The 2021 SAFETY4SEA Forum takes place virtually from 19 to 21 of October 2021, focusing on key safety issues and latest updates of the regulatory agenda for the maritime industry which is currently facing challenging times due to the pandemic.

This time in our special column Sea Sense, in cooperation with the North of England P&I Club, we ask from industry experts to make their assessment on EEXI and CII.

The fifth guiding principle out of the eight OCIMF principals on human factors, comes to highlight that people have the control of the tasks they are responsible for. As such, in the event of a mistake, they are able to give solution even though they had contributed to this failure at first place.

A healthy cyber usage lifestyle includes limits on daily screen time to make sure that usage doesn’t get in the way of sleep and activities that are good for seafarer’s overall wellbeing.

In 5 weeks, the much-anticipated CMA Shipping expo & conference returns to Connecticut – celebrating both its 36th edition and a return to an ‘in-person’ event after a two-year absence due to the global pandemic. 

Observed annually on the 10th of September, the World Suicide Day aims to raise awareness about suicide prevention with many initiatives around the globe.

From 30 August 2021, the EU Marine Equipment Directive (MED) requires compliance with the Bridge Alert Management (BAM) test standards IEC 62923-1 / IEC 62923-2 for new installation of GMDSS communication equipment’s placed on board SOLAS ships.

In some cases the Pilot may inform the local PSC station for unsafe acts observed during pilotage, however this is not a common practice. So, what can a PSCO do?

For a Marine Pilot, embarking and disembarking a ship is a challenging task. Pilot ladders is a simple and inexpensive way to embark and disembark a vessel at sea; however, many pilots are still being injured whilst embarking ships. Safe pilot transfers are the result of cooperation between vessel management and the pilot.

NTSB latest Safer Seas Digest includes lessons learned from US maritime incident investigations, highlighting many safety concerns in accident scenarios such as bridge strikes. Following analysis of 42 cases, occurred during 2020, NTSB warns that new lithium-ion battery hazards can be every bit as deadly as the worst storms.