# Marine Safety **URL:** https://forum.gcaptain.com/c/maritime-topics/marine-safety/22.md?page=2 [Latest](https://forum.gcaptain.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.gcaptain.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.gcaptain.com/tags.md) **Page:** 3 --- ## [Survey - ZOC Visualization in ECDIS](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/survey-zoc-visualization-in-ecdis/58958)
**Author:** [@christoskas](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/christoskas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2021, 7:54am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/survey-zoc-visualization-in-ecdis/58958 "2021-04-02T07:54:18Z")
The Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping (CCOM) of the University of New Hampshire (UNH) has developed an online survey for professional mariners and other professionals working with ENCs available at https://unh.az1.qua… --- ## [Crossing rules](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/crossing-rules/58758)
**Author:** [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/crossing-rules/58758 "2021-03-24T13:31:50Z")
Here is more feed for the Sea Lawyers: Was the Supreme Court decision right or wrong??:: --- ## [Keep a sharp lookout through the cargo](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/keep-a-sharp-lookout-through-the-cargo/58638)
**Author:** [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/keep-a-sharp-lookout-through-the-cargo/58638 "2021-03-08T21:03:13Z")
The ANNIE anchored off Gibraltar Photo : Francis Ferro © --- ## [Connections From Hammond's "The Mind of War" - Col John Boyd](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/connections-from-hammonds-the-mind-of-war-col-john-boyd/57412)
**Author:** [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/connections-from-hammonds-the-mind-of-war-col-john-boyd/57412 "2020-11-23T15:08:23Z")
This is one of my favorite books. Focus on operations not business or finance. A useful read for management level mariners. The USMC manual MCD1 - “Warfighting” follows Boyd very closely. Books are sort of like n… --- ## [USCG Issues Policy Letter on L-ion Batteries](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/uscg-issues-policy-letter-on-l-ion-batteries/57449)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Boebert1](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Earl_Boebert1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/uscg-issues-policy-letter-on-l-ion-batteries/57449 "2020-11-12T18:50:09Z")
29 Oct Policy Letter Lots of “shoulds,” no “shalls” Somebody with more knowledge of these things than me should explain if this has any teeth or is just for show. Earl --- ## [Golden Ray Investigation](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/golden-ray-investigation/56719)
**Author:** [@KPChief](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/KPChief)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/golden-ray-investigation/56719 "2020-10-02T10:43:13Z")
Looks like I missed today’s streaming but schedule shows more later in week I think. --- ## [Seafarers Fatalities & Missing](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/seafarers-fatalities-missing/55664)
**Author:** [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/seafarers-fatalities-missing/55664 "2020-06-06T15:42:10Z")
There are too many fatalities among seafarers: What is being done about it? Is enough done, or can it be improved? Who need to take grip to reduce fatalities and injuries? Is the safety consiousness among seafare… --- ## [Any one use Mobileops.co?](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/any-one-use-mobileops-co/55503)
**Author:** [@BennyAdam](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/BennyAdam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/any-one-use-mobileops-co/55503 "2020-05-28T14:06:43Z")
https://www.mobileops.co/ Anyone use these guys? Looking at a Port Engineer spot for a company using this program. Looks pretty good on demo, just wanted to get actual users feedback --- ## [USCG - Know your high seas comms equipment and how to use them](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/uscg-know-your-high-seas-comms-equipment-and-how-to-use-them/45685)
**Author:** [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/uscg-know-your-high-seas-comms-equipment-and-how-to-use-them/45685 "2020-03-07T20:57:38Z")
United States Coast Guard Headquarters Inspections and Compliance Directorate Washington, DC August 3, 2017 Safety Alert 08-17 Know your high seas comms equipment and how to use them. You just might save your own l… --- ## [Medical Skill Fade](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/medical-skill-fade/54073)
**Author:** [@Ben125](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Ben125)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/medical-skill-fade/54073 "2020-02-04T13:42:35Z")
Hi there, I’m a final year university student currently undertaking my final year dissertation project, which explores maritime STCW first aid/medical care training and any additional training or Continuous Professional … --- ## [Writer seeking help... can a ship lose ALL comms?](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/writer-seeking-help-can-a-ship-lose-all-comms/53971)
