safe working practices

Non-compliance with safe working practices leads to fatal fall onboard

The Japan Transport Safety Board issued an investigation report on a crew member fatal fall onboard the cargo ship ‘Erik’, while moored at Kagawa Prefecture in September 2018. The investigation stressed that the crew member was probably working in unstable posture on the ladder and that the company was probably insufficient in monitoring that the crew members clearly understood Ladder guidelines.

The incident

At around 17:26 on 18 September 2018, while the cargo vessel ERIK was moored at the...

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HM Coastguard: How to comply with ILO 188 for fishermen

HM Coast Guard presented a check list of compliance, highlighting the main requirements operators need to check in order to comply with ILO 188.

The International Labour Organization’s Work in Fishing Convention ILO 188, which came into force in the UK in December 2018, entitles all fishermen to written terms and conditions of employment (a...

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Non-compliance with procedures leads to fall onboard Shanghai Spirit

The Australian Transportation Safety Bureau (ATSB) issued an investigation report on a serious injury of two crew members onboard the Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier ‘Shanghai Spirit’, northeast of Port Alma, Queensland. The ATSB found that, contrary to established procedures, the two crew remained on the unsecured scaffold tower in preparation for repositioning, rendering it top-heavy and unstable.

The incident

During the afternoon of 29 January 2017, the deck crewmembers of ‘Shanghai Spirit’...

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Watch: North Club launches can test training pack to address liquefaction risk

North P&I Club has launched a new series of bite-sized training packs to help seafarers avoid the contributing factors to workplace casualties, as well as unplanned events that had the potential to result in injury, illness, or damage. The first training pack focuses on the Can Test, the IMSBC complementary test for bulk cargoes, to address suspected bulk cargo liquefaction, which has claimed lives of an estimated 112 seafarers since 2007.

The Can Test provides ships’ crews with an indication of...

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Nine non-conformities found at Equinor’s Kristin off Norway

From 7 to 14 June 2018, Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority carried out an audit of Equinor’s operations at Kristin platform. The scope of the audit was on materials handling, use and maintenance of lifting equipment and scaffolding/access techniques, as well as its contractors’ practices within regular working environment mapping and follow-up of working environment risk, especially for SIP personnel, catering personnel and process operators.

The objective of the activity within logistics and...

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The round-table: Making ship-board meetings matter

Round table meetings and plan sharing are very important for ship safety so each person knows what the others are doing and they avoid incompatible tasks, argued Captain VS Parani, noting that meetings should not be cancelled even amid time pressure. On this respect, he shared eight ideas to make meetings more efficient, onboard and ashore.

On a fine day in early 2005, the Master of the ro-pax ship Arahura planned to carry out an emergency steering drill as was required by regulation. Usually...

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