SAFETY4SEA

How RightShip supports good benchmarking

During the 2020 SAFETY4SEA London Forum, Martin Crawford-Brunt, Chief Executive Officer, Rightship, focused on the mega trend of decarbonization and analyzed the importance of having an efficient fleet towards the ambitious target of reducing emissions significantly.

On a global basis, the debate on decarbonization has quite considerably change since people are now discussing about how to achieve it. As far it concerns our industry, the IMO and the whole maritime community are taking a...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-how-rightship-supports-good-benchmarking/

Wallem’s Frank Coles: Reality never changed as fast as it is happening today

During the 2020 SAFETY4SEA Limassol Forum, in a keynote address to delegates, Frank Coles, Group Chief Executive, Wallem, provided an overview of the current realities shipping has to encounter, highlighting that the industry is neither special, nor immune from the 4th industrial revolution. The longer it resists, the greater the pain is going to be and if it wants to be special, it needs to reinvent itself and “forget the dinosaurs and their havens of denial”.

Reality has never changed as fast...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-wallems-frank-coles-reality-never-changed-as-fast-as-it-is-happening-today/

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/

Why we should be thinking about age discrimination in the Shipping Industry

During the 2020 SAFETY4SEA London Forum, Natalie Shaw, Director Employment Affairs, ICS, opened the second panel discussing age discrimination, which is a potential form of unfair treatment at work, given that the age gap between employees in the workplace can now be as much as 50 years.

People can do wonderful things at all stages of their life and age shouldn’t necessarily be a determinant. According to Oscar Wilde, the old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything and those who...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-why-we-should-be-thinking-about-age-discrimination-in-the-shipping-industry/

Sustainability: We are not telling shipping’s story well enough

During the 2020 SAFETY4SEA London Forum, Dustin Eno, COO, Navigate Response, analyzed how the global interest in shipping’s environmental footprint has doubled in the last decade.

When it comes to crisis communication, I help our clients deal with the media and social media associated with classic vessel incidents: collisions, groundings, fires, fatalities. This is the bread and butter of what we do at Navigate Response, but increasingly the challenges facing shipping are changing.

Sustainability...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-sustainability-we-are-not-telling-shippings-story-well-enough/

Why the ISM Code is failing

During the 2020 SAFETY4SEA London Forum, Capt. Mark Bull, Principal, Trafalgar Navigation Limited, questioned if the ISM Code is failing, after more than 20 years since its implementation. Capt. Bull firstly provided a brief history of the ISM Code, as well as a description of the five main areas where he felt the Code has failed and went on to explain how such potential failures affect the crew. Since it was introduced; however, nobody has reviewed the Code to ensure its ongoing effectiveness,...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-why-the-ism-code-is-failing/

[Watch] Award Recognizes Lloyd’s Register’s Fuel Testing Efforts!

SAFETY4SEA announced that Lloyd’s Register FOBAS has received the 2020 GREEN4SEA Clean Shipping Award.

The prestigious award ceremony was sponsored by ERMA FIRST S.A.. The ceremony successfully concluded on March 3rd at Yacht Club of Greece in Athens, the evening ahead of the 2020 GREEN4SEA Athens Forum.

Disclaimer: This video is intended for informational purpose only. This may not be construed as a news item or advice of any sort. Please consult the experts in that field for the authenticity of...

https://mfame.guru/watch-award-recognizes-lloyds-registers-fuel-testing-efforts/

If You Could Change One Thing in Shipping, What Would It Be?

A recent Safety4Sea article published covered the last SAFETY4SEA London Forum. The key safety and green challenges for shipping, emissions reduction measures and ways to enhance the safety of seafarers and navigation were discussed.

Improve maritime industry landscape 

Mr. Apostolos Belokas, Managing Editor, SAFETY4SEA, asked industry experts to think of what needs to change to improve the current landscape in the maritime industry. 

This article covers the answers from all speakers at the event...

https://mfame.guru/if-you-could-change-one-thing-in-shipping-what-would-it-be/

Career Paths: Capt. Hari Subramaniam, Shipowners Club

In our special column this time, we are pleased to host an interview with Capt. Hari Subramaniam, Regional Head – Business Relations, Shipowners Club, who explains us that he was somehow destined for a career in the shipping industry and the best decision he ever made was to sail on different types of vessels.

Capt. Subramaniam notes that it is mistake to consider that we need to change job every 5 years; on the contrary, it is important to grow and blossom within an organization. Also, he...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-career-paths-capt-hari-subramaniam-shipowners-club/

SAFETY4SEA Crew Wellness Survey: How happy are seafarers onboard?

Life onboard has its own unique characteristics but is a demanding task for those who opt for it. As soon as the industry realized that crew wellness affects safety and efficiency of operations, maritime stakeholders have shed their focus on finding ways to address the issue. In this context, SAFETY4SEA conducted a survey aiming to assess the five key aspects of wellness for people working onboard: Social, Emotional, Physical, Intellectual and Spiritual. Overall, the outcome was better than...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-safety4sea-crew-wellness-survey-how-happy-are-seafarers-onboard/

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