Crew Safety Training: The First Line of Defence
Captains can sail for years before encountering their first major dangerous goods fire. When it happens, the crew's response depends entirely on training received months or years earlier.
Captains can sail for years before encountering their first major dangerous goods fire. When it happens, the crew's response depends entirely on training received months or years earlier.
Container ship fires are not rare events. Yet the industry continues to train crews for calm-weather scenarios that bear no resemblance to a real emergency at 0300 in force 6 conditions. Technology could close this gap — if the industry is willing to use it.