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US To Impose Strict Measures On Cyber Risk Management

25 November 2020

United States requires all ships, U.S. flagged ships and foreign flagged ships that call on ports in the U.S, to ensure proper addressing of cyber risk management, says an article published in BIMCO website.

In June2017, International Maritime Organization (IMO) at its 98th session of Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) adopted resolution MSC 428 (98), which encourages national administrations to ensure that cyber risks are appropriately addressed in safety management systems (SMS) no later than...

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Ignored Facts That Deteriorates the Purpose of Risk Assessments!

2 June 2020

Gard in its recently published article gives an insight about things that makes risk assessments less meaningful.

What makes risk assessment less meaningful?

Rather than ensuring that crew members performing the job are fully aware of the risks to their health, safety and welfare, the general importance given is for other things such as completing the paper document properly for filing and audit purposes. This makes risk assessments less meaningful.

A scenario to help understand

Transport empty...

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Orient Centaur: Safety Issues and Actions Taken After Grounding

25 November 2019

The safety issues identified during the investigation of the grounding of the mini cape-size dry bulk carrier, Orient Centaur, are listed in the findings and safety issues and actions section of the ATSB report.

In addressing those issues, the ATSB prefers to encourage relevant organisation(s) to initiate safety action proactively, rather than to issue formal safety recommendations or safety advisory notices.

Depending on the level of risk of the safety issue, the extent of corrective action...

http://mfame.guru/orient-centaur-safety-issues-and-actions-taken-after-grounding/