human element

The Nautical Institute’s Human Element one-day courses

The Nautical Institute’s Human Element one-day courses

Don’t miss out on our popular online modules!

1. Understanding Risk from a Human Element Perspective one-day course
2. Risk and Risk Taking Behaviour one-day course

Understanding Risk from a Human Element Perspective

28 September 2021 at 08:30 – 12:00 UTC
£200.00 (£180.00 for NI members)*
Zoom online training platform

There is an element of risk in all we do. So, we need to educate seafarers to think about risk, to UNDERSTAND risk –...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/08/25/the-nautical-institutes-human-element-one-day-courses/

SAFETY4SEA Limassol Forum 2020: Challenges and opportunities for a sustainable shipping future

The third SAFETY4SEA Limassol Forum successfully concluded on Tuesday 11th of March 2020 at the Columbia Venue Centre of Columbia Plaza, Limassol, Cyprus.

The event was organized by SAFETY4SEA having MacGregor and SQE Marine as lead sponsors. More sponsors of the event included the following organizations: The American P&I Club, American Hellenic Hull Insurance Company, Bureau Veritas, CR Ocean Engineering, Diaplous maritime services, ERMA First, Green Jakobsen, ib, LAROS by Prisma Electronics,...

https://safety4sea.com/safety4sea-limassol-forum-2020-challenges-and-opportunities-for-a-sustainable-shipping-future/

Best practices beyond compliance

During the first SAFETY4SEA Forum in Manila, Mailyn Borillo, President, OSM, discussed the human element, sharing best practices beyond compliance, further underlining that life skills improve seafarer’s wellbeing, yet are the most neglected part of employees’ development. The main challenges of seafarers are challenges on family relationships; mental and physical sickness and further financial burdens, she stressed.

In my opinion, we are so fortunate that in our industry we have a lot of...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-best-practices-beyond-compliance/

U.S. Navy to consider training improvements

In a new report, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GOA) recommends that the U.S. Navy should take further measures in order to improve training quality.

In fact, with the aim to improve ship-driving skills, the Navy has added classroom and simulator training for the Surface Warfare Officers who drive these ships, since 2017, when ship collisions resulted in the loss of 17 sailors’ lives as well as significant damage to Navy ships.

The Navy now plans to triple ship-driving training hours...

https://safety4sea.com/u-s-navy-needs-to-consider-training-improvements/

Human element is key for prevention of collisions and contact claims

The Swedish Club has launched a new edition of Navigational Claims, aiming to provide an insight into the causes of incidents such as containers tumbling into the sea and environmental damage, further offering comprehensive loss prevention advice in order to avoid them.

In fact, The Swedish Club’s Loss Prevention team reviewed its claims history, using its statistics to inform on the latest trends; provide detailed case studies; highlight relevant International Regulations for Preventing...

https://safety4sea.com/human-element-is-key-for-prevention-of-collisions-and-contact-claims/

First SAFETY4SEA Manila Forum focuses on key shipping workforce challenges

The inaugural SAFETY4SEA Manila Forum was successfully concluded on Tuesday 12th of November 2019 at New World Manila Bay Hotel, Philippines, attracting 350 delegates from 120 organizations.

The event was organized by SAFETY4SEA having as sponsors the following organizations: Magsaysay People, Manila Shipmanagement & Manning, Inc. (“MANSHIP”), Manship Maritime Training Center, Inc. (MMTC), RINA Academy Philippines, RISK4SEA, SQEMARINE, SQE ACADEMY, and Standard Club and Trafalgar Navigation....

https://safety4sea.com/first-safety4sea-manila-forum-focuses-on-key-shipping-workforce-challenges/

2019 SAFETY4SEA Athens Forum focuses on key shipping trends shaping the next decade

The 2019 SAFETY4SEA Athens Forum successfully concluded on Wednesday 2nd of October, in Eugenides Foundation, Athens, attracting 650 delegates from 260 organizations.

The event was organized by SAFETY4SEA having as lead sponsors the following organizations: ABS, MacGregor & SQE MARINE. The event was also sponsored by: American P&I Club, Arcadia Shipmanagement Co Ltd, Blue Planet Shipping Ltd, Bureau Veritas, Capital Shipmanagement, Chandris (Hellas) Inc., ClassNK, Costamare Shipping Company,...

https://safety4sea.com/2019-safety4sea-athens-forum-focuses-on-key-shipping-trends-shaping-the-next-decade/

Smart Watch – What will the ship of 2050 look like?

As the future of shipping seems uncertain driven by technology disruption, several discussions see automation completely transforming the industry in the next 30 years, while others seem less convinced of a major reform. Our special ‘Smart Watch’ column is asking global experts to provide feedback on the following question:

What will the ship of 2050 look like?

Theo Baltatzis, General Manager, Technomar Shipping

Complicated and different. The human element will not be obsolete, but the crew...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-smart-watch-what-will-the-ship-of-2050-look-like/

As times change, we need to abandon “old school” mentality on safety

safety culture ladder

There has been much discussion over the course of the last 20 years, since the early days of ISM Code implementation with respect to the way the shipping industry manages safety. Industry insiders are for many years now, pinpointing the urgent need for seafarers to be trained as human beings and the importance of considering the underlying factors behind accidents too and it seems that in that way, we have been better thinkers. How, therefore, has the so-called human factor been considered as a...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-as-times-change-we-need-to-abandon-old-school-mentality-on-safety/

Princess of the Stars sinking case reopens

The Philippines Supreme Court has reopened the case against an official of Sulpicio Lines over the 2008 sinking of its ferry Princess of the Stars. The Supreme Court reversed a Court of Appeals dismissal against Edgar Go, Sulpicio Lines’ first vice president and team leader of its crisis management committee. The court supports that the voyage should have been cancelled or discouraged due to the heavy weather.

The Supreme Court addressed the fact that despite the hazardous weather conditions,...

https://safety4sea.com/princess-of-the-stars-sinking-case-reopens/

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