Bridge Watchkeeping Webinar

Navigation accidents cost the industry dear in lives, cargoes, vessels and damage to the environment. Between 2015 and 2020, 71 accidents, blamed on human error, incurred insurance claims over $10 million each. Director of Loss Prevention at the Standard Club, Captain Yves Vandenborn FNI, believes most incidents could have been prevented if bridge teams embraced the best practices in this book.
Its key technical points: best practice watchkeeping includes being responsible for safe navigation even when a pilot is on the bridge and never to rely on a single source of information however dazzling the technology on offer.
The book extends best practice in watchkeeping to health and wellbeing - which directly affect safety. Reduced manning levels, rapid port turnarounds, long voyages and stresses around seafarer treatment during the pandemic can all lead to fatigue.