Seafarers often spend many months working away from family and friends with this situation being made worse if the vessel they are engaged on is involved in a maritime accident
Australia is a part of the International Maritime Organization — maritime safety and marine pollution prevention are more effective when carried out internationally.
The National Maritime Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulators Forum is a collaborative platform for discussing maritime workplace health and safety. Its main aim is to improve safety for domestic commercial vessels.
In this edition we explain what is meant by reporting deficiencies ‘as soon as practicable’; we talk about exemption 40 stability documentation, describe and explain different types of lithium battery and more.