The initiative to this book came from the Norwegian Centre for Maritime Medicine. From our network we have recruited experts of maritime medicine to contribute with authorship to this "first edition". The ...
... as passengers or pursue leisure activities, such as yachting. A ship can be a 24-hour society, a workplace, a home and a place for leisure. The crew may be multicultural and the voyages international, ...
EILIF DAHL, SIRI STRANDENES, BOB BRIDGER MARAGARETHA HOLTENSDOTTER LÜTZHÖFT Whereas shipping dominates world international cargo transport, passenger transport has met strong competition from air travel. ...
SIRI PETTERSEN STRANDENES Global seaborne transport Shipping is essential to the functioning of the global economy and the related international merchandise trade. Shipping facilitates trade by moving ...
... short time period. Any MCI can rapidly exhaust available resources, not only to manage the MCI but also to maintain the normal operations of the ship. The number of casualties does not need to be high ...
... an attack against human dignity and especially affects seafarers from Third World countries. It leaves entire crews and their families mired in despair and anguish. How it all begins A ship is detained ...
... matter of days before help can arrive. It is quite possible that the ship’s crew will have to manage an incident without support for a period of time, so training and a robust safety culture are vital. ...
... Hepatitis (A,B,C etc.) are specified in the document. World Health Organisation (WHO), International Medical Guide for Ships, including the ship´s medicine chest. 3rd ed. World Health Organization - ...
DAVID LUCAS Work in a ship yard Introduction Humans have long used ships as a means of transport for goods or people, for discovery or invasion purposes. Consequently, ship construction and repair ...
KIM JEFFRIES Shipowner liability for illness and injury and P&I Insurance Introduction Shipping is global and liability for illness, injury and death is formed from a complex web of international ...
EILIF DAHL Background Like medicine in general, as well as the cruise industry itself, cruise ship medicine has developed tremendously during the last 30 years. Progress has not happened because ...
... research is focused on epidemiology of infectious disease related to cross-border health threats, maritime health, water safety and health and hygiene on cruise ships. She has been working as the manager ...
... around this subject. After graduation, he had a short, although varied, career at sea on board of different kinds of vessels among which was a cargo ship, a research vessel, a tugboat and various dregdging ...
Siri Pettersen Strandenes is Professor Emerita at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). Her main research areas are Maritime Economics, Airline Economics, International Economics and Industrial Organization. ...
Patrick Steenacker started his career as a seafarer. He has 24 years experience seagoing and inland shipping. After his years at sea he worked at a Maritime Company, where he was 12 years worldwide consultant ...
... Chamber of Shipping. Sue worked at the Norwegian Centre of Maritime and Diving Medicine until July 2020 and has previously held Medical Director positions at Carnival UK and International SOS, London. ...
Natalie has been the Director of Employment Affairs initially for the International Shipping Federation and latterly for the International Chamber of Shipping since March 2003. In her role she represents ...
... and practical knowledge in maritime niche markets including but not limited to LNG bunkering, LNG/FSRU operations and commissioning, LNG STS including salvage, and STL mode, SPM/STL shiphandling, newbuilding, ...
George Panagakos is a senior researcher at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and works on the environmental performance of transport operations with a specialization in shipping and policy related ...