Crew Safety

New USCG guidance on SASH crew safety compliance

Following on from its April Marine Safety Bulletin (MSIB) on reporting harassment on U.S.-flag vessels (see earlier story) the U.S. Coast Guard has now released further guidance on vessel operator compliance with changes to the law enacted as part of the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to enhance crew safety and address sexual assault and sexual harassment (SASH) issues.

Key changes include mandated surveillance systems, crew training, reporting procedures, and master key...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/compliance/new-uscg-guidance-on-sash-crew-safety-compliance/

Evolving Crew Challenges Call for Enhancing Seafarer Mental Health

Credits: Flavio Gasperini/Unsplash

The Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing crew-change crisis – later exacerbated by the escalation of the war in Ukraine – disrupted supply chains and had a significant impact on crew welfare, leaving seafarers stranded at sea for months at a time facing acute emotional hardship, reports Maritime Cyprus.

The situation did yield one positive outcome: its widespread media coverage helped to thrust shipping – and seafarers – into the public consciousness.

Critical role...

https://mfame.guru/evolving-crew-challenges-call-for-enhancing-seafarer-mental-health/

‘Future-Proofed’ Maintenance Support Vessel Ordered By Briggs Marine

Credits: Pavel Neznanov/ Unsplash
  • The new vessel, measuring 40 m in length, will form part of Briggs’ charter fleet. 
  • The ship will be able to embrace emerging technologies to utilise transitional fuels and offer drop-in battery capacity to allow zero-carbon operations in some circumstances.
  • In addition to the primary AtoN tasks, the vessel has been designed to incorporate maximum flexibility for support of other tasks.

UK-based marine services provider Briggs Marine has placed an order with...

https://mfame.guru/future-proofed-maintenance-support-vessel-ordered-by-briggs-marine/

Report: Connectivity crucial to seafarers’ future welfare needs

Mobile satellite communications leader Inmarsat has sponsored a new report exploring the future of seafaring to 2050. The report offers recommendations on how shipping, training institutions and welfare services can respond to the changing needs of tomorrow’s seafarers.

The study —“A fair future for seafarers?” — has been prepared by maritime innovation consultancy Thetius.

Published with shipping’s COVID-19 crewing crisis yet to be resolved, the report takes a view of the shipping industry to...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipping/report-connectivity-crucial-to-seafarers-future-welfare-needs/

ITF Recovers $45m Owed Wages Amid Record-high Abandonments

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has raised the alarm over record-high abandonments of vessels globally, in the maritime space, saying that despite the worrisome figure.

The number of ship abandonments reported more than doubled from 40 in 2019, to 85 in 2020.

$45m in seafarers’ wages recovered

According to a statement made available to DAILYFOCUS NIGERIA, the new figures released by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) show that $44,613,880 USD of seafarers’...

https://mfame.guru/itf-recovers-45m-owed-wages-amid-record-high-abandonments/

Tanker Berthed Suffers Explosion

A tanker berthed at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, reportedly suffers an explosion at around 2210 UTC Dec 13.

The cause for the explosion is due to some external factors.

According to a recent news article published in the Maritime Bulletin, written by Erofey Schkvarkin, a tanker berthed at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, suffers an explosion at around 2210 UTC Dec 13.

Also a news article in Business World highlights the other vital details concerning the explosion.

What happened? 

Tanker BW RHINE, berthed at Jeddah,...

https://mfame.guru/tanker-berthed-suffers-explosion/

Asia Shipowners’ Association Urge Govts To Follow Crew Change Directive

In a major development, the Asian Shipowners’ Association (ASA) demanded seafarers relief amidst lockdown travel restrictions which has stranded several ship crews at sea making it impossible to conduct crew change., reports Safety4Sea. ASA held its 29th Annual General Meeting on 28th May 2020. The meeting covered a broad range of topics, such as seafarers repatriation, sustainable shipping, the Hong Kong Convention, and piracy.

Call To Governments To Act

According to ASA, over 150,000...

https://mfame.guru/asia-shipowners-association-urge-govts-to-follow-crew-change-directive/

Constructive Dialogue Needed To Resolve Crew Change Crisis, Says Maersk

In a major development, A.P. Moeller-Maersk (Maersk) has urged governments to “engage in a constructive dialogue” to solve the crew changeover crisis, report the Port Technology.

What is it?

In a statement, Palle Laursen, Chief Technical Officer Fleet Management & Technology, Maersk, said better communication was needed “under the current critical circumstances” in order to keep crews safe and at the same time maintain trade flows.

Maersk’s Reiterates Crew Safety Outlook

“The safety and well-being...

https://mfame.guru/constructive-dialogue-needed-to-resolve-crew-change-crisis-says-maersk/

Seafarers Affected by Crew Safety Issues That Goes Beyond COVID19!

In an article published in Container News, Philip Eastell – Founder of Container Shipping Supporting Seafarers – describes the personal side of container operations at a time when crew, affected by Covid-19, find themselves under more pressure than ever before.

Let’s take a look at the inside view of what seafarers are actually facing.

Crew Safety – An All-Inclusive Approach

Whilst the world is focused on covid-19, there are many other issues effecting crew safety, onboard containerships, offshore...

https://mfame.guru/seafarers-affected-by-crew-safety-issues-that-goes-beyond-covid19/

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