FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin In an era when ships are becoming more automated, communication more instantaneous, and crews more multicultural, one theme continues to resonate across the maritime industry – soft skills. During the 2025 Crew Welfare Week, a distinguished panel of industry leaders came together to explore this vital yet often overlooked dimension of maritime professionalism. Moderated by Capt. V.S. Parani, Vice President – Marine, Tufton Asset Management, the discussion brought together diverse voices: Capt. Pradeep Chawla, CEO and Founder of MarinePALS; Steven Gosling, Head of Information and Publications at The Nautical Institute; Rachit Jain, Managing Director, Safe Lanes Consultants; Capt. Konstantinos G. Karavasilis, Regional Director, Loss Prevention, UK P&I Club; Panagiotis Kourkoumelis, Training and Development Manager, Kyklades Maritime Corporation; and Lennart Ripke, Senior Consultant and Commercial Director, Green-Jakobsen. RelatedNews The human element at sea: Safety culture, psychological safety and leadership Future-ready seafarers: Bridging technical excellence and human competence var jnews_module_21355275_0_6a049a3433809 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21355275","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"3166,2329,262,2195","exclude_tag":"","