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-fatalities-shows-shipping-must-do-more.html
Behind every casualty and vessel total loss statistic are seafarers that have lost their lives, been injured, or suffer long-term physical or mental effects. While the number of reported seafarer deaths dropped from 165 in 2015 to 55 in 2016, it rose to 112 in 2019 (figure 1 below) according to the inaugural State of Maritime Safety report published by IHS Markit.
IHS Markit estimates that 400,000 seafarers work on merchant cargo ships; 300,000 on passenger and cruise ships; and an approximate 200,000 crew work on other types of vessels.
With the growing world fleet, the numbers of crew killed are still high considering shipping's increased focus over the last decade on the improvement of safety and environmental performance.
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The atmosphere of the ship is built beautifully. We know, already, that these ships are going to sink, but we’re still caught up in the immersive luxury world of the Titanic as the story unfolds.
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The Manta Neo bridge system (Hensoldt UK)
(Article originally published in Jan/Feb 2020 edition.)
Dedicated bridge chairs can do more than ease long hours standing on the bridge. They can help to define roles too, particularly as bridge resource management techniques and increasing automation make the captain's role more of an overseer.
Traditionally, the captain would stand at the front of the bridge and give orders. The rest of the bridge team would be behind, feeding information forward. In changing to a function-based organization rather than a rank-based one, roles can be defined in a manner that facilitates