Antonio Blažina

Antonio Blažina was born on February 25, 1988 in Rijeka, Croatia, where he finished Faculty of Maritime Studies in 2011 and obtained Master’s degree in Nautical studies and Maritime Transport Technology. Shortly after, he started his career at sea on container ships and multi-purpose ships and then moved to cruise ships in 2016. He holds the certificate of Master of a ship of 3.000 GT or more. With a desire to pass on his experience at sea to future seafarers, in April 2021 he has been employed at the Faculty of maritime studies in Rijeka as an assistant in the department of Nautical Sciences. He has been teaching students the following subjects: Cargo Handling, Ship Maintenance and Ship Handling. He also works in the Maritime Training Centre and Life-long Learning (organizational unit of the Faculty), where he deals with the training of seafarers according to the international conventions and with matters related to the lifelong learning programs (e.g. development of new courses). He is also involved in various EU and national projects as a researcher and works on maritime studies. At the faculty he is ROV operator for all underwater activities.