UK P&I Club Senior Loss Prevention Executive David Nichol was speaking at a high profile shipping industry forum in Athens this week. The event was organised by Capital Link at the Divani Caravel hotel and was entitled "Best industry practices - A competitive advantage". It was a full day programme consisting of a succession of discussion panels and individual presentations with a focus on topics of current interest and concern to the global shipping industry. David was included in a panel entitled "The impact of telemedicine on seafarers and shipping", during which he was able to discuss the issue from the perspective of both seafarers and P&I Clubs.