Tag: human factor

Digital technologies are triggering a revolution in the way ships are navigating. The traditional structure of a mariner’s working life will be reformed.

The new SIRE 2.0 regime by OCIMF is expected to become operational in 2022. In an exclusive interview to SAFETY4SEA, Mr David Savage, who was responsible for the development and introduction of the SIRE Inspector Accreditation Programme back in 2000, shares his experience and outlines the key challenges associated with the new program which will incorporate the human element, marking a new era in the inspection program.

During the past decade, a large body of research has accumulated with respect to autonomous ship concepts, and, more recently, several full-scale trials have been undertaken. Research on this topic has reached a level of maturity where their technical feasibility has been proven with available technologies on, for example, autonomous navigation.

The maritime shipping industry should not forget the human element as it recovers from the global pandemic and faces new environmental challenges, urged Panos Kirnidis, CEO of the Palau International Shipping Registry (PISR).

Dr. Maria Carrera, Research Associate at the World Maritime University (WMU) in Malmö, Sweden, presents key findings from a recent study that explored the seafarers’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting that it is now time to change the perception that seafarers’ resilience will last forever no matter what.

An organization can have amazing products and services, but if its employees aren’t performing effectively and efficiently, it will likely not succeed in the long run. Unfortunately, even motivated employees can become quite inefficient once human error comes into play.

OCIMF has been working on the new SIRE 2.0 regime since 2017 and is expected to become operational in 2022. Until then, the current SIRE programme will continue to be updated and improved to incorporate the latest standards, best practice and regulations. 

The highest-performing teams have one thing in common: psychological safety; the belief that you won’t be punished when you make a mistake. Thus, allowing for moderate risk-taking, speaking your mind and being creative; to put it simply, sticking your head out without fear of having it cut off- in other words, the types of behavior that can lead to market breakthroughs.

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.

The Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) released a new paper providing a framework to integrate Human Factors into management systems.