Tag: Safety First

In 2020, there was an approximate average of one fire every two weeks onboard ships, while fire/explosion remained the third most common cause of ship total losses (11%) over the past decade.

As part of its ‘Lessons learned’ video series, UK Club describes a case of a serious eye injury during maintenance of fresh water steriliser.

As part of American Club's Good Catch safety guidance, the club highlights the importance of pilot ladder safety following the increase in marine pilot incidents.

In collaboration with the cargo experts at CWA International, Swedish Club produced refrigerated cargo advice to assist operators.

Steamship Mutual published a Risk Alert focusing on the issues around the corrosion in the exhaust gas scrubber system.

In its latest report, IMCA informs about a potentially risky situation, where the wrong was in place to enter the CO2 fire-fighting activation panel.

Human Factors are the physical, psychological, and social characteristics that affect human interaction with equipment, systems, processes, other individuals, and work team(s).

Following an incident onboard a Liberian flagged container vessel entering UK territorial waters in February 2021 in which a male engineering cadet was attacked by a fellow crew member, Human Rights at Sea today published an Insight Briefing Note on the key issue of safeguarding cadets’ safety.

INTERCARGO acknowledges the technical and operational measures adopted at MEPC 76, but warns that there can be no compromise when it comes to safety.

After a recent incident, the Union of Captains and Deck Officials (UCOC) of the Panama Canal warned about the "imminent risk" that the the use of "deficient equipment" poses.