http://www.san-nytt.se/english Promotes maritime work environment management Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:44:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_1368" align="alignleft" width="255" caption="SAN’s new course is designed for everybody who is involved with the work environment at sea."][/caption] Now it is possible to do a web-based course in the work environment that the SAN council has developed. The course is free and is aimed primarily at crew-members. It will ... http://www.san-nytt.se/english/2011/test-your-work-environment-knowledge-on-the-net [caption id="attachment_1371" align="alignleft" width="492" caption="”I’m an incurable optimist”. Johan Högdén believes in Swedish shipping. Photo by Linda Sundgren."][/caption] Johan Högdén is the Bohus boy who dreamed of becoming a politician but went to sea instead. He now works with safety and work environment issues at Transatlantic and he does not regret ... http://www.san-nytt.se/english/2011/johan-hogden%e2%80%99s-recipe-for-success-dialogue-and-cooperation Every year there are a number of vessels, often small ships, that sink while moored at berth. Mostly this happens due to connections to openings below the water line (e.g. cooling water intakes) freezing up. The inflow of water causes damage to the ship and can incur substantial costs for ... http://www.san-nytt.se/english/2011/ships-sinking-by-quayside A search in the maritime industry’s accident and incident reporting system Insjö/ForeSea shows that there have been 32 incidents in which the words ”dävert” or ”davit” appears. The system provides a diagram that can be called a simple analysis. This is an Ishikawa (herringbone) diagram and displays a summary of ... http://www.san-nytt.se/english/2011/lifeboat-problems-in-insjoforesea CM Hammar, which produces life-saving equipment, issued a product warning in September 2011 regarding inflatable life jackets manufactured before 2006. A triggering device for inflation is used on CE-marked buoyancy aids and type-approved life jackets and has a welded sealing gasket. In 2006 CM Hammar upgraded the plastic material in ... http://www.san-nytt.se/english/2011/fault-in-the-triggering-device-in-life-jackets Work environment notebook for reminders SAN has developed a work environment notebook that can facilitate daily work onboard. It is small and convenient and easily fits into a pocket in your work clothes. In the event of an accident, if a deficiency is noticed or if you have an idea for ... http://www.san-nytt.se/english/2011/tips-from-san In the middle of November this year 195 seafarers were being held hostage by Somali pirates. How many people will be forced to spend Christmas aboard their hijacked ships remains to be seen, but the statistics are dismal. This year alone 15 sailors have been killed as a result of ... http://www.san-nytt.se/english/2011/seafarers-with-their-lives-on-the-line Martin Carlweitz, chief mate at Trans Pulp ”We go through one area at a time and use checklists to avoid over- looking things. We look at the risk of exposure and the seriousness of the consequences if something occurs. We really ought to do this once a month, but we tend to ... http://www.san-nytt.se/english/2011/how-do-you-work-with-risk-management This year’s SAN prize-winner is Linda Sundgren, freelance journalist and editor of SAN News. She has been awarded the prize for her for many years of great commitment in monitoring and communicating safety and work environment issues in shipping in a highly competent manner. San-Prize jury http://www.san-nytt.se/english/2011/san-prize-winner-2011 [caption id="attachment_1378" align="alignleft" width="400" caption="Costly mistakes. The container ship Rena grounded off New Zealand in October."][/caption]Today there are great insights into risks in the work environment onboard, but people are not as good at translating this knowledge into real improvements. That was one of the conclusions at this autumn’s SAN ... http://www.san-nytt.se/english/2011/efficient-risk-management