Remember the joys of recess in elementary school, when you would escape the confinement of the classroom for the delights of jumping rope or playing football? You did not think of those physical activities as exercise, you thought of them as fun. Then adulthood arrived and,...
When a seafarer joins a new ship, there are two people they want to get to know. The first person, of course, is the captain. The second is the cook. The cook is one of the most important people onboard. He has the power to...
WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Cybersecurity means protecting the security of all in- formation stored and processed on computers and electronic devices Threats to information security include: Malware (infections from USB sticks) Phishing (mass emails designed to illegally obtain sensitive information from the recipient) Targeted attacks (‘hackers’) ...
It is not a secret that healthy nutrition should play an important role in our life; it should. Poor nutrition can cause severe diseases and as many as 30-35% of carcinomas are caused by eating unhealthy food. And cancer lives and grows from sugar. The World Health...
Terminal velocity is the highest velocity attain- able by an object as it falls through a fluid (air is the most common example). It occurs when the sum of the drag force and the buoyancy is equal to the downward force of gravity acting on...
There is a large volume of young, well-educated and highly motivated cadets in Ukraine, who are dreaming about a career at sea on modern merchant vessels. We can give them the opportunity to gain experience as cadets on Uniteam Marine managed vessels as a part of...
Eating healthy foods and exercising regularly are challenges for almost everyone but especially if you are following a seafaring career. Sure, it is tough to find the time and motivation to devote to a healthy diet and exercise routine but the mental and physical benefits of...
Every year we host a special event in Yangon, Myanmar where we invite respected clients, officers and ratings to join us for a series of workshops and engagement sessions. This year the theme for our Owner & Officer Event was ‘People First’. In 2019 we will...
When the TH!NK Life Saving Rules were introduced in November 2016, some of the most important early feedback concerned the use of cell phones and other mobile devices. Many of our Captains considered that this was becoming a problem, so we started a “Don’t Get Distracted”...
Over the past four years, we have successfully hosted a series of engagement workshops with our officers in Yangon providing the opportunity to discuss new initiatives and current challenges. On 20 May 2019, Captain Thet Naing opened the latest workshop, supported by Uniteam Marine and Uniteam...