Tag: best practices

The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has published an advisory to address concerns about potential evasion of the UK’s ban on maritime transportation of Russian oil, oil products, and associated services under the Oil Price Cap (OPC).

The latest IMPA Safety Campaign on pilot ladders raises awareness of the need for pilot transfer arrangements to be procured, inspected, maintained and rigged in compliance with SOLAS regulation V/23, taking complete account of the ISO 799 standards. IMPA highlights that Pilot ladders remain the leading source of non-compliant observations.

Accident reports submitted to the Norwegian Maritime Authority have revealed instances of work equipment being used for purposes other than its intended function. In two separate cases, companies had developed a practice of using a net cleaner to lift fish farming cages. This misuse resulted in injuries to crew members who were on the equipment to carry out repair work. I

The Palau Ship Registry has issued a notice that provides guidelines on food handling, storage and preparation to ensure the health of all persons on board a vessel and addresses the Maritime Labor Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) requirements that foods meet minimum standards for quality and be prepared and served in hygienic conditions.

Most people would probably agree that resilience is the ability of a person or organization to remain focused on their main goals and prove sustainable when things get really challenging, writes Capt. Charis Kanellopoulos, Safety, Quality & Vetting Manager / DPA, Sun Enterprises Ltd.

As part of their Good Catch series, American P&I has published an animation titled "Ready for a Rescue? – Engine Room Fire Rescue" to inform viewers about safety practices for locating and rescuing crew members during engine room fires.

Petar Modev, Head of Ship Inspection at the UK P&I Club, emphasizes that preventing and containing fires caused by lithium-ion batteries is not just a challenge for the maritime sector.

TT Club, as part of their TT Talks series, tackles the subject of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and its overall importance on protecting crew members, underscoring the role of training on the appropriate use of PPE. 

IMCA draws lessons learned from an incident in which a sheave and clump weight fell during wind turbine installation, nearly injuring workers and damaging equipment.

USCG has issued a Safety Alert to raise awareness of potential hazards with insufficiently inspected compressed air cylinders used in lifeboat self-contained air support systems for fireprotected lifeboats.