Thanks everyone who attended the MRM Facilitator seminar at Waterstones Hotel and Club in Mumbai on 28 February! Very good discussions and too little time. We’ll have to come back to India soon again.
Participating companies were:
The group gathered outside Waterstones Hotel and Club in Mumbai.
The “Deadly Dozen” based on CHIRP near-miss reports 2003-2015. (Click to enlarge)
Analysis of CHIRP* near-miss reports for the period 2003-2015 reveals important facts. Described as the “Deadly Dozen”, and published in the UK MCA’s Marine Guidance Note MGN 520 (M) in December 2016, the analysis has identified twelve important factors in maritime safety. Situation Awareness is found at the top of the list. 22.5% of the reported incidents are attributed to lack of Situation Awareness according to the analysis. Alerting ends up in second place followed by Communication as number three. This is the complete list:
The results of the analysis come as no surprise to MRM training providers. These areas have been key priority areas in the MRM training programme ever since resource management training was introduced in the maritime industry in the early 1990s. The list of factors is in fact very similar to the MRM course syllabus, even if the term ‘Challenge and Response’ is used instead of ‘Alerting’. Flag States’ recognition of human and organizational factors in maritime safety is very welcomed indeed. This has taken a long, long time and we are still not where we would like to be in the maritime industry. Accidents still take place at a higher frequency than needed but we are slowly moving in the right direction. The statistics produced by CHIRP and UK MCA is helpful.
More information about the “Deadly Dozen” is found in the UK’s Maritime & Coastguard Agency’s Marine Guidance Note MGN 520 (M). The document is definitely worthwhile reading for MRM training providers and MRM trainees and contains also some ‘DOs and DON’Ts’ for each identified factor. Click the picture below for the full document.
MGN 520 (M)
* CHIRP is an abbreviation of Confidential Hazardous Incident Reporting Programme. CHIRP has its own website.
ALL Academy wishes to thank all participants and the host, Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM), for a very good MRM Facilitator training event in Limassol on 17 January 2017. Eight of the participants came from Columbia Shipmanagement, three from Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement MTC and one from Marlow Navigation. Countries represented at the event were Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, Latvia, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Tunisia and Ukraine. Below are photos from the event. (Photo credit: Natalie Sey, CSM)
Martin Hernqvist of ALL Academy at the start of the day.
The group gathered outside the head office of Columbia Shipmanagement in Limassol.
Martin Hernqvist of ALL Academy (left) with Capt Faouzi Fradi, Crew Training Manager at Columbia Shipmanagement (right).
Mumbai – Gateway of India
Next MRM Train the Trainer events will take place in important seafarer locations – Mumbai and Manila. On Tuesday February 28th we will meet in Mumbai and two days later, on Thursday March 2nd, we will gather in Manila. Many thanks to Grieg Philippines Inc for being the host in Manila.
More information and registration forms are found here.
We were not surprised that a “maritime safety seminar for shipping companies aiming at zero insurance claims” should attract a large number of safety-oriented people in Singapore. We spent half a day at the Furama RiverFront hotel on November 7, 2016 discussing contributing factors in accidents, the impact of national and company culture, pilotage issues and how we best increase safety, efficiency and job satisfaction in our shipping companies. Many good ideas and comments came from the highly experienced participants, many of them in top management positions.
At the venue during the MRM Safety Seminar in Singapore on 07 November 2016.
A half-day MRM seminar was carried out at PV Trans in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam by ALL Academy on 4 November 2016. Mr Do Hong Phuong of PV Trans had gathered a large group of employees from different departments who participated in the seminar. The seminar was well-received and we do hope that we shall soon get the chance to meet again in Vietnam for follow-up training and discussions.
Mr Do Hong Phuong of PV Trans gives an overview and background of the seminar.
A view of the entrance at PV Trans in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.
CTX Special Risks Ltd, an insurance broker from Taipei, held its annual client forum at Humble House in Taipei, Taiwan, on 2 November 2016. This year’s theme was “Managing for Excellence”. The invited speakers were from ALL Academy, The Swedish Club and Norwegian Hull Club. There were around 60 guests who attended the event which was followed by a delicious dinner at a Korean restaurant.
