Tag: loss prevention

Investigations into human element incidents identified fatigue to be a major contributing factor to maritime accidents. In fact, human error because of fatigue has long been regarded as contributing to the majority of incidents in the shipping sector.

Capt. Randall Lund, Allianz’s Senior Marine Risk Consultant, Marine Loss Control, refers to industry’s key challenges and ways to move forward. With regards to decarbonization, Capt. Lund explains that Allianz has accelerated a net-zero timeline goal from year 2050 to 2030 and encourages whole industry to move up the timeline to meet the net zero emission standards.

Falls from height remain one of the biggest causes of injury and fatalities in the workplace, with the TT Club warning that the distance of the drop need not always be as great as imagined to cause harm.

According to Peter Peltenburg, CEO of the Dutch-based Cargo Care Solutions, the weight of the extra containers and cargo is placing massive amounts of stress on the hatch covers and lashing gear.

Britannia P&I Club published guidance for containerships to deal with parametric roll motions. In the guidance, Britannia explains how can ships identify parametric roll and what is triggering it.

In its most recent loss prevention series "Good Catch", the American Club provides lessons learned from a vessel carrying containers had several holes in their hatch covers due to corrosion. 

Loss prevention strategies for wind powered and unmanned vessels, new cargoes such as electrical vehicles have quickly moved “out of the laboratory and in the real world,” says IUMI’s Loss Prevention Committee chairperson Pascal Dubois.

In collaboration with the CWA International, The Swedish Club has produced cargo advice to assist operators when carrying bagged rice cargoes.

In this video, West P&I Club talks about the risks of engine room floor plates, providing guidance on how to secure them. As the club says, major accidents involving slips, trips, and falls comprise a significant proportion of personal injury claims. 

When carrying coal cargoes, it is vital to obtain accurate gas measurements to determine the correct ventilation requirements, and in this video West P&I Club explains the proper way for gas measurement of coal cargoes.