Tag: loss prevention

Safetytech Accelerator launches collaborative technology acceleration initiative with Evergreen Line, HMM, Lloyd’s Register, Maersk, the Offen Group, ONE (Ocean Network Express) and Seaspan as Anchor Partners aiming at reducing cargo fires and losses overboard.

Fall incidents is the defined focus area for the Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) for 2023. According to NMA, 37% of all fatalities at sea in the last five years are fall-related. Nearly 600 people have been injured.

The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has identified several actions that the Coast Guard needs to take to help prevent fishing vessel losses and related fatalities.

The West P&I Club informed that the seaport of Nouakchott, Mauritania, is experiencing problems related to wind and swell, risks of grounding due to unreliable berth depths, harbour infrastructure damage claims, an acceptance of the vessel's draught survey figures and shortage claims.

Dick Farrel Camoying, Assistant Vice President, Technical Manager, Skuld Club, focuses on purifiers, saying that they are one of the most important pieces of auxiliary machinery.

CHIRP Maritime has produced a video, aiming to provide additional information, regarding the use of personal mobile devices whilst on duty.

As the American Club informs, silver nitrate testing for the presence of sodium chloride (salt) in cargo holds prior to loading is an important practice to prevent claims for damage to steel cargoes.

As part of the 'Be prepared to work safely' series, IMCA published a video on keeping hands safe in the workplace.

As North Club informs, the 2022 edition of the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMSBC) Code features a new schedule. The cargo is a lead residue resulting from a metal recovery process that extracts zinc from a specifically manufactured ore or concentrate. 

As John Southam, North P&I Club, Loss Prevention Executive, and David Richards, North P&I Club, Director (Claims), explain, avoidable claims related to the carriage of finished and semi-finished steel products continued to take place in 2022.