ALF MAGNE HORNELAND Pre-employment selection of seafarers probably have been carried out for as long as people have been employed for service on board ships, based on the master’s intuition and sovereignty ...
... on ships, to address the navigational risks associated with critical elements of a voyage. Pilots have ‘conduct of the navigation’, under command of the ship’s Master, for specific, higher risk waterways, ...
... In addition, diving takes place on merchant or cruise ships allows inspection for damage beneath the water line, in a water hull survey, cleaning of the hull and security inspections. Offshore divers are ...
... inequalities in issues such as: medical care, payment of fishers, hours of rest, occupational safety, health and accident, accommodation, etc. Relationships between employers/shipowners and workers are ...
... Navigation is in restricted and often congested waters. Ships are usually smaller and with lower freeboards and there is frequently a need to moor temporarily while passing through locks. Thus, the seafaring ...
... crossing the Atlantic by airplane than by ship and passenger overcapacity caused many luxury liners to be converted to full-time cruise ships, offering pleasure and adventure trips only. By the end of ...
... vessel on each leg of the trip. In bulk shipping, there are three main alternatives: A ship owner may choose to invest in ships and let other firms operate the vessels. Then the ship owner lets his ...
... not very consistent as different national and commercial services have different customs or criteria that determine the pattern of contacts. Communications from ships are not always coherent because of ...
... Governmental and international agencies. Here the prime concern is for maritime safety and for minimising the effects of health problems on this. They may also want to ensure that seafarers on ships ...
... and a means of treatment. It was to be over one hundred years before lemon juice was used effectively on merchant ships. Further information on the fight against scurvy is available in Ch 2.3.3.1. Similar ...
... ERM Engine Resource Management ETF European Training Foundation EUSIS EU SHIPSAN ACT Information System FMC [US] Federal Maritime Commission FOC Flag of Convenience ...
... Maritime Guide for Ships (IMGS) by WHO, its national equivalents and the online Mariners Medico Guide (www.medicoguide.no). The chapters in this textbook have been authored by international experts in ...
... also contain clear specifications on access control and security measures for port facilities and ships. However, the language of both the FAL and SOLAS Conventions is more recommendatory than obligatory. ...
... on the Law of the Sea International law governs various types of claims of jurisdiction over acts on board ships at sea. Jurisdiction is based on the Law of the Sea. In the UN Convention on the Law of ...
... 1, GUIDELINES TO ASSIST IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THE CRIMES OF PIRACY AND ARMED ROBBERY AGAINST SHIPS, Introduction. [5] Ibid. 9.8 [6] ISO Standard 28007 -1:2015. Ships and marine technology — Guidelines ...
... of Aden, the Arabian Sea and parts of the Indian ocean, the shipping industry has adopted Best Management Practices (BMP), the most up-to-date is BMP5, to be adopted by ships to mitigate the risk of piracy ...
STEVE WILLIAMS, NATALIE SHAW, KATINKA SVANBERG Introduction Seafaring is one of the most dangerous forms of work compared to other sectors.[1] Seafarers, passengers and others onboard ships including ...
... hardly ever happens, especially considering that these ships often sail under a flag of convenience. Subsequently, the country of nationality of the seafarers should repatriate them, but again, this is ...
... scope of this chapter, additional information can be found in other publications (13, 14, 15) and the International Medical Guide for Ships or national equivalent. As the majority of fatalities from ...
... caused by self-heating of commodities such as coal, or by certain cargoes becoming wet and generating heat. There have also been a number of fires on container ships, often caused by dangerous cargo that ...