Some do’s and don’t in making sense of accidents and events
𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗼’𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 Following an accident, I see so many people, even those from within the maritime industry (experts?), becoming opinionated and judgmental about seeing ships going ‘too close’ to the land. Just so we are aligned, ships are not meant to navigate in deep waters (only). […]
How risk assessments are causing accidents
A container ship is docked in Shanghai for repair work. A young deck cadet has been tasked with handing cleaning chemicals to his mates working down in a double bottom tank. John starts to step down the vertical ladder with a bucket and a torch on his forehead. In the middle of the descend, John […]