PLW Associates (Marine) Ltd
e-mail: sean@plwmarine.co.uk
Sean Tarver, formerly
Research Fellow and Lecturer at Southampton Institute, Maritime Research
Centre, is currently an Associate of, and Consultant for, PLW Associates and
part-time Research Fellow at Southampton Institute. He has worked on a range of
EU funded projects, MARSK I, II & III; ECOPORT I & II; HANDIAMI and METNET and was the project
manager for the Feasability Study of the Wadden Sea as a PSSA, funded by the
Common Wadden Sea Secretariat.
BSc.(Hons) 2:1 Maritime Studies
PhD. Maritime Business and Administration
Subject Specialisms:
Skills and training in the
European Maritime Industries
Maritime Business
Navigation and safety at sea
Sean Tarver (2001)with JJE Williams “The MARSK II
Project: development of a system of maritime skills training through
information and communication technologies”, in Marine Technology IV,
WIT Press, Southampton.
Sean Tarver (1999) “A sustainable recruitment policy
for the UK maritime industries”. In, The future of the UK shipping industry:
A House of Commons Committee Report. HMSO, London.
Sean Tarver (1999) with Thomas M J McNamara, “The
strengths and weaknesses of dock labour reform: Ten years on”, The Journal
of the Institute of Economic Affairs, June 1999, IEA, London.
Sean Tarver ( 2003 ) with M Pourzanjani, “Measuring
and sustaining the United Kingdom’s maritime skills base: a review”
In preparation for publication in Maritime
Affairs: World Maritime University, Malmo.