Tag: risk assessment

The UK MAIB issued an investigation report on the foundering of the fishing vessel Louisa SY30, while it was anchored of the Isle of Mingulay, on April 2016, resulting in three fatalities. The report provides important safety recommendations to prevent similar accidents from occurring in the future.

The United States Coast Guard is reminding owners and operators that CO2 system inspection, testing, and maintenance requires thoughtful planning and risk mitigation efforts to prevent serious safety threats and loss of lives.

In view of the sudden spread of a new ransomware variant, that affected maritime owners and operators, forcing them to shutter operations, ABS suggests that such cases illustrate what can happen to systems, when technology use outruns system understanding.

ClassNK released a new longitudinal strength assessments software “PrimeShip-HULL(Rules)/PartC15”. The software has been released corresponding to the latest rule amendments. It enables designers to perform the hull girder bending, shearing, buckling strength assessments, as well as the hull girder buckling strength assessments.

Inmarsat said that it is a founding member of a new joint working group formed by the International Association of Classification Societies, to develop a coordinated position on cybercrime and its prevention. The company notes that stakeholders unity was critical in meeting the unpredictability of the cyber security threat to shipping.

As traditional risk management practices involves operators navigating large static risk reports, in addition to handling massive amounts of data, DNV GL launched a position paper showing how risk assessments can be made more dynamic, to provide improved and real-time decision support during operations.

The Shipowners P&I Club issued the second in a series of risk assessment articles, focusing on risk assessments for passenger vessel operations. The Club distinguishes three sample risk assessments: embarking/disembarking of passengers, care of passengers during the voyage and care during emergency situations.

Presenting a recent case of crew moving steel plates in its monthly "Risk Watch" report, the Britannia P&I Club informed on the risks associated with moving heavy objects. According to the case, three crew members were moving ten pieces of steel plate around the steering gear room, while the ship was underway.

Dirk Steffen, director of Maritime Security at Risk Intelligence, analyzes the increase of maritime security incidents for 2016 over the previous year. Denmark-based Risk Intelligence counted 119 verified attacks by criminals on all kinds of vessels in West Africa – compared with 82 in 2015. The vast majority of attacks were perpetrated by Nigerian criminals, including all of the 84 that were concentrated in and around Nigerian waters.

AMSA released its 5th edition of the Maritime Safety Awareness Bulletin entitled “Shaping Shipping for People”, which focuses on fatigue as a safety hazard. In this bulletin, AMSA investigates causes and consequences of the fatigue onboard, as well as strategies to help reduce the associated risks.