These photos were taken during the visit to Petrobras/Transpetro's head office in Rio de Janeiro on 8th October 2014 by Hugo Wynn Williams (Chairman and CEO of Thomas Miller P&I) and Mike Jarrett (Thomas Miller Regional Director for the Americas). Transpetro is the tanker affiliate of the Brazilian oil company, Petrobras, who have been Members of the UK P&I Club since 1952. The visit coincided with the opening of the Transpetro Maritime Academy's ship navigation training simulator, and also the recent opening of the innovative Transpetro Ship Navigation monitoring Centre. The Transpetro shipping director (pictured 2nd from the right), Capt Nilson Ferreira Nunes Filho, is standing for election to the UK P&I Board in Tokyo on 26th October 2014.
An international one day seminar on oil pollution response was held in Rio de Janeiro on 31 August 2017, jointly sponsored by the UK Club, Petrobras/Transpetro and ITOPF, and was held at the Transpetro Academy.
After 40 years at Thomas Miller, including 27 years in the New York and New Jersey offices leading Thomas Miller Americas, Mike Jarrett has retired and is being succeeded by Leo Kirchner. As President/CEO, Leo will direct and manage the full range of operations for Thomas Miller Americas. Leo will also retain his role leading the TT Club’s Americas operations.
