Newswire:
Clear markings are key to safe terminal visits
Mike Compton looks at the written advice given for terminals when they receive visitors and finds simple planning can keep them from harm's way
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01 Jun
Pilot's ladders: a cause for concern
One of the more unsung services that ports offer shipping is that of pilotage. Some ports require sea pilots to take the ship into the inner port limits, while others need river pilots and even dock pilots before the ship can be safely moored ? and the reverse, of course, when leaving.Read More | 01 Jun
Fire prevention for ports and vessels
The latest in the fast growing compendium of good practice guidance to come from the International Safety Panel (ISP) is #2 in its general series. Written by Jeff Hurst ? ISP member and, until he retired recently, head of safety at the port of Felixstowe ? it is entitled Fire Fighting in Ports and on Ships.Read More | 01 Jun
Mike Compton is the proproeter of Circlechief AP. He has written this column since 1976. mike@portsafety.demon.co.uk
making plans for the most unlikely scenarios
At the same time as ISP is working hard at expanding the scope of its advice publications, it also has an active programme of reviewing and revising earlier publications.Read More | 01 Jun
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