Представляем обзор статей, освещающих недавние события, новости и релизы, которые могут представлять интерес для профессионалов морской отрасли. Автор: David Patraiko FNI.
– Лицом к крюинговым рискам – публикация, посвященная новеллам в Международном кодексе по управлению безопасностью, которые повышают уровень ответственности судовладельца за состояние экипажа судна и вступили в силу с 01.01.2015.
– Велнес на море – публикация, в которой рассматривается программа Международной организации «Общество моряков», призванная способствовать улучшению физического и душевного здоровья моряков с учетом потребностей морской отрасли в целом.
– Управление ростом – публикация, в которой исследуются ответы судовладельцев и их менеджеров на вызовы, связанные с ускоряющимся ростом тоннажа мирового морского флота.
David Patraiko FNI rounds up the latest news, releases and events affecting the maritime professional throughout the world
Facing up to crewing risks
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty’s (AGCS) newly released report Safety and Shipping Review 2015 highlights the amendments to the ISM Code which took effect on January 1,2015, and which could shake up the perennial problem of minimum safe manning levels that are not fit for purpose.The amendment has shifted the onus of responsibility back on to the owner, requiring that the ship is manned in excess of its Minimum Safe Manning Document in order to comply with hours of rest rules and other requirements that may arise due to the operation of the ship.
Owners will now be held liable if they have not made a proper assessment of the necessary minimum safe manning level, or for not reassessing a change in the circumstance of the vessel. Minimum safe crewing levels should only be the default level for an emergency situation and not the normal day-to-day level for safe operations.’Good shipping companies will never keep the crew down at the safe minimum level; they will always have additional officers or cadets onboard,’says AGCS senior marine risk consultant Capt Jarek Klimczak. ‘Vessels operating continuously at the minimum safety levels will often be on a cost-saving drive and this can also be reflected in the maintenance of the vessel.’
Capt Rahul Khanna, Global Head of Marine Risk Consulting points out that it is not just the quantity of crew onboard that is concerning; quality is also important. ‘We suffer more from the lack of quality of the crew, than the quantity. This doesn’t mean that fatigue and low manning levels are not a problem however.’
‘Crews are constantly being asked to do more with less,’ says Capt Andrew Kinsey, senior marine risk consultant.’Smaller crews, higher tempo schedules, less time in port for repairs…The latest electronic navigation tool is of no use if crew are too fatigued to operate it. ‘Minimum manning levels have reduced the ability to train people onboard he believes. ‘There’s a lot to be said for learning on the deck.’
The report also highlights the problem of overreliance on electronic navigation aids, which was the root cause of a number of incidents in 2014. Inadequate training at grass roots level is a factor, according to Khanna. Training standards are mixed when it comes to ECDIS. It should be relatively straightforward as the framework in STCW is already there, but the training in individual facilities in some parts of the world is not up to standard.’ Lessons learned from accident reports related to ECDIS are not always being filtered back into the training environment, he adds.
‘Reliance on automation can take precedence over looking out of the window, taking a visual bearing, or even picking up binoculars. However, manual navigation aids and skills are still crucial.’
The full report can be viewed at http://www.agcs.allianz.com/ assets/PDFs/Reports/Shipping- Review-2015.pdf
Источник: Seaways. – 2015. – May. – Р. 26.
Wellness at sea
The Sailors’ Society has launched a coaching and support programme designed to promote health and well-being among the world’s seafarers. In addition to enhancing crew welfare, it is hoped that the Wellness at Sea programme will also improve retention rates.
Wellness at Sea will seek to support the mental and physical health of seafarers by promoting physical wellbeing, cultural awareness, emotional intelligence, social skills and spiritual well-being alongside more familiar skills competence. Sailors’ Society Chief Executive Stuart Rivers claims the programme marks a step change in the way the industry views seafarer health.
The initiative grew out of a roundtable discussion chaired by Sailors’ Society in Hong Kong at which several key shipping industry figures shared their concerns over crew attrition rates and the complex problem of maintaining wellness on board.
Sailors’Society will offer the course at two levels for Cadets and Officers. In 2015 the Officer Programme will be offered to selected companies to integrate with their in-house training programmes. The Cadet Programme will be available through maritime training colleges working in partnership with Sailors’ Society.
Wellness at Sea Project Manager Johan Smith will run the course in five international locations; South Africa, Namibia, China, Hong Kong, and the Philippines, providing coaching in each of the five areas of wellness and empowering attendees to pass on the lessons they have learned to crew-mates and others under their command.
Smith says the programme is a proactive initiative that will equip seafarers with a range of knowledge and skills that can prevent rather than cure, minimise instead of react.
‘Historically, training of seafarers has been focused on occupational skills, while welfare services have mostly been reactive, coming into play only once a problem arises. Wellness at Sea seeks to proactively train seafarers in areas that have been traditionally overlooked.’
Источник: Seaways. – 2015. – May. – Р. 26.
Managing growth
Speaking at this year’s CMA Conference in Connecticut, USA, Gerardo Borromeo, President of InterManager, said that world tonnage is expected to double over the next 15 years. Shipownership is increasingly driven by private equity; with complex changes in regulatory regimes impacting on operating costs; and with evolving technologies becoming increasingly important to the next generation of vessels.
If shipowners and managers are to successfully negotiate the challenges that this growth will bring, they will need to champion:
• Continuous professional development onboard and onshore – ‘It is through quality people that we will ultimately achieve the results we strive for.’
• Higher levels of efficiency – using benchmarking tools such as the Shipping KPIs, process improvement and dynamic systems analysis methodologies to measure performance.
• Engagement of all shipping stakeholders – to encourage long term strategic thinking, planning and decision making’.
• Promotion of an appreciation and understanding of how the shipping industry’ moves the world’ as a key enabler of global trade.
‘If we are to ensure the sustainability of our businesses and of shipping as the industry that ‘moves the world’, the ability of ship managers and crew managers to deliver a significantly more complete platform of support services is an important strategic consideration,’ Borromeo said.
Источник: Seaways. – 2015. – May. – Р. 26.
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