Tag: life onboard

SAFETY4SA is pleased to announce a new survey, scheduled to run within Q1 & Q2 of 2023 that aims to shed light on key trends of wellbeing at sea. The preliminary results will be released on an ongoing basis and final reports later within 2023. This will be the 3rd survey on crew welfare as similar initiatives were conducted during 2021 and 2019.

In this book, Dr. Binay Kumar Singh authors Capt. Pradeep Chawla’s life experiences and his transition from ship’s officer to shore based world leading company top director.

Edgar Schein defines Humble Inquiry as “the fine art of drawing someone out, of asking questions to which you do not know the answer, of building a relationship based on curiosity and interest in the other person.”

The Mission to Seafarers has launched its new Flying Angel Campaign 2023 with the goal of raising US$700,000 (£600,000) to respond to the changing needs of seafarers’ welfare.

The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) and YouGov carried out a poll of 16,464 people, finding out that 85% are supporting robust workplace protection for transport workers working across borders or in international waters/airspace.

In this book, Victor Oyaro Gekara, RMIT University, School of Business IT and Logistics, Faculty Member, and Professor Helen Sampson, Cardiff University’s Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC), analyze contemporary issues relating to the life and work of seafarers, as well as to the modern shipping industry.

When Green-Jakobsen prepared the Junior Officer leadership course for TORM, they based it on the Senior Officer leadership courses which have been core in TORM’s leadership development for a number of years. The course was structured to include Preparation, Facilitation and Application. 

ITF, ICS and the International Maritime Employers' Council (IMEC), have come together to sign a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) to take forward the ‘spirit of cooperation’ that marked the shipping industry’s joint efforts throughout the pandemic.

According to an ILO/ WHO paper, it is important organizations to protect and promote mental health, especially through training and interventions

A Gemba Walk is a workplace walkthrough which aims to observe employees, ask about their tasks, and identify productivity gains. Gemba Walk is derived from the Japanese word “Gemba” which means “the real place”, so it is often literally defined as the act of seeing where the actual work happens.