**Author:** [@willwriter](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/willwriter)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/writer-seeking-help-can-a-ship-lose-all-comms/53971 "2020-01-29T20:39:04Z")
Hello… I’m a fairly successful writer of crime fiction based in the UK but I’d love to write a story set on a modern ship. I have SO many questions and my ignorance is immense, but I’m hoping for a story in which passeng… --- ## [High-reliability organizations - Understanding Society Blog](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/high-reliability-organizations-understanding-society-blog/53707)
**Author:** [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2019, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/high-reliability-organizations-understanding-society-blog/53707 "2019-12-30T12:24:11Z")
Charles Perrow takes a particularly negative view of the possibility of safe management of high-risk technologies in Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies. His summary of the Three Mile Island accident … --- ## [Will They Update The SMS to Cover This?](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/will-they-update-the-sms-to-cover-this/53523)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Boebert1](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Earl_Boebert1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/will-they-update-the-sms-to-cover-this/53523 "2019-12-07T17:37:50Z")
Charter Yacht Crashes During Drunken Sex (Disclamer: Source known to be unreliable) Cheers, Earl Edit: Oops. Missed the previous reference to the incident. Closed the topic. --- ## [Existing approach to safety management has proven deeply flawed and dangerously misleading](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/existing-approach-to-safety-management-has-proven-deeply-flawed-and-dangerously-misleading/52714)
**Author:** [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/existing-approach-to-safety-management-has-proven-deeply-flawed-and-dangerously-misleading/52714 "2019-09-24T15:11:22Z")
I’ve posted this before on another thread - this is a really good article about SMS, procedures checklist etc Light bulbs, red lines and rotten onions For me it hit the target because it uses the example of the report … --- ## [Pierside current information via AIS](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/pierside-current-information-via-ais/16984)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2019, 9:05am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/pierside-current-information-via-ais/16984 "2019-07-30T09:05:20Z")
http://maritime-executive.com/article/new-sensors-broadcast-pierside-currents-over-ais Another way to use AIS broadcast information. I haven't seen any AIS ATON in my travels yet. Only one I know of is on the GG Brid… --- ## [Safety and accident analysis: Longford - Understanding Society](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/safety-and-accident-analysis-longford-understanding-society/52137)
**Author:** [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/safety-and-accident-analysis-longford-understanding-society/52137 "2019-07-19T14:24:09Z")
Safety and accident analysis: Longford The Longford refining plant suffered an explosion and fire in 1998 that killed two workers, badly injured others, and interrupted the supply of natural gas to the state of Victo… --- ## [Uninspected company boat](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/uninspected-company-boat/51781)
**Author:** [@bryandavis](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/bryandavis)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/uninspected-company-boat/51781 "2019-06-13T20:20:55Z")
I am trying to grasp the classification of an uninspected, inland waters, 24’, outboard, employee only transport crewboat. As best I can find: this is not a UPV as there are no passengers offering compensation for the r… --- ## [New Traffic Hazzard to Look Out For](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/new-traffic-hazzard-to-look-out-for/51773)
**Author:** [@Lee\_Shore](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Lee_Shore)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2019, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/new-traffic-hazzard-to-look-out-for/51773 "2019-06-11T12:40:28Z")
Electric foilboards: Get yours here if you have the spare change: --- ## [Helge Ingstad and Lines of Defense](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/helge-ingstad-and-lines-of-defense/50035)
**Author:** [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/helge-ingstad-and-lines-of-defense/50035 "2019-05-16T10:33:46Z")
An interesting thing about the Helge Ingstad is that two important aspects of the incident, the AIS and flooding are at completely different levels of safety defense. It could be likened to sports, a soccer game fo… --- ## [Interesting Paper - Designing for Safe Maritime Navigation](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/interesting-paper-designing-for-safe-maritime-navigation/51309)
**Author:** [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2019, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/interesting-paper-designing-for-safe-maritime-navigation/51309 "2019-04-25T00:37:49Z")
Designing for Safe Maritime Navigation Studying Control Processes for Bridge Teams VICTOR FERNANDO PLÁCIDO DA CONCEIÇÃO An interesting paper, a little different approach. A bit long, just skimmed it but looks worth a… --- ## [How Complex Systems Fail - Richard Cook, MD -](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/how-complex-systems-fail-richard-cook-md/51065)
