We speak with Lizi Woodland, Chair of IMarEST’s Seafarer Mental Health and Wellbeing Special Interest Group (SIG) and Business Development Manager of the Guild of Benevolence, about some of the supportive actions being taken.
Rob Loder, Principal Inspector of Marine Accidents at the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB), tells us why seafarer safety has always been a passion.
On 14 July 2020, the Bahamian registered passenger vessel, Navigator of the Seas, was anchored when a sudden release of steam in a feedwater tank caused a crewmember fatality.
At the ninth session of the IMO Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers (CCC9), IMarEST member Dónal Burke presented research demonstrating that enclosed spaces on ships can be more deadly than previously thought.
It’s known by different terms, but the serious threat to the safety and the public perception of shipping is the same however you refer to the dark, grey, shadow, or phantom fleet operating at the edge of the industry.
Sexual harassment and abuse at sea are in the spotlight, following high-profile incidents and shocking worker surveys. Corporate culture needs to change – and quickly.
We speak to Professor Gerasimos Theotokatos, the lead author of a research paper into dual-fuel engines that won the IMarEST Denny Silver Gilt Medal earlier this year.
