A new initiative launched by CHIRP and sponsored by the Standard P&I Club aims to promote safety awareness amongst seafarers. This is the fourth CHIRP video of its video series of 'maritime feedback bulletins'.
Read moreDetailsThe Standard Club is working with the CHIRP to promote safety at sea and accident prevention. CHIRP receives reports of hazardous incidents which they investigate with the ship's owner and provides lessons learned published in quarterly bulletins which provide excellent material for discussion during a ship's safety committee meeting.
Read moreDetailsCHIRP has launched three videos designed for public use and in particular for use by maritime training academies, ship managers, safety committees with the aim to assist a global audience of seafarers and share the experience feedback from unsafe practices onboard.
Read moreDetailsIncident reporting programmes have proved to be valuable tools in the identification of safety related issues and the definition of corrective actions. In the specific case of incidents involving human error, the availability of an independent, voluntary, confidential reporting medium has provided valuable additional information to that available through formal or mandatory reporting systems.
Read moreDetailsA new initiative launched by CHIRP and sponsored by the Standard P&I Club aims to promote safety awareness amongst seafarers. This is the first video of video series of 'maritime feedback bulletins' which are due to be released on a quarterly basis and available to download for use on a PC or tablet, DVD or USB drive.
Read moreDetailsThe ‘Confidential Hazardous Incident Reporting Programme’ (CHIRP) works to retain information regarding incidents or near-misses and then distributes this knowledge to assist others to learn from these experiences. Their latest initiative, sponsored by The Standard Club, is the production of new ‘video maritime feedback bulletins’ which are due to be released on a quarterly basis and available to download for use on a PC or tablet, DVD or USB drive.
Read moreDetailsCHIRP has received a report related to security/emergency escape conflict
Read moreDetailsChallenges faced and Lessons to be learned Confidential Hazardous Incident Reporting Programme (CHIRP) has received a report related to lifeboat/rescue boat surveys.Report text:"We had a 5yr inspection by Class and we passed all items, including CO2, fire plan, extinguishers, load testing of cranes, etc, etc, but we had a problem with the freefall boat and the rescue boat."The first problem was due to the stern lines being in the way of the freefall lifeboat, but the Class surveyor wanted to lower the boat to see if the system was working properly. We eased the tension on the stern ropes to do this, but the vessel moved off the berth. After many attempts to lower the freefall boat the surveyor agreed we should conduct the test on another occasion with the vessel at anchor and send him photographs."The second problem I had was when we tried to lower the rescue boat, because we were due to shift along the berth to load one of the after hatches and the inspector was therefore pushed to do the load test on the rescue boats hook ASAP."As soon as we finished shifting the vessel the Bosun proceeded to lower the rescue boat to the ...
Read moreDetailsChallenges faced and Lessons to be learned Confidential Hazardous Incident Reporting Programme (CHIRP) has received a report related to lifeboat manuals.Report text:"Recently one of our ships had a potentially serious accident when the lifeboat securing hooks released under load causing the boat to fall. The manufacturers immediately blamed the crew for not reading the instruction manual properly before they last attached the hooks to the lifeboatfalls. Another gripe (no pun intended) I have about lifeboats is that they are just too complicated for ordinary seafarers to use. Even I, who took a university honours degree in Nautical Studies, find the manuals confusing. Lifeboats are responsible for killing more seafarers during practice than they save in emergencies these days (this is not a figure I can prove but Im sure I'm correct) . The manufacturers expect and require that seafarers read and understand every page of their instruction manuals before they launch a lifeboat, even in an emergency.CHIRP CommentThe poor standard of some manuals has been raised repeatedly through reports to CHIRP. Accidents associated with lifeboats are reported too frequently and a lack of familiarity with the equipment is often a factor.Good, clear instructions in a standard format could go some ...
Read moreDetailsCHIRP has received a report related to a close encounter with a dredger
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