Maritime safety is where the concern on the protection any human being, live stocks, property through the enforcement of the rules and regulation, management and the technology advancement of all types of waterborne transportation. According to United States Coast Guard (n.d), the responsibility of all the government is to protect all the life or safety of their people, so in the maritime field, this responsibility had naturally fall on the Coast guard. With alliances of all the parties such as the federal agencies, state and local governments, marine industries and so on, all are cooperate together in order to upgrade or increase the safety of sea through the integral programs that are prevent from the disaster to happen, investigate and rescue. …show more content…
For 65% of most of the cases, human failure is in responsible, while 50% is because of technical sailing, the 35% for most of the time is because of poor weather condition and 20% is because of questioning in the deficiencies on the ship or in the cargo. According to U.Acar, (n.d), most of the seafarers do not have a proper knowledge or training on the maritime safety, and also they do not comply with the latest standards and also regulation. Therefore, there is one project which is known as International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (Colregs) which establish a standards or regulation that are required to be followed by the deck or navigation officers on sea. This projects will in cooperation with other training institutions and other social partners so could be able to help in gaining knowledge especially in collision which had the highest percentage of incident on sea compare with other by providing that some real case scenario that intended for development of …show more content…
Their main objective is to provides the framework especially for shipping and inside the framework had include the safety, environmental concerns, legal and policy, integration of technical, security of maritime and the efficiency of shipping. Next, is by reinforcement of the Safety of Life At Sea (SOLAS) convention. The SOLAS convention is an international maritime safety rules and regulation. It ensures that all the ship flags have follow the minimum standards of safety in construction, machinery and also management. This SOLAS convention also had become the consecutive form that have followed by all the international merchant ship. In 1914 the first version had been adopted after the incident of Titanic disaster. There are total 14 chapters in this SOLAS convention with regard to the procedures that need to follow to ensure the safety of life on
The Department of Homeland Security as an umbrella department has taken in many organizations to complete their primary duties of national security. To complete their mission on boarder protection and movement from international waters the DHS had the U.S. Coast Guard assigned to it. “The Coast Guard has many duties, including the protection of coastal and inland waterways, environmental protection, the interdiction of contraband, and maritime law enforcement.” (White, 2014) Since the Coast Guard ...
The Titanic was built to be unsinkable, with 16 watertight compartments to help keep it afloat. Many people called the R.M.S. Titanic “unsinkable”, because of how large it was. To many the Titanic, being the biggest ship, also meant it was the best. Publishers Weekly; 3/19/2012, Vol. 259 Issue 12, p30-32, 3p. The ship was advertised as “unsinkable as reasonably possible,” because of it’s numerous safety features. These features included automatic watertight doors, watertight bulkheads and compartments throughout the ship, the most powerful marconi at sea and the Titanic was so large, that it was thought that anything large enough to damage it would be seen in time. They were wrong. Courier Mail, The (Brisbane). 04/03/2012, p38-38. 1.
In the United States Navy Operational risk management (ORM) is personally experienced. The ORM process is taken seriously by everyone in leadership, particularly when failures can be fatal to personnel or equipment damage, therefore, understanding potential risks faced is vital (Eaamonn, 2013). In many organizations and specifically speaking from military experience, risk management is essential to avoiding catastrophic incidents from occurring. Risk management is sometimes unpopular among subordinates so; it is incumbent on leaders to be courageous and standby decisions made. Leaders must be bold and take a stand to protect the community from the effects of flooding even in times of budgetary austerity (Hall,
Including that the ship's steel plates were excessively weak for the close solidifying Atlantic waters, that the effect made bolts pop and the extension joints fizzled, among others. Technological parts of the calamity aside, Titanic's downfall has gone up against a more profound, practically mythic. Many view the disaster as a profound quality play about the threats of human hubris: Titanic's makers trusted they had fabricated a resilient ship that couldn't be crushed by the laws of nature. The shock was driven not slightest by the survivors themselves; even while they were on board Carpathia on their approach to New York, Beesley and different survivors resolved to stir popular conclusion to defend sea go later on and composed an open letter to The Times encouraging changes to sea security laws. In places nearly connected with the Titanic, the feeling of misery was
Ocean shipping probably will meet with the pirates, which could lead to economic losses. Technology How to make the vessel keep efficiency by using less fuel, so company could cut the cost. Environment Wrecking on a rock, meeting with tsunami or rainstorm and so on when sailing. o Five – Forces • Threat of new entrants Low, because of high capital demand. Power of suppliers High, because of the vessels manufacturing, fuel price, and labor cost because these factors are all have no substitutes.
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More than forty thousand merchant ships, and countless number of smaller coastal craft, ply world oceans which comprise nearly seventy percent of the earth’s surface. Each year approximately ten million containers of cargo, containing raw materials to finished goods are transported by seas. The ships are owned by different states, private companies or individuals and manned by mixture of seafarers from different countries, mixed together from various nationalities. These ships are perhaps the most autonomous entities on earth as rule of law allows frequent change of their allegiance or identity by choosing a flag to suit their requirement.
In 1912, the “Mother of All Shipwrecks” went down including the trust of all future technology. Jim Willis states in 100 Media Moments that Changed America that, “The Titanic was the pride of the white starline” (Willis 48). The white starline put so much confidence in the titanic they decreased the number of life boats on board. The Titanic’s massive size was the only record it truly held. William H. Garzke from The World Book explains that “Many people believed the ship was unsinkable because its new hull was divided into 16 water tight compartments” (Garzke 300). These water tight compartments had such a small chance of any water escaping past them, that the boat could still stay afloat even with a few compartments filled with water. The water compartments were so sealed that the never imagined t...
Salvage and Towage are two concepts widely known in the maritime world, nowadays offering employment to many specialized professionals.
In logistic industry, they have been through lots of challenge in worldwide market. As the containerization of the global economy scopes, a phase of development and explanation, ports find themselves inserted in ever changing commercial environment where logistics is the forefront. Thus, this industry reaches a phase of maturity and rationalization due to the process of logistic on land.
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As a conclusion, safe working procedures are very important in bunkering operation. If safe working procedures are not in place, not used or not followed, the consequences might be the use of wrong Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), wrong sequencing of activities, wrong or no action, underestimation, wrong or no emergency procedures and response, and an increased risk of personal injuries, property damage, pollution and fire or explosion. Crew responsible for bunkering should be properly trained and be fully aware of all risks involved. Special attention should be paid to the fact that continuous monitoring during bunkering is necessary to prevent spills and overflows.
Like any accident that occurs, marine accidents including ship grounding can prove to be fatal for not only people on board but around the area also. Run over, collisions, capsized ships are some of the effects that can lead loss of human life. A grounded ship definitely has financial consequences for the people around and the shipping company. Oil spillage, Cargo leakage, has an effect on the marine life of the area affecting the
In conclusion, the Titanic’s sinking is among the many great and tragic accidents to occur at sea. Not only was it the biggest and most luxurious vessel at the time, it was also the most ill-fated cruise ship as it sailed its first and last voyage. Along with the sinking, more than half of its passengers would be buried at sea. This introduced a new idea that people began to understand even the greatest technology is not perfect, and there is no such thing as an “unsinkable ship.” Its rediscovery and production of the movie years later would reawaken the desire to know all that happened on “that fateful night”. The Titanic will continue to lure people for generations to come, since every generation is able to take something different from its tragedy.
...ransportation and navigation challenge: Experts had made judgment related to sea behavior, weather condition. However navigation and transporting 19 precast segments at different open sea location in 24 hrs was a challenge.