Tag: human factor

Retaining the best crews on board is one of the biggest challenges that safety industry is facing, thus, our SeaSense column, in association with the North P&I Club, is now focusing on IMO’s STCW Convention, which sets the baseline for seafarer’s training. However is this Convention delivering the seafarers the industry needs?

Speaking at the opening of IMO's 30th Assembly session, IMO Secretary-General Mr. Kitack Lim highlighted his ambition to transform IMO into a “knowledge based Organization”. Considering digital disruption will arrive in the shipping world very soon, IMO must be ready, Mr Lim highlighted.

OCIMF said that during its 85th meeting, the busy agenda included discussions for updates of the SIRE programme. For that purpose, an OCIMF’s working group has been set up to review the programme and take into consideration current industry challenges and risks.

The 38th edition of Europort maritime exhibition opened its doors in Rotterdam, on 7 November, focusing this year on three core themes; Big Data, The Environmental Age and the Human Factor.

The US Navy released a report detailing the events and actions that led to the collision of USS Fitzgerald and ACX Crystal on 17 June, and the collision of USS John S. McCain and merchant vessel Alnic MC, on 21 August. The report concludes that both incidents were avoidable and resulted from lack of procedural compliance. 

Warwick Norman, CEO, Rightship, talked about the vetting evolution over the last twenty years at the 2017 SAFETY4SEA Conference. Capt. Norman said that the motivation for the creation of RightShip was largely a desire to improve safety standards, in particular around the cape fleet where both BHP & Rio shared a common risk.

The Human Factor is a key theme of Europort 2017, which will stage the Masterclass ‘How HR can make your organization future proof’ to offer a refreshing view on HR, on November 10 . Expert speakers will explore how a new perspective on HR can be beneficial in making organizations future-proof and help them to reach their business targets.

SAFETY4SEA in association with The North P&I Club, features a special column including expert perspectives on critical issues with respect to maritime safety. Since safety culture is crucial for the industry, we ask global experts to assess whether the industry has succeeded in combining the human element, a complex multi-dimensional issue for maritime safety, with the numerous systems and procedures that exist onboard.

As vessels become more and more autonomous, consideration has to be given to the human element of future vessel operations, according to David Patraiko FNI, Director of Projects at The Nautical Institute.

Be Cyber Aware At Sea campaign issued its monthly Phish&Ships newsletter, exploring the development of best practices when it comes to cyber security in shipping industry and their impact on safety of navigation.