Tag: Infographic

As part of its Good Mental Health Guides series with ISWAN, the Shipowners Club issued two infographics focusing on mindfulness and mental health to enhance wellbeing onboard. The first reminds crews of mindful techniques for managing stress and the second highlights key components of positive mental health.

Corporate Social Responsibility includes all voluntary actions by companies towards society and the environment and reflects their responsibility for their impacts. SAFETY4SEA issued an infographic citing key points for both consideration and avoidance, illustrating how companies may integrate CSR effectively into their operations.

Decommissioning is entering more and more into the operations of those involved in the North Sea Oil & Gas industry. With c.$102bn of decommissioning related expenditure forecast to 2040 in Western Europe, it is an opportunity for a supply chain which can adapt to the North Sea basin.

The USCG released a Safety Alert to remind operators of the importance of recognizing risks and ensuring proper maintenance and repairs. Throughout maritime history, improper maintenance and not recognizing potential risks as a result of those maintenanceefforts, has caused numerous marine casualties.

The Clean Arctic Alliance welcomes the adoption of the European Parliament Resolution on international ocean governance, and in particular its commitment towards ending the use of heavy fuel oil and its carriage in fuel tanks in Arctic shipping, Dr. Sian Prior, lead advisor to the Clean Arctic Alliance, said.

According to ReCAAP ISC annual report, 84% of the incidents reported, were armed robbery, while 16% were piracy incidents. More needs to be done in certain locations, such as Bangladesh and Straits of Malacca. Abduction of crew and theft of oil cargo remained a concern in 2017.

As new global regulations put in place lower caps on sulphur emissions, there are three methods of compliance with the impending reduction in the permitted levels of sulphur emissions that shipowners should be considering, according to a new report by Marsh insurance.

On 18 November 2017, the ship was approximately 1500nm from Fremantle, when a crewmember fell overboard. The crewmember was attached to the yacht by his safety harness tether, with the hook at the end of the tether that was clipped to a jack-line.

Changes to the Arctic were caused by warming temperatures which allow further exploration for oil, gas, and minerals, thus increasing the risk of pollution in the region. Cleaning up oil spills in the Arctic is very difficult, because effective strategies for cleaning up oil spills in the Arctic are not discovered.