**Author:** [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/how-complex-systems-fail-richard-cook-md/51065 "2019-03-27T19:28:39Z")
How Complex Systems Fail (pdf) (Being a Short Treatise on the Nature of Failure; How Failure is Evaluated; How Failure is Attributed to Proximate Cause; and the Resulting New Understanding of Patient Safety) Richard I… --- ## [Modern Accident Theory,Investigations and Aviation](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/modern-accident-theory-investigations-and-aviation/49448)
**Author:** [@Steamer](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Steamer)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/modern-accident-theory-investigations-and-aviation/49448 "2019-02-12T15:12:47Z")
All true, but note the modern approach to accident investigation had a lot of input from the pilots themselves. The industry at one time was happy enough to blame them for everything, seeing as how they were dead and wer… --- ## [Gas tankers and paddlers](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/gas-tankers-and-paddlers/49975)
**Author:** [@Emrobu](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Emrobu)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2019, 6:49am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/gas-tankers-and-paddlers/49975 "2019-01-11T06:49:44Z")
I visited a town in Quebec recently that is facing a problem. There is a push to develop an LNG port right next to a marine sanctuary that is meant to protect a beluga nursery in a confined fjord. (The more you look int… --- ## [New Oil Spill Response Ability in BC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/new-oil-spill-response-ability-in-bc/17032)
**Author:** [@Emrobu](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Emrobu)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2018, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/new-oil-spill-response-ability-in-bc/17032 "2018-12-27T14:49:22Z")
150 new jobs for starts. That's something to know. Badly needed, eh? http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kinder-morgan-trans-mountain-oil-response-jobs-vancouver-island-1.3950570 --- ## [Lifeboat deficiency](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/lifeboat-deficiency/50003)
**Author:** [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/lifeboat-deficiency/50003 "2018-12-16T23:20:08Z")
PSA blast three companies for unspecified deficiencies in the conditions of enclosed lifeboats and evacuation procedures on 22 offshore oil rigs under Norwegian flag, or working in Norway: --- ## [Accidents lead to changes in DOF](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/accidents-lead-to-changes-in-dof/50008)
**Author:** [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/accidents-lead-to-changes-in-dof/50008 "2018-12-15T18:16:20Z")
DOF has two fatal accidents on their boats in 2015, one in Norway and one in Australia: Both places has strict rules on follow-up after accident and so has DOF internally. After official and internal investigations … --- ## [Safety Alert on E-cigarettes](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/safety-alert-on-e-cigarettes/49392)
**Author:** [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2018, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/safety-alert-on-e-cigarettes/49392 "2018-10-04T10:18:12Z")
The Standard P&I Club have raised a safety alert on e-cigarettes: http://www.standard-club.com/news-and-knowledge/news/2018/06/web-alert-personal-injury-e-cigarette-battery-explosion.aspx And you thought that e-cigaret… --- ## [Nancy Leveson Hazard Analysis](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/nancy-leveson-hazard-analysis/44620)
**Author:** [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/nancy-leveson-hazard-analysis/44620 "2018-06-19T20:49:23Z")
From here An STPA Primer Some useful definitions. Cause; Philosophers have debated the notion of causality for centuries. John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) defined cause \_as a set of sufficient conditions. “The cause is t… --- ## [The Root Cause of Root Causes](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-root-cause-of-root-causes/47933)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Boebert1](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Earl_Boebert1)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-root-cause-of-root-causes/47933 "2018-04-29T17:02:57Z")
Business school professor argues that business schools should be abolished: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/apr/27/bulldoze-the-business-school?utm\_source=esp&utm\_medium=Email&utm\_campaign=GU+Today+USA±+Collection… --- ## [SPE Issues New Report on Safety](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/spe-issues-new-report-on-safety/47884)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Boebert1](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Earl_Boebert1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/spe-issues-new-report-on-safety/47884 "2018-04-20T16:56:37Z")
The Society of Petroleum Engineers has issued a new report on safety: http://www.spe.org/publications/techreports/pdfs/SPE-Tech-Report-Getting-to-Zero-and-Beyond.pdf Lots of focus on crews, not so much on the people wh… [Previous page](https://forum.gcaptain.com/c/maritime-topics/marine-safety/22.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.gcaptain.com/c/maritime-topics/marine-safety/22.md?page=3)