Dominic Ng from CTX Special Risks welcoming the guests.
Martin Hernqvist of ALL Academy in the middle together with the representatives from CTX Special Risks Ltd.
The first MRM User Seminar culminated successfully with 23 certified MRM Facilitators from Asia and Europe attending the event. It was an excellent opportunity to meet, discuss and network with fellow facilitators from different parts of the world. GigaMare, one of the licenced MRM Training providers in Subic Bay, Philippines, hosted the event on 26-27 October 2016. The main objectives of the event were to showcase the new MRM concept and to discuss strategies on how to move forward both with the MRM programme and the network.
An integral part of the event was the presentations and sharing of experiences by the following facilitators: Capt. Foong Yee Kuan, PSAM Academy, Capt. Caspar Graf von Spee, Harren & Partner Ship Management GmbH and Capt. Jonas Engström, Wisby Shipmanagement AB.
Capt. Peter Sars, Head of Training at Gigamare, said: “In general, I believe that all participants appreciated the various discussions we had and the opportunity to make new contacts. There was a mix of facilitators from both shipping companies and training centres and several nationalities were represented.”
He added: “The facilitators got refreshed on the basics of MRM training, i.e. why do we need MRM training. Even though unmanned ships will be in the test phase within the next few years, the human factor will still remain on board ships for an unpredictable time. When a team is able to discuss the way they work together and find ways to improve their teamwork, then accidents can be avoided.
Training methods were discussed, tips and ideas were shared, and updates to material and content, presented by Martin, were also discussed.”
ALL Academy will continue to bring inspiring people together in forums like this and this type of event will continue to be held annually.
Michelle Samaniego from Wisby Tankers AB shared her thoughts after the event: “The MRM Facilitator meet up is very uplifting. As a non-marine facilitator, this seminar helps boost my confidence. Sharing of experiences and strategies handling the course is a good tool and support for each facilitator.
Facilitating MRM is not about teaching but sharing and learning from experience and inspiring to do and be better in order to influence and promote safe attitude.”
This event is about building a stronger network of MRM facilitators that will take the MRM programme to a new level of resource management training in reaching our goal towards safer shipping.
Capt. Peter Sars from GigaMare opened the MRM User Seminar with a welcome address.
Capt. Foong Yee Kuan from PSAM Academy was the first presenter to talk about the PSAM experience with MRM.
Capt. Caspar Graf von Spee from Harren & Partner Ship Management GmbH presented their facilitation techniques when conducting MRM course.
Capt. Jonas Engström of Wisby Shipmanagement was the third presenter who shared Wisby’s MRM experience.
Ms. Michelle Samaniego of Wisby shared her personal experience as a MRM facilitator during the session.
During the coffee break, participants pose for a photo opportunity.
Workshop group 1.
Workshop group 2.
Workshop group 3.
The pioneering group from the first MRM User Seminar in Subic Bay, Philippines.
On 21 September 2016, Managing Director Martin Hernqvist delivered a one-hour talk about Maritime Resource Management during the Stena Line Scandinavia’s Ship Management Meeting held at Hotel Skansen in Båstad. This is a yearly event of the company where they talk about company updates and discuss important matters about their operations.
Earlier in May this year, ALL Academy was also invited by Stena Line for a different session on MRM where a lot of issues pertaining to MRM concepts were discussed.
Participants during the Ship Management Meeting at Stena Line Scandinavia on May 25, 2016.
A photo taken outside the venue during the Ship Management Meeting on September 21-22, 2016. This is Hotel Skansen in Båstad.
The latest MRM train the trainer was rolled out in Hamburg, Germany on 20 September 2016. A total of 20 participants attended the event which was held at The MADISON Hotel Hamburg. The group was composed mostly of prospective MRM facilitators but there were also certified facilitators who joined the training as a refresher course.
The following are the participants:
The group from the Hamburg event watching a short video clip about shared mental picture.
Group photo outside The MADISON Hotel Hamburg.
