While the general picture about seafarer happiness might be better than two years ago at the nadir of the markets, there will always be bad shipowners out there, according to the secretary general of charity Mission to Seafarers. Andrew Wright, who has headed up the mission since 2013, tells...
https://splash247.com/mission-to-seafarers-there-will-always-be-bad-owners/
The merchant shipping industry is constantly seeking to balance safety, cost and efficiency, and crewing strategies are a key part of that equation. Led by Southampton’s Solent University, the ‘Effective Crew Project’ explores best practice from maritime and other industries, with the objective of improving safety, welfare and efficiency at sea.
Started in April 2017, the Effective Crew research develops findings from a pilot study conducted by the same research team and will draw upon best...
https://safety4sea.com/watch-how-the-effective-crew-project-works/
Steven Jones, the founder of the Seafarers Happiness Index, identifies why crew are less cheery about life at sea and how companies need to install a designated person ashore to focus on seafarer wellbeing. The most recent results from the Seafarers Happiness Index have revealed that crew are...
https://splash247.com/seafarer-happiness-the-role-for-management-and-design/
AMSA: Livestock carrier MV Maysora has been released from detention.
From the Handy Shipping Guide:
Early on the morning of 14 July 2012 the ship’s alarms sounded and a cloud of smoke rose from one of the holds. When the fire-fighting team rushed toward it and flooded the hold with CO2 the explosion occurred.
In the second hearing of a potentially three phase case the US District Court for the Southern District of New York has reached a verdict appointing responsibility for the deaths, injuries and damage caused when the MSC Flaminia was struck by an explosion....