<strong>Guest:</strong>
Dear all,
It would seem that the Manufactureres are truly trying to mislead the maritime community in order to make " unfair monietary" , which in itself would indicate that they do not give a damn about the safety of the ship's staff but are in it only for one reason which is quite obvious. If the manufacturers were so inclined and so dedicated to their profession, they would surely have by now designed a new and safer release mechanisim , but as they have been handed over on a silver platter a new direction of making profits and a new avenue to exploit this situation one would feel that their interest in actually making a better system that works would be at an all time low.
Their attitude and articles that they have been pushing in all kinds of media and maritime related publications speaks volumes of their motives - and these surely do not lie with actually serving the industry but just exploiting it. Surely better and safer operating systems can be developed in todays day and age but this also requires the will to do so from people in the industry.
In should be noted that in MSC Circ/1206 it clearly states that " It require member Governments to <font face="TimesNewRoman]<strong>encourage</strong> shipowners, when undertaking maintenance and repair activities, to employ qualified personnel, preferably certified by the manufacturer."</font>
<font face="TimesNewRoman] This above statement is quite clear in the declaration by the IMO that the manufacturer is not necessarily the the only one who needs to be employed for the job.</font>
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<font face="TimesNewRoman]Brgds, </font>
<font face="TimesNewRoman]Deepak Malhotra</font>