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Category: <span>Cruise</span>

VIKAND Welcomes New Advisory Board Members

Date: 10th March 2022 Maritime Medical and Public Health specialist VIKAND has appointed two new Directors to its Advisory Board to help guide the company on its strategic direction and ambitious growth plans. Raphael Sauleau has 25 years’ experience in the private wealth and maritime sectors. After 15 years at V.Ships as its Director of…

The Value of Having a Public Health Officer Onboard

By David Best, Director of Public Health It is often said that a bad day sailing is a hundred times better than a good day at work. Surely, the truth behind this saying has been tested over the course of the last two years as the challenges associated with sailing during the pandemic have exhausted…

VIKANDER Profile: Dave Bull

It’s fitting that Lawrence of Arabia is Welshman, Dave Bull’s, favorite movie for he is an epic kind of gent. The architect of VIKAND’s maritime telehealth solution with collaborators FrontM and Inmarsat, Dave has been on the cusp of operations and management of ever faster-evolving technology for three decades. He likes to say, “Jungle, Snow…

The Benefits of Public Health Training

By David Best, Director of Public Health The role of a Public Health Officer (PHO) onboard a cruise ship these days must feel a little like being the Mandalorian. In case you’re not familiar with the protagonist of the streaming, and captivating, television series, the Mandalorian is a fictional character from the Star Wars franchise.…