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CHIRP Maritime FEEDBACK think about in this edition. Where emergency equipment – designed to save life or prevent
Editorial
CHIRP Maritime FEEDBACK
Issue No: 43 02/2016
Many thanks once again to our contributors who have provided
Issue No: 44 09/2016
enormously valuable and varied reports. They give us plenty to
confidence at all levels to report lapses, professional
injury – is concerned, we are also reminded that we don’t get
alertness, and a ruthless ‘mend it now’ approach to
Our themes this time start with fire in ships: one a major fire on a
shortcomings. If corrosion has rendered a lifeboat release
We have received a varied and rich set of reports this time.
second chances with that which is “least used, most needed”. When
Editorial sense throughout a vessel of safety consciousness, reminder that safety principles apply to all classes, sizes and types seas; we wear protective clothing; we are unconsciously alert for
ship’s superstructure, reminds us of the crucial importance of ‘hot
mechanism ineffective, it is not good enough to say
a ship founders, this is not the moment to discover that the lifeboat
For these, many thanks to our contributors who include a
“tomorrow; next week; when we’re next in harbour”. FIX IT
work’ procedures. These principles do not only apply to large
cannot be launched or lowered. We all know that the “sea endures
ship Master with a strong safety sense who occasionally
NOW. Of course safety culture comes from the top; a
sends us short outlines of cases he notes on his rounds (no
no makeshifts”. As we go about our business, almost every action
vessels; a separate and harrowing case concerns a catamaran yacht
which caught fire at sea, and was ablaze in moments. This was not
we take is to do with minimising risk. We hold on, when in heavy
doubt keeping his Chief Mate on his toes in the process),
walking past something which is not as it should be without
reported formally to CHIRP; however it provides a salutary
and some of CHIRP’s ambassadors in different sectors and
taking action, and – hey presto – that’s what everyone else
the unexpected – a noise, movement, smell, heat, water where they
of vessel. In this case the crew jumped for their lives, and were
shouldn’t be. We keep our eyes open, we try to notice something
This edition starts with A MESSAGE TO SEA FISHERMEN.
rescued from the sea; but their home went to the bottom. The other
Amongst the innovations introduced by CHIRP’s Maritime
wrong before it bites us, and we rectify defects immediately. It’s in
article on fire risk concerns the hardy perennial of galleys.
Theirs is dangerous work at the best of times; but we don’t
regions. Is there a common theme in this edition of Maritime Master or Superintendant only has to been seen once lessons; top dead centre in many of these are safety culture, human poor safety in berthing arrangements. We hope many of our readers
the blood. So every one of us probably unconsciously notices
Director recently is a series of videos which bring some of
will do.
something almost every day which could form the basis of a
hear as much from them as we would like. Reporting near
our reports to life. The next video will include the results of
We then consider more reports with the theme of collision avoidance
salutary lesson for us all. Please keep these coming!
misses to CHIRP does not need to take long. A few lines will
a simulation conducted by Warsash Maritime Academy –
including one involving an encounter between a yacht and merchant
suffice. We are working in parallel to modernise the
ship at night; this offers us much insight. We are reminded that at
to whom huge thanks – of a very close quarters situation at
Finally CHIRP’s videos this time bring three recent reports in
reporting system so it can be done even more simply and
sea, and especially on bridges “doubt = danger”. We also address the
the entrance to the NE-going deep water route (DWR) at
Maritime Feedback 43 to life: a car carrier’s approach to a lock
interactively at the press of a mobile or tablet button.
growing misuse of VHF radio to “arrange” collision avoidance, and
Sandettie (published in Maritime FEEDBACK 42). It will bring
having lost engine control at a crucial moment (this benefitting
the proper use of Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems
once again from a simulation very generously provided by Warsash
(ECDIS) in ships. Then we come to a number of reports (many from
the situation to life in a wholly new way.
FEEDBACK? I might again emphasise the hardy perennial:
Maritime Academy), an unsafe reaction to a fouled anchor and
CHIRP ambassadors) which remind us of crucial and recurring
safety culture. Almost all the reports we publish concern
near-misses; in some cases they reflect positive and
Be safe; good sailing to all.
will also be able to see these. The link for these excellent videos,
and CHIRP’s audio podcasts, is: https://www.chirp.co.uk/
newsletters/information-broadcasts
factors generally, electrical safety, the maintenance of standards at
effective safety cultures through which incidents were
Charles Style, Maritime Advisor
the time of crew changes, and awareness and understanding of
averted onboard ships. We should laud these. In other
cases, where safety measures have lapsed, a failure of
Charles Style, Maritime Advisor
safety culture is indicated. A good safety culture implies a
A call to sea fishermen … procedures (in other words, the avoidance of box ticking). Be safe; good sailing to all.
Reports . . . Note: photograph for illustration purposes only
Flash fire – welding and painting
This article outlines the rapid outbreak of a fire onboard a vessel in a ship
act as an accelerant was on fire. Contributing factors are reported to have been the dozen layers of
yard during welding operations. Several safety lessons emerge, including
Will you help us reduce experiences like this by spreading the word. applications.
about near misses you have seen or been involved in? A ‘near miss’
the risk of multiple paint layers retaining flammable products which may
paint found to have been applied, and flammable components between the
paint layers arising from allowance of inadequate time between the paint
What did the reporters tell us?
circumstances later; death, injury, damage, loss can all be avoided. You
Fishermen don’t need to be told that their form of seafaring is amongst shared and reviewed can directly prevent an actual accident in similar The welding was conducted on the outside of the superstructure on a deck
During welding operations, a fire broke out on the outside of a ship’s
very small crews, in severe weather and operating conditions.
the most hazardous. They often operate in relatively small vessels with can best help to do so – make a real difference – by letting us at CHIRP fire was later successfully put out.
superstructure. Within two minutes the entire after side of the superstructure
panel. Sparks dropped into a pile of rubbish which ignited; the fire quickly
know about ‘near misses’.
The word gets around about accidents and near misses. The vast
spread. There was no fire watch set by either ship’s staff or the repair yard. An
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attempt to extinguish the fire with a ‘high pressure cleaner’ did not work; the
‘near misses’. Maybe you have narrowly avoided injury yourself?
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