... of leave. Intentions to change behaviour or to provide the support services required to help individual participants. Actual behavioural change, its speed of uptake, the proportion of those targeted ...
... a just culture has been applied by some in the maritime industry, for example, BP Shipping and Teekay Marine Services. These programmes have focused on safety and how organisational culture can be changed ...
... have some relevance such as Occupational Health Services, 1985 (number 161).[7] The International Maritime Organization (IMO) The International Maritime Consultative Organisation was established as ...
... employment agreements use of a recruitment and placement services hours of work or rest manning levels accommodation on board recreational facilities food and catering health and safety and ...
... pumps, engines, firefighting installations and other equipment vital to the ship's function. As well as providing classification and certification services, the larger societies also conduct research ...
... unions and runs international inspection and advisory services to ensure that employers, port authorities and others do not compromise the rights or employment contracts of seafarers. It has campaigned ...
... services whose primary purpose is the recruitment and placement of seafarers or which recruit and place a significant number of seafarers. Each country that ratifies the MLC must advise its nationals on ...
... Cruise ships Cruise ships are descended from the transatlantic ocean liners, which, since the mid-20th century, have found their services pre-empted by jet aircraft. Most of them are designed for large ...
... Chief Cook, and other steward's department crew. On large passenger vessels, the Chief Steward is known as the Passenger Services Director or Purser and is a high ranking officer. Here they are responsible ...
... services of North Sea and Baltic Sea traffic, is cramped and often there is no space for a fitness room. In addition, the crews on smaller vessels often do not have internet access in their cabins. Seafarers ...
... of healthcare services: A model of care. Journal of transcultural nursing, 13(3), 181-184. (15) ILO 2013, Caught at Sea. Forced Labour and Trafficking in Fisheries. http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---declaration/documents/publication/wcms_214472.pdf, ...
... welfare facilities and services, either on board or ashore, can be a lifeline for seafarers. Welfare Matters The Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) is a relatively new legal document; however, the ...
... ship owners, insurers, health professionals and maritime authorities. A good example being the scope of telemedical services; do they focus just on the management of major medical emergencies, or do they ...
... services ashore participate in coordinated schemes for medical assistance to ships. It is based on the provisions of table A-VI/4-2 of the STCW Code[3] and provides advanced medical care training ...
... poor quality medication or fraudulent products in some countries. Hence limitations of purchase through local agents or by using web-based pharmacy services. Managing expiry dates and the safe disposal ...
... and experience from telemedical maritime assistance services, and perception of current best practice within this field. Location of the medical facility In the process of designing and building a ...
... Later, in 1974, the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)[4] convention called for the establishment of coastal maritime search and rescue (SAR) services and in 1979, the International Convention on Maritime ...
... Variation can be seen in The availability of specialty services such as neurosurgery, tertiary level intensive care and support services such as interventional radiology, range of laboratory investigations ...
... primary care and in case of an emergency. On a large, slow merchant vessel, in the middle of the ocean a seafarer may be several days away from qualified medical services. In the interim the officer responsible ...
... The costs associated with a medical evacuation vary greatly. Many Coast Guard authorities do not charge for their services, while others may charge ‘full rates’. When charges are billed to the shipowner, ...