NTSB: Safer Seas Digest 2023
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its Safer Seas Digest 2023, highlighting the most important lessons learned from 31 maritime tragedies that took place in 2023.
Read moreThe National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its Safer Seas Digest 2023, highlighting the most important lessons learned from 31 maritime tragedies that took place in 2023.
Read moreAs the IMO calls for seafarers to share their safety tips on Day of the Seafarer, Adam Parnell, Director of CHIRP Maritime, stresses the importance of taking onboard maritime workers safety lessons every day of the year.
Read moreINTERCARGO published its Bulk Carrier Casualty Report, reporting that 21 bulk carriers of more than 10,000 deadweight tonnes (dwt) were reported lost, with the tragic loss of 89 seafarers’ lives, for the years 2014-2023.
Read moreIn a 20-year journey of working with shipping organisations all around the globe, what Green-Jakobsen A/S has seen is the striving for safety excellence, an embedded value for many shipping companies.
Read moreSafety reporting trends show that confidential incident and near-miss reporting play an important role in improving safety at sea. Yet, certain vessel types report fewer incidents than others, writes Adam Parnell, Director (Maritime) at CHIRP, as he explores the reasons behind it.
Read moreExperts from the Danish Institute of Fire and Security Technology share key findings from the CARGOSAFE study and urge for enhanced detection on deck, more suitable breaching tools and overall solutions which can boundary cool any fire onboard with minimum crew involvement.
Read moreDr. Kevin Ghirxi, Head of the Marine Safety Investigation Unit in Malta, emphasizes the necessity for the maritime industry to delve deeper into understanding maritime operations and procedures. This approach, termed ‘embedded discovery,’ aims to illuminate both the implementation processes ('how') and the underlying reasons ('why') for performance variabilities onboard.
Read moreHuman performance may seem vague or constrained to many and is commonly associated with assessments and interventions. However, data suggest that it is possible to look at human performance in more specific ways.
Read moreFollowing industry and stakeholder feedback the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has updated the Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seafarers (COSWP).
Read moreDr. Pennie Blackburn, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Director of Waypoint Maritime CiC discusses the importance of understanding cultural differences in communication styles within the workplace, especially in environments with strict hierarchies. She emphasizes the significance of psychological safety and suggests that establishing open dialogue requires skilled leadership, both in formal and informal communication channels.
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