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Pilot Ladder Safety and the Human Factor

Herman Broers 12 months ago
Pilot Ladder Safety and the Human Factor

In the latest issue of CHIRP’s Maritime Feedback Issue 66, the relation between Pilot Ladder Safety and the Human Factor, a very good read. The factors Capability, Culture and Local Practices are discussed. As usual the CHIRP is a very good read and the maritime bulletin can be found here.

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Investigation report: Near fatal accident due to missing handhold stanchions

Herman Broers 2 years ago
Investigation report: Near fatal accident due to missing handhold stanchions

On December 17th, the German BSU (Bundesstelle für Seeunfalluntersuchung) published a report on the near fatal accident of a Kiel Canal helmsman, while boarding the Dutch flagged vessel MARFAAM. The reports finds that the pilot ladders’s handholds ( stanchions) onboard of the MARFAAM were inadequate, and could only be reached […]

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