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In September 2023, Starlink was installed on board Almi Navigator during her drydock and after a trial period it was decided to go forward with installation for the entire fleet. The installation was completed within 2 months aboard the remaining 12 fleet vessels, the last vessel being Almi Voyager.

Starlink Maritime, an Elon Musk-led venture under SpaceX with approximately 3,300 low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites currently circling the planet at around 550 kilometers, presents a groundbreaking departure from traditional VSAT systems. Starlink delivers high-speed, low-latency internet both in-motion and while anchored. The on board Starlink connection will complement the company’s existing VSAT networks which encompass Fleet Xpress connectivity.

Almi Tankers IT Manager, Theofilos Vetsikas commented: “Crew welfare is one of our company’s priorities, and we always seek new ways and technologies that will improve our seafarers’ stay on board and make them feel more comfortable. We started this journey in 2016 with the Installation of ‘Fleet Xpress’ and we continue now with the installation of Starlink. Starlink will provide high quality internet connectivity to our people on board, similar to terrestrial speed. Communication with families and beloved persons will be much easier, streaming services will be available online as well as other online services. Apart from our seafarers’ satisfaction, we are going to use the bandwidth capabilities that the Starlink system provides for the better monitoring of our vessels and the improvement of other services already in place (Electronic Charts & E-NP updates, File Synchronisation etc.) as well as our IT infrastructure support.”

In July 2023, Almi Tankers was awarded a Certificate of Excellence ‘for being a trendsetter and industry leader in sharing data for effective risk analysis and empowering the organization to proactively mitigate risks for its fleet and seafarers.’  

HiLo’s industry-first, world-leading decision support system saves lives at sea. Its purpose is to identify and eliminate issues on the vessels that could lead to maritime disasters.  

Over 55 companies with 3500 vessels share their data with HiLo in return for life-saving insights . HiLo specialises in Maritime safety, Risk analysis and Innovative technology and they collect and analyse data from many sources including incident management systems, audits and equipment.  (https://www.hilomrm.com/)  

In the 4 years that Almi Tankers has been a part of Hilo and having been benchmarked against the whole tanker and crude fleet, Almi Tankers has been found to have:  

-With regards to navigation risk, for collisions, allisions, and grounding UDE risk and associated LE, ‘Almi Tankers operates with a vastly lesser risk than the rest of the tanker fleet. Whilst the UDE and LE risk of the tanker and crude fleet continues to rise very slowly, Almi’s continues to reduce slowly.’

-approximately 25% less UDE (Undesired Events)  

-approximately 25-30% less LE recorded (Leading Events)  

-Other risks, e.g Accident during personnel transfer, LOCP steam in the Engine Room, Ill health & Criminal/ security risks etc. the comparison to the rest of the tanker and crude fleet shows Almi Tankers carrying approximately 1/3 of the risk the main fleet has.

Captain Stylianos Dimouleas, CEO shared:   “We use the statistics to improve our understanding of the facts and eventually manage and minimise all the risks related to any incident.   Well done to the whole team, we always remain committed to Safety and Operational Integrity. We will continue to work with HiLo towards our common goal, an incident free industry.”

HiLo Certificate    

Almi Tankers is proud to announce that it has gained the ‘Investors in People – We invest in Wellbeing’ accreditation following an assessment conducted in June 2023 by Investors in People International (IIP).  

Captain Stylianos Dimouleas, CEO, shared: “We have considered the well-being of our people as a cornerstone of our ‘We care about our People’ culture since 2010, when we also launched our ‘Total Crew Welfare’ campaign. Working with IIP has given us an essential framework to build upon and develop our well-being strategy even further. We are extremely proud of this accreditation as it is a very important milestone and I want to congratulate all our people for this achievement!”  

The Investors in People (IIP) standard is a UK framework for improving business performance through the training, development and management of people that has achieved international recognition over its 30-year history helping over 50,000 organisations and 11 million people across the globe.  

As stated by Investors in People “Maintaining a healthy team is not only an ethical priority for organisations but has also been shown to reduce costs, sickness, accidents and absenteeism whilst improving profitability, turnover and staff  personnel retention. We assess how the health & wellbeing of your organisation is performing against our employee wellbeing framework, and we advise and support you on how to improve over time. Our wellbeing framework will help you identify where you are at in your wellbeing journey; by looking into the areas of physical, social and psychological wellbeing.”  

WiiW Certificate    

Almi Tankers is proud to announce that it has retained its Gold recognition according to the Investors in People standard following an assessment conducted in June 2023 by Investors in People International. This achievement could not have been accomplished without the willing and honest participation of all the Almi Tankers team members, whose continuous commitment to our Values & Behaviours as well as their efforts to work together as one team towards achieving our vision, have been invaluable.

Elpiniki Stylogianni, HR Manager shared: “We celebrate an important milestone, retaining our ‘We invest in People’ Gold Accreditation  and we are immensely happy to receive the acknowledgement from Investors in People that we are headed towards the Platinum accreditation! Our principles and practices that are the bedrock of our organisation have been once again independently validated and accredited by a globally recognised organisation. Our people are the heartbeat of our organisation and our commitment to culture and people remains unwavering. We look forward to making Almi Tankers an even greater place to work!”  

The Investors in People (IIP) standard is a UK framework for improving business performance through the training, development and management of people that has achieved international recognition over its 30-year history helping over 50,000 organisations and 11 million people across the globe. In 2023, Almi Tankers’ benchmark exceeded the IIP benchmark by 35 points and the Transportation and Storage sector average by a substantial 71 points while holding 12th place of 71 organisations in total in this sector. Almi Tankers was the first shipping company in Greece to hold a Gold accreditation from Investors in People. By maintaining this recognition, our team has accomplished an objective that was set at the establishment of the company in 2009 – the initial accreditation was achieved in July 2011 and renewed in 2014, 2017, 2020 and 2023. Our people have always played the most important part to our success and we pursued the Investors in People recognition in order to officially declare our commitment to helping our people fulfil their potential and recognise their contribution. We intend to future-proof our positive environment and culture as one of transparency and trust, in which our people bring their whole selves to work, drive our high performance and flourish.

Congratulations to the whole team!

IIP Press Release

Almi Tankers received a Commendation Letter on behalf of the Liberian Registry in June 2023 as a thank you to the whole team for the commitment to safety aboard the Almi Tankers fleet vessels.

The Liberian Registry congratulated Almi Tankers on achieving 10 years Flawless Port State Control Performance for Almi Odyssey and Almi Navigator and for the ‘exceptional accomplishment of remaining free of Lost Time Injuries for Almi Explorer, Almi Sky and Almi Sun’.

The above were communicated by the CEO, Captain Stylianos Dimouleas, to the team.

We are proud to report that Almi Tankers has had ZERO Port State Control Detentions fleet-wide since its establishment in 2009.

Well done to the whole team for their continuous efforts and commitment!

Commendation Letter pdf