Maintaining safety in such conditions -where the panic of passengers for example, could adversely affect safety of the boat- is an extra challenging task, reminding that training in safe water can hardly prepare a mariner for the hazards encountered in...
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Maintaining public health and trade flow: A critical COVID-19 conflict
Exploring this conflicting issue was at the center of a Winward webinar, which convened maritime experts to discuss how...
https://safety4sea.com/cm-maintaining-public-health-and-trade-flow-a-critical-covid-19-conflict/
GREEN Watch: If you could change one thing for a greener shipping, what would it be?
If you could change one thing that would have either a profound or an...
Successful post-incident crisis management: What you need to know
Which is this current media environment?
In today’s constantly interconnected world...
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Book of the month: Have you ever wondered how heavy weather develops?
A book, entitled ‘Heavy Weather Avoidance and Route Design: Concepts and Applications of 500 Mb Charts’, is combining the knowledge of a Captain with that of a senior meteorologist, to address this always imminent safety risk and become a fit-for-purpose guide to safe...
https://safety4sea.com/cm-book-of-the-month-have-you-ever-wondered-how-heavy-weather-develops/
SHE Index: The future workforce is equal
Women in workforce and leadership positions remains a hot issue across all business sectors, and maritime included. Since 2015, an EY initiative aims to encourage stakeholders to focus on diversity and inclusion in leadership and workforce, equal compensation and work life balance.
A great deal of discussion surrounds gender diversity in workforce, and especially in the maritime environment, which is struggling to maintain a sort of gender balance both onboard and onshore.
For example, female...
https://safety4sea.com/cm-she-index-the-future-workforce-is-equal/
7 key body language tips for leaders
Have you ever considered what does your sitting style or your voice tone say, or what message do you send when you cross your arms? Mastering body language can have an effect not only on social occasions, but also on your brain!
Through this article you are going to understand how to get the most out of your body language to enhance leadership, or even how to ‘read’ another person’s postures and gestures; an amazing skill everyone wishes to have!
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Cleaning and disinfection practices in COVID-19 case
Key tips...
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Which is the one ‘must-have’ skill for leaders?
While there have been cases of “born leaders”, leadership is not a typically inborn talent; it is a skill and skills can be acquired by learning. If there is some natural predisposition, work is easier, but, either way, leadership is a complex skill and the task of selecting efficient from inefficient leaders seems challenging. In the first issue of its Soft Skills edition focusing on leadership, SAFETY4SEA asked leaders across the shipping industry to answer to the following question:
If you...
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IMO Sulphur Cap Recap: Where we stand and what’s next
As we are two months into 2020, IMO’s sulphur cap is being implemented worldwide and considering the radicality of the new regulation, its implementation has been smooth so far. However, that does not mean that there are no breaching cases, while the discussion regarding the best way to comply has heated up. What’s more, from March 1st, the regulation will enter the next phase, meaning that the industry has only few days to discharge fuel that has a sulphur content greater than 0.50% m/m.
Sulphur...
https://safety4sea.com/cm-imo-sulphur-cap-recap-where-we-stand-and-whats-next/