Tag: safe working practices

The Ulsan District Prosecutors' Office has indicted 18 officials of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. (HHI), including its CEO, on charges of violating the Industrial Safety and Health Act.

Following a number of crew injury claims, Steamship Mutual P&I Club released a Risk Alert focusing on the use of portable ladders.

The North of England P&I Club shared guidance on the importance of teamwork when planning a container ship stow, addressing basic working practices on container ships that when ignored cause big problems.

Lloyd’s Register is working with UK regulator Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to bring together and analyze safety data gained by its machine learning tool, in order to prevent death and serious injury at work. 

The RMI Maritime Administrator has observed during flag State inspections that cadets are working overtime hours on re-occurring basis. This fact is also being picked up by PSC who are issuing Code 17s and require payment of overtime.

South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) unveiled a world's first robot using standardized big data and artificial intelligence to support metalworking, including cold working and hot working processes.

Seafarers' union bodies, including ITF, ETF and affiliated unions, vowed to continue the battle to achieve compliance with the Non-Seafarers’ Work Clause. The calling comes as the court of Rotterdam refrained this week from immediately ordering a shipowner and manning agents to comply with the Non-Seafarers’ Work Clause, also known as the Dockers’ Clause.

Seafarers' union bodies, including ITF, ETF and affiliated unions, vowed to continue the battle to achieve compliance with the Non-Seafarers’ Work Clause. The calling comes as the court of Rotterdam refrained this week from immediately ordering a shipowner and manning agents to comply with the Non-Seafarers’ Work Clause, also known as the Dockers’ Clause.

RMI issued an investigation report on a bosun's fatal fall overboard from the general cargo ship DELICATA, off Uruguay, in March 2020. The investigation identified poor compliance with the company's SMS and safe working practices, as the crew member was not wearing a lifejacket or a safety harness when he descended to untie a pilot ladder. 

US Coast Guard issued a marine safety bulletin to raise awareness concerning the small fish called "Gulf Menhaden", which accumulates in ships’ sea strainers and cause loss or reduction in propulsion.