CHIRP

Proactive port authority prevents possible deficiencies

CHIRP issued its 54th Maritime Feedback outlining an incident concerning a combination of ladder deficiency and the follow up which involved both the port authority and the regulatory authority, Port State Control. This report demonstrates that when a vessel turns up ill equipped, this regulator is prepared to take immediate action. Hitting owners and managers in the pocket by delaying the ship will certainly get their attention and help change behaviours.

The incident involves a vessel that...

https://safety4sea.com/proactive-port-authority-prevents-possible-deficiencies/

CHIRP: Lessons learned from unsafe lifting operations

CHIRP published its Maritime Feedback 54, which is its first bulletin of 2019. The bulletin includes reports on lifting operations, proactive port authority, AIS and ECDIS offsets, heat and fatigue, and safety briefings. Regarding lifting operations a report describes an operation in which several areas presented a high potential for an accident to occur.

The report describes lifting operations that were performed on a research vessel and on the basis of a single observation, but the operation...

https://safety4sea.com/chirp-lessons-learned-from-unsafe-lifting-operations/

Watch: Lifejackets crucial in overboard incidents

In its latest Maritime Safety video, CHIRP highlights the dangerous practice of fishermen of not wearing lifejackets and discussing the possible tragic consequences in overboard incidents. The report advises that all fishermen should take their personal safety into account by conducting a (dynamic) risk assessment into the possibility of falling overboard.

The risk assessment might include the following:

  • With the particular activity that you are engaged in, what could go wrong, and equally...

https://safety4sea.com/watch-lifejackets-crucial-in-overboard-incidents/

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