sing how they impact on SSS trades.

Prof. Orestis Schinas, who delivered a

presentation on the required profitability

of SSS, in order to attract the interest of

the investors, represented HSBA.

You can find more information on the

conference here.

At the European Short Sea Shipping

(SSS) 2015 conference, organised by

the Copenhagen Business School, there

was a detailed focus on the three main

priorities of Motorways of the Sea, na-

mely environment, relevance to the inter-

national logistics chain, and safety and

the human element, particularly asses-

European SSS Conference 2015 In This Issue...

■  ■ European SSS Conference■  ■ Shipping Economics and Finance Masterclass■  ■ Students Visits in London, Dubai and Piraeus■  ■ MBA Shipping Enrolment Update■  ■ SPNH Event

‚Certificate of Achievement‘ on comple-

tion of a lively and thoughtful case study

presentation and assessment exercise

which was moderated by Prof Schinas.

An HSBA ‘Certificate of Accreditation‘

was also available as an option to parti-

cipants who were prepared to complete

a post course assignment project.

Lots of very solid and topical learning

was achieved with high feedback sco-

res for the course content and speakers.

Participants then headed for the course

farewell reception at a nearby rooftop

venue overlooking Singapore harbour

and the Straits of Malacca. All in all, a

great start to the SeaProf/HSBA exe-

cutive training collaboration. There will

undoubtedly be more to follow in sup-

port of Singapore’s goal to become the

home of the world’s leading maritime

cluster.

The new SeaProf/HSBA Masterclass,

took place in Singapore from 11 – 13

May 2015 and was both well attended

and well received. A total of 17 partici-

pants from high profile shipping compa-

nies and banks were engaged in inter-

active learning and discussions led by

Prof Orestis Schinas, HSBA’s Head of

Shipping and Finance.

Topics included a review of shipping

market fundamentals and trade econo-

mics, the various methods of financing

ships, loan calculations, the acquisition

of tonnage, ship leasing (delivered by

Guest Speaker, Mr Philip Clausius of

Transport Capital Pte Ltd) and risk ma-

nagement.The course content was de-

livered at intermediate/advanced level

and was based on a sub module of the

HSBA Shipping MBA programme. Par-

ticipants were awarded with an HSBA

Shipping and Economics Masterclass in Singapore - a Singapore Success Story

First Open Day at the Ham-burg Chamber of CommerceFor the first time in its 350 ye-

ars of tradition, the Hamburg

Chamber of Commerce opened

its doors to the public in June -

with great success! More than

6.000 visitors came to take a

look at the historic building and

join in the many activities such

as a climbing wall or a treasu-

re hunt. As a daughter of the

Hamburg Chamber of Com-

merce, of course HSBA was

also there with a special Bu-

siness Speed Date. For more

impressions of this special day,

please visit here.

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HSBA Rowers Win the Hanse Boat Race 2015In five thrilling rowing compe-

titions, HSBA managed to de-

fend its lead against the Jacobs

University Bremen in its traditio-

nal yearly rowing competition in

Hamburg. The Men‘s Eight with

Cox of HSBA won against their

rowing rivals from Bremen with

two-and-a-half boat‘s lengths

on the Außenalster on 9 May

2015. The overall standing now

is 5:3 for Hamburg.

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EnrolmentThe MBA Shipping programme

is open to applicants with an

academic background. Appli-

cants with relevant professional

experience (e.g. Schifffahrts-

kaufmann) lacking a universi-

ty degree are admitted under

certain conditions. Together

with the VDR (The German Shi-

powners’ Association), HSBA

furthermore awards a full scho-

larship for a place on HSBA’s

MBA Shipping programme with

a value of 18,000 Euro. Appli-

cants must work at a company

that is a member of the VDR

(German Shipowners‘ Associ-

ation).

Regarding our next course

starting in October 2015, cur-

rently already 10 contracts

have been signed and more

than 15 applications are still

being processed. So most

probably we will soon be

look ing at a new record year!

For further information please

visit the MBA Shipping website!

Prof. Dr. Orestis SchinasHSBAAlter Wall 38D-20457 HamburgTel.: +49 (0)40 36 138 - 738Email: orestis.schinas@hsba.dewww.hsba.de

SPNH Event: Financial Risk Managementnagement Approach for Shipping Compa-

nies”. SPNH and HSBA became partners

at the beginning of this year and will initiate

more events in the future, where professi-

onals from all areas of the industry can get

together to network, socialize and learn

more about the shipping industry. SPNH

is currently in the process of planning a

summer event as well as a next joint event

with HSBA.

For further information, you can visit their

website, join their LinkedIn and Xing group

or send an email to hamburg@shipping-

network.co.uk.

On 16 April 2015 the Shipping Profes-

sional Network in Hamburg e.V. (SPNH)

hosted their third event in joint coope-

ration with the HSH Nordbank AG. The

premises of the HSH offered the 80

guests who attended a beautiful view on

the rooftops of Hamburg’s city center.

Mr. Christoph Matthews who has been

in charge of the risk advisory for mariti-

me clients at HSH since 2005 and Mr.

Sebastian Heddergott, head of bran-

ches for capital markets since 2012,

presented their views on the topic “Fi-

nancial Risk Management – Case Study

of implementing a Corporate Risk Ma-

and Tsakos Group in Piraeus, and dis-

cussed topics such as Islamic Finance,

non-IACS shipping and new concepts in

classification, as well as advanced finan-

cial concepts and legal procedures. Des-

pite the heavy programme, as more than

30 company visits were planned, there

was always time for a beer!

The students of MBA-Shipping pro-

gramme visited London in April and Du-

bai in May, as well as Piraeus in June.

During these three weeks, the students

visited facilities, such as DP World in

Jebel Ali and Al Khorfakkan in the UAE,

leading P&I Clubs, such as the UK P&I,

Skuld and West of England P&I in Lon-

don, listed companies, such as Paragon

Student Visits in London, Dubai and Piraeus