Ship Safety & Security

Working on board any OSV, i.e. offshore supply vessel, is normally very intensive job which is also highly demanding of all people involved, including ratings, officers and personnel. The difficulties associated with the work offshore include long hours of work, hazardous shipboard operations, harsh weather, slipper deck surface and many others.

The shipboard personnel shall be duly aware of the established procedures and follow them at all times in order to improve the chances to stay safe. The PPE, i.e. personal protective equipment, is mandatory for use. The content of this training booklet is made of five major modules. The first two modules are dealing with loading and discharging bulk cargoes as well as handling deck cargo.

The preparation and operation inside the five hundred meter zone is covered in the third module. The last two modules address the personal safety of the crew members on deck and the common problems relating to the tiredness and fatigue. Four appendices to the main part of the volume contain checklists for the wet and dry bulk transfer, 500-metre safety zone checklist, and usage of the VHF radios. This booklet is most useful when used together with the video training on the same topic and we recommend you to check both.

This is just a very compact but quite informative booklet addressing the most important aspects of marine piracy and armed robbery, known to be one of the most critical hazards of the modern international maritime shipping industry. The figures officially released by the IMB, standing for the International Maritime Bureau, reveal that the aggregate number of the attacks made by the maritime pirates keeps increasing.

The job of the seafarers is very tough and this risk adds to the difficulties faced by them during the voyages. Apart from the people who are under direct attack, the shipping companies are also affected every time the maritime piracy or robbery act takes place. It is absolutely necessary for the companies to do everything possible to provide safety of the each crew member on their vessels.

The booklet will give you some brief insight into the modern piracy and areas of high risk, three areas of best practice including preparation, containment and recover, and also some future prospects. We would highly recommend you to use this booklet together with the excellent video training set also available here, to get the maximum use of the materials contained in each source.

The main content of this compact yet quite useful and comprehensive brochure was prepared by the members of the EXTRA Consortium and is intended to represent their views on the research related to the problems of maritime safety. The booklet opens with the explanation of the actual need for such research in today's world. It should be clearly understood that the waterborne transport facilities are considered key players in the global economics and also a really fundamental instrument.

More that seventy percent of the total external trade of the EU and about thirty percent of the Union's internal trade are handled by ships. And we all understand that the maritime transport of today represents an excellent alternative to the road and rail traffic options. However, the ongoing growth in the maritime traffic shall be supported by the effective transport chains capable of linking the maritime shipping industry to the onshore destinations...

The publication covers the most important aspects of today's maritime shipping industry and will be interesting to the people willing to be updated with the ongoing trends and happening within the industry with particular focus on the safety issues.

The material presented in the pages of this guidebook is mainly intended to be used as the the advisory to the shipping companies. The publication was first released in 2014 in response to the huge number of migrants who attempted to reach Europe and required rescue by the crew members of the merchant ships there in the Mediterranean sea.

This is a second edition of the publication featuring significantly revised and updated content taking into account the recent practical experience gained by the crew members, Masters and shipping companies. It is supported by the most recognized industry organizations such as Intertanko, ASF, ITF, Intermanager and others.

More than a thousand of merchant ships have been involved in the rescue operations since the time when the crisis in the region started to escalate. They assisted with the successful rescue of more than fifty thousand people. It is not a secret that the shipping industry of today is facing a need to conduct even larger scale rescue operations.

Though the conventional merchant vessels are not commonly well suited to conduct the rescue operations of such scale, it is quite likely that they will continue to be approached by RCCs. This document will provide assistance to the shipping companies with identifying and properly addressing particular issues that may be faced by their ships during such operations...

The maritime piracy together with the armed robbery are considered two maybe the most serious threats affecting the international maritime shipping community of today. Regretfully, it takes place everywhere and not only off Somalia or South China Sea.

Though numerous military and diplomatic initiatives have been already undertaken by many countries and despite all protective measures adopted by the ship operators, ship owners and managers, the ships are still attacked and the seafarers on board are regularly put at risk when working in the international waters.

The United Nations in cooperation with the IMO has recognized that much more should be done in order to provide necessary support not only to the seafarers but also to their families. Since the seafarers play a key role in such incidents, the appropriate preparation activities are considered integral to their health and well-being - and they are equally important to their family members.

Duly recognizing all above mentioned factors, the partner organizations represented by the ship owners and managers, ship agents, insurers and ship agents collaborating with the major inter-governmental entities, have established the Humanitarian Response Program...

Since the world's oceans are largely unregulated spaces, they are particularly vulnerable to the attacks by maritime pirates. we all know that the maritime piracy and terrorism present a very serious threat to the international maritime shipping industry and they are normally combined, going together in most cases.

The maritime piracy itself is considered a marginal issue; however we shall say that the piracy taken together with the wide criminal networks and also with the corruption makes it even more threatening.

The content of the present study report is fully devoted to the contemporary piracy and is intended to provide all participants of the shipping industry with the information that could help them in getting better understanding of the current situation.

The two opening chapters of the publication provide brief introduction to the piracy and terrorism; they are followed by the chapter dealing with the threat assessment, where the author tells readers about the current maritime disorder and what initiatives are there to tackle it. The cooperation between terrorists and criminal world is addressed within a separate part of the book. Particular attention has been paid to the maritime insurgency and many other aspects considered important by the author.

This book is devoted to the maritime-related terrorism deservedly considered one of the most dangerous threats of the shipping industry of today. In fact this work is very important and timely. There are so many industry experts and government officials asking lots of questions about this problem, however there is a significant gap in the information and policy proposals.

Subject problem is particularly crucial in the Southeast Asian region taking into account that Singapore and Malacca are both critically important waterways. In the pages of his book, the author provides interested readers with the examination of the main causes and also solutions to the maritime trade safety which is being threatened.

According to the reviews provided by the readers this volume is highly informative and shall be definitely recommended to every single person in the industry since the safety and security matters are equally important to everyone involved.

Read this book and you will know what shall be done and what is actually being done in order to counter threats associated with the terrorism and check the effectiveness of the safeguards. The major threats have been discussed together with their impact and security measures proposed.

Here is the sixth edition of the training course developed to introduce the trainees to the fundamental operating techniques and procedures. It is also going to give them required guidance to working with the electrical tools in hazardous environments. The importance of and demand for the appropriate training in this area is absolutely evident.

All persons working in such conditions shall have full understanding of the safe working practices and be duly competent in the procedures. The whole content of the course has been arranged in fourteen units. The first unit covers general principles including the nature of various flammable substances, temperature coding, gas grouping and ingress protection, and area classification.

The second unit is devoted to the standards, marking and certification. The rest and actually the main body of the course is dealing with the different methods of protection, wiring systems and ignition sources, inspections and maintenance conducted in accordance with the provisions of BS EN60079-17 standard, validation testing, safe isolation and PTW system. There are two appendices covering the reading of labels and providing data for the flammable substances for use with the electrical tools.