Captain Hans Hederström, Managing Director at Center for Simulator Maritime Training, CSMART, and John Ritchie, Learning Management System manager, CSMART talk about the bridge organisation. They say that traditionally ships’ bridges are strong hierarchical organisations, however, this factor has contributed to a number of accidents. For this reason, Captain Hederström and Mr. Ritchie present a different type of bridge organisation.
Introduction
Traditionally ship’s bridges have been...
The Indian-flagged offshore support vessel (OSV) ‘Malaviya Twenty’ has set sail after being stranded for over two years in UK, due to legal implications. The vessel was detained by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in June 2016 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, over unpaid port fees and crew wages.
The crew onboard had been abandoned by the owners while the ship was found with deficiencies that prohibited it from moving. A total of 12 seafarers remained stranded onboard, and they were supported by...
https://safety4sea.com/stranded-malaviya-twenty-sets-sail-after-two-years-in-uk/
According to the Marshall Islands, Port State Control (PSC) deficiencies are being issued, mostly in Belgium, over cadet working hours. Namely, most training agreements do not include overtime, however some inspections have showed that cadets are often working excessive overtime hours.
Cadets are seafarers and must be covered under a seafarers’ employment agreement (SEA) or a training agreement in lieu of a SEA.
Most training agreements include a monthly lumpsum payment and do not include...
https://safety4sea.com/inspections-show-deficiencies-in-cadets-working-hours/
A ship that arguably drew more attention to the plight of crew abandonment than any other has finally left UK shores to restart work under new owners. The OSV was arrested in Great Yarmouth in June 2016 over its Indian owner’s unpaid port fees and crew wages. The crew’s hardships were covered...
https://splash247.com/malaviya-twenty-osv-finally-leaves-uk-shores-28-months-after-being-arrested/
The Shipowners Club issued a revised edition of its ‘Drugs and Alcohol at Sea’ booklet, to assist with the prevention of related incidents as well as encouraging healthy lifestyle choices and the positive wellbeing of seafarers. The guide includes signs to assist operators in identifying drug and alcohol related issues onboard, legal implications, as well as loss prevention advice.
The World Drug Report 2017 identified that while there has been a slight decline in the use of some drugs such as...
https://safety4sea.com/the-legal-implications-of-drugs-and-alcohol-at-sea/
During his presentation at the last SAFETY4SEA Conference in Athens, Capt. Yves Vandenborn, Director of Loss Prevention, The Standard Club, talked about one specific aspect of the human element in maritime casualties: seafarers’ resilience. He noted that resilience can be improved through enhanced training regimes focused on realism, putting emphasis on additional experience, as well as making organizations more resilient.
The aviation industry is a good example of putting resilience into...
https://safety4sea.com/cm-the-human-element-and-seafarer-resilience/
Danish health and safety company CONOVAH will conduct a new project, focusing on loneliness at sea and how changes such as the role of managers and new technologies affect it.
The project will attempt to identify issues that affect the feeling of loneliness amongst Danish seafarers, especially managers, and young seafarers’ expectations and demands. It will also try to identify the factors that lead to loneliness at sea and how these are affected by changes to the role of managers and technology.
https://safety4sea.com/new-project-to-address-loneliness-at-sea/
Magsaysay Maritime Corporation announced that the MOL Magsaysay Maritime Academy (MMMA) was officially inaugurated on September 12, 2018 in Dasmariñas City, Cavite, Philippines.
The Academy has a full college program for Filipinos and other students from the region. The curriculum aims to increase the students’ competencies, as needed by the global shipping industry.
The Academy is located on a 13.7-hectares facility which houses a Ship-In Campus, Student Complex, Academic Building, and Student...
https://safety4sea.com/new-maritime-academy-launched-in-philippines/
ICS and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) have released new ‘’Guidelines for implementing the Welfare aspects of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC)’.
MLC 2006 aims to ensure worldwide protection and enforcement of the rights of seafarers, and to establish a level playing field for ILO Member States and shipowners in order to provide decent working and living conditions for seafarers.
ICS and ITF emphasise that several countries with highly developed arrangements for...
https://safety4sea.com/ics-its-provide-guidelines-for-ensuring-seafarers-welfare/
British charity Human Rights at Sea announced the successful repatriation of an Ethiopian Chief Officer who was abandoned on Kish Island, Iran, ‘after a direct, but polite intervention by the charity’. The Chief Officer was also owed outstanding wages which have now been paid in full.
The abandoned seafarer contacted the charity on 12 October to outline that, having completed a six month contract, he had been extended by four further months without pay before the owner had deducted two months...