Crunch time for containers, says MAIB

Article Abstract:

The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) recently presented a report highlighting several incidents involving safety lapses in the handling of ship containers. MAIB calls on the container industry to implement a code of practice to prevent these kinds of accidents in the future.

Publisher: DMG World Media Ltd.
Publication Name: Safety at Sea International
Subject: Transportation industry
ISSN: 0142-0666
Year: 2007
Legal issues & crime, Strategy & planning, Glass containers, Paperboard Containers and Boxes, Plastics products, not elsewhere classified, Metal Cans and Shipping Containers, Industrial Truck, Tractor, Trailer, and Stacker Machinery Manufacturing, Metal Pallets & Cargo Containers, Wood Containers, Planning, Company legal issue, Investigations, Accidents, Container industry, Marine accidents, Company business planning, Cargo containers

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Revising STCW: should new technology mean a new convention?

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Owing to new technological developments in the shipping industry, the alterations that need to be made in the Standards of Training, Certification & Watchkeeping, are discussed.

Publisher: DMG World Media Ltd.
Publication Name: Safety at Sea International
Subject: Transportation industry
ISSN: 0142-0666
Year: 2006
Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Technological innovations

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Avoid FATs, says ship's captain

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The risks involved in using fully-automatic twistlocks in ships are discussed.

Author: Newton, Peter
Publisher: DMG World Media Ltd.
Publication Name: Safety at Sea International
Subject: Transportation industry
ISSN: 0142-0666
Year: 2006
Facilities & equipment, Asset & Risk Management, Equipment and supplies, Risk management

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Subjects list: Standards, United Kingdom, Safety and security measures, Shipping industry, Ships
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