... motorboats. The piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, conducted by Somali pirates against international shipping, suddenly highlighted the problem of piracy and paved the way for an international ...
... 2019 Report[6] On the other hand, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) found that the number of total shipping losses declined and was the lowest of the century in 2019, with 41 ships lost. ...
... with the increase in cruise shipping worldwide and improved management of incidents on board all types of vessels, various situations may and have occurred which can lead to a proportionately high number ...
... are found to have been at fault. The trauma will be even greater if there have been fatalities, and this can lead to psychological problems that many shipping companies are not equipped to recognise or ...
... consultation. Employers may require certain vaccinations as a prerequisite for employment. In the shipping industry there is traditionally a strict observance of vaccinations that are mandatory or believed ...
... 2007. This is a guide primarily aimed at the officer responsible for medical care on board a ship without a doctor. In addition it is useful for shipping companies, all other seafarers, ship supplying ...
... eg Port Health and the shipping company Identify possible infectious disease Ensure prompt medical care to manage disease Identify those who may already have been infected and minimise further ...
Introduction Infections in this cluster are transmitted by animals (zoonotic) or from agents in water and soil (environmental). Shipping is associated with the potential threat of the dispersal of microbes ...
... Only 7 out of 64 cases of tuberculosis were assessed to be likely or possibly shipping-related. The authors conclude that despite multi-cultural crews aboard, including many from high incidence countries, ...
... depends on many factors including liver function and the availability of therapy in the country. Beyond any doubt first aid and medical in the shipping environment is an occupational risk for hepatitis ...
... global population of seafarers cannot, by the nature of the profession and organization of the international and national shipping fleet, be described and studied as such. Seafaring includes many different ...
... pattern of work for seafarers can make delivery of health promotion difficult. There are three different settings in which most serving seafarers, apart from those on local coastal shipping, can be found: ...
... of a shipping company. His daily work is facilitated and constrained by the company. They provide Dmitri with the resources that he uses to accomplish his tasks such as the ship, the crew, the equipment, ...
Global seaborne transport Shipping is essential to the functioning of the global economy and the related international merchandise trade. Shipping facilitates trade by moving goods from production to ...
TIM CARTER, KRIS DE BAERE Introduction As shipping is an international industry, consistency in the way it is regulated in all maritime nations is important. The regulatory control of shipping was ...
... the only international rule-maker with a universal impact, is promoting “Safe, secure and efficient shipping on clean oceans” through a coordinated system of international conventions, codes, regulations, ...
... stringent regulations with regard to the safety of shipping. This pressure resulted in a more comprehensive memorandum that covered Safety of life at sea. Prevention of pollution by ships. Living ...
TIM CARTER AND KRIS DE BAERE History Since ancient times shipping and insurance are closely related. Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans knew the principle of hull insurance. The combined value of ship ...
... of Shipping (ICS) The ICS, that also operates as the International Shipping Federation when acting on seafarer employment related topics, is a federation of the national shipping employers’ associations ...
NATALIE SHAW Recruitment Introduction Due to the global nature of shipping, seafarers are often recruited from developing countries to work onboard vessels flagged to another country that then sail ...