeus by the representative of the Institute of International Nautical Studies prof. I.Pachoundakis on March 29th.

The programme “Shipping Management” of the Dept. of Economics of the Univesity of Piraeus and the academic coordinators I.Pachoundakis and S.Spyrou, founded and participate in the Blue Career Centre for the Eastern Mediterranean along with:

• the Merchant Marine Department of the Ministry of Transport of Cyprus,
• the University of Cyprus,
• the Cypriot Chamber of Commerce,
• the Cyprus Maritime Academy,
• the Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport,
• the National Technical University of Athens,
• the Jordan Academy for Maritime Studies
• Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport
• the Al-Manar University Lebanon,
• the Istanbul Technical Univesity
• Chair: Maritime Institute of Eastern Mediterranean

The Blue Career Center for the Eastern Mediterranean was founded on the initiative of Ecorys (Brussels) on behalf of the European Commission to contribute to the creation of sustainable development and jobs in the eastern Mediterranean region within the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Maritime Policy and Fisheries.

The Institute of International Nautical Studies sponsors the organization of the Xinis Education Festival 2016, an educational institution with more than 140 free seminars to be held from March to June 2016 in Athens, Piraeus, Glyfada and Thessaloniki.

On March 29, 2016 at 18:00, a lecture on “Marine Diversity Management – Management of Multiculturalism in Shipping” by Prof. Isidoros Pachoudakis will take place at the Xinis Group in Piraeus (39, Philonos Street).

On March 2nd 2016, the Hellenic Yacht Crew Association announced the commenced of a broad collaboration with Instructors I.Pachoundakis and S.Spyrou in the training and certification of the Officers and members of the Association. The General Session of HYCA was held at the Yacht Club of Greece with the participation of the Association Board of Directors and representatives of the Institute.

Organised by: