Archive for 'Maritime' Category
Lifeboat Fall Preventer Devices (FPD’s)
A video from the UK MCA showing the benefits of fitting and using Fall Preventer Devices (FPD’s) to lifeboat on-load release hooks … FPD’s are discusssed in our ‘Lifeboat Drills – Preparing for Safety‘ DVD. The film discusses the importance of carrying out, attending and learning from regular and safe lifeboat drills and includes [...]
Maritime industry statistics
For those with an interest (and I certainly have one) there is an interesting page on the ‘Seafarers Rights’ website, giving some potantially valuable statistics about the world maritime industry. Top 20 Flag States World Fleet – Pie ChartWorld Fleet Worldwide Supply of Seafarers Top 20 Ship Owning Countries The page concerned is HERE.
Costa Concordia – Human Element Part III
I’ve received an interesting submission on the continuing debate over the Costa Concordia incident, and specifically the behaviour of Captain Schettino. The author, Nick Young, is an ex-Radio Officer who served on a number of merchant and cruise vessels. Nick’s suggestion of a ‘super-numerary Captain’, distanced from events but ready to take command should the [...]
EHMC video – ‘The Missing Link, improving the mooring process’
We’re pleased to tell you that we’ve reached an arrangement with the European Harbour Masters’ Committee to freely distribute a copy of their excellent DVD ‘The Missing Link, improving the mooring process’ with every copy purchased of our own Mooring Operations training DVD. “The aim of this film is to make the mooring process safer [...]
Costa Concordia – Human Element Part II
In the interests of editorial balance following my post yesterday on this subject, there is an interesting article on the gCaptain website that puts forward an alternative viewpoint on the behaviour of Captain Schettino. “The only fact that is certain in the Costa Concordia disaster is the universal truth of all maritime disasters… human mistakes [...]
Costa Concordia – the Human Element.
The following article is taken directly from ‘The Ship Repair Newsletter’ (No: 1389), published weekly by A&A Thorpe (shipaat@aol.com) . The opinion expressed is close to my own feelings on the subject, hence my decision to publish the text: “The Costa Concordia has been on her side against the Italian island of Giglio for about [...]
Another lifeboat incident …
The New Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) have released a report into the incident onboard the Volendam in January 2011, in which a crew member sadly lost their life. “On the afternoon of 8 January 2011, the passenger vessel Volendam was alongside in Lyttelton. Some of the crew were carrying out routine maintenance on [...]
A new report available from SIRC
There is a new report available on the Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC) website. Titled “New Shipboard Technology and Training Provision for Seafarers” the report looks at how seafarers deal with modern shipboard technology and their needs as regards suitable and effective training. You can download a copy of the report from this page. Authored [...]
The Walport Safety Training website – a new look!
If you’ve had a look around before you got to the blog pages, you’ll have noticed that we’ve made a few changes to the website, making it easier to use for our visitors. The first thing you’ll notice is the new front page, which we’ve tidied up to not only look more presentable but to [...]
Maritime Risk Assessment training for Hot Work
The latest training DVD from walport looks at the subject of Risk Assessment, and in particular how it should be applied when undertaking any Hot Work onboard. ‘Assessing Risk: Hot Work’ is designed to make crew appreciate not just how to carry out a Risk Assessment, but more importantly why they should do it. Using a 3D [...]