Tag: safety culture

Geir Jørgensen, SVP Global Head of Loss Prevention in Skuld P&I Club, underscores the pivotal role of the human element both ashore and aboard ships. Emphasizing the need for the industry to broaden its perspective beyond onboard factors, he advocates for a comprehensive approach to address the entire life of a seafarer.

Gard Club published an overview of best practices, to reduce risks and prevent losses of accidents related to shore pipeline clearing operations. Over-pressurization or overfilling of tanks can cause physical damage, pollution and even personal injuries.

In the absence of psychological safety, team trust remains elusive. One might argue, though that without trust psychological safety is not possible so there is often a “chicken and egg” dilemma.

The 70-20-10 Model for Learning and Development is a formula often used to define the ideal learning sources employed by successful managers. According to this theory, people learn 70% of what they know from their professional experiences, 20% through social contacts, and 10% through formal educational experiences.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its Safer Seas Digest 2022, highlighting the most important lessons learned from 29 maritime tragedies that took place in 2022.

A ship as a workplace is comprised of several specific types of workspaces. To ensure that work is carried out safely, certain basic ergonomic requirements should be adhered to in order to prevent seafarers from working for long periods in awkward positions.

Ian J. Lennard, President & CEO of the National Cargo Bureau (NCB) refers to their new container inspections safety initiative, highlighting it is critical industry stakeholders to join forces in favor of container ship safety.

Psychological safety refers to a climate where team members feel safe to express their thoughts, ideas, concerns, and take risks without fear of retribution or humiliation. Teams with high psychological safety tend to perform better.

A Human Factors approach can generate general guidance that would be applicable to numerous ship bridge and equipment designs. Overall, Human Factors can help to maximise the safety impact of safety lessons learned the hard way via incidents and accidents.

Kunal Pathak, Loss Prevention Manager, Asia at Gard P&I Club, highlights that the industry needs to change mindset, switching from the typical blame culture to safety learning through incidents and human errors.