On November 5, representatives of the Swiss ‘Suisse-Atlantique’ shipping company visited the office of the Marine Transport Workers’ Trade Union of Ukraine.
Among the guests were Crew Manager David Martinez, and the company’s representative in Ukraine, director of the Total ShipManagement crewing company Valeriy Makoed.
The history of Suisse-Atlantique dates back to 1941. Since then, the company has built and managed a large number of vessels, mainly Bulk carriers. The company is proud of its traditions and its slogan is: “Small enough to be flexible, large enough to be professional.”
The company has been hiring Ukrainian seafarers for more than 30 years and has today about 130 officers and ratings onboard.
The guests got acquainted with the capacities of the Maritime Union Center, where each Trade Union member has the opportunity to improve his or her professional and soft skills. Since its foundation in 2018, the Center has hosted hundreds of training projects: seminars, lectures and workshops, where thousands of young professionals received additional knowledge and consequently professional opportunities.
Also, Oleg Grygoriuk told about the Union Dent initiative implemented by the Trade Union together with the German partner ver.di. Thanks to the program, seafarers are granted access to free-of-charge dental services, which is a critical necessity for seafarers.
