Container Ships areSafe Ships. Also in this issue: Fire Safety, Nautical Safety Class and Heavy Weather Seminar.
Date: 2008-02-13
“More German Flagged Vessels”
The German shipping cluster commands some 28 per cent of the global container fleet. At the same time only 20% of the German-controlled container tonnage fly the German flag. Our authorities have made conditions more favourable for using this flag, but I believe there is still room for improvement in the framework surrounding this. The number of ships under the German flag will then increase further, says Nikolaus H. Schües.
Fire safety on container carriers: Making Safe Ships Safer
Available worldwide casualty data as well as DNV data clearly show that container carriers are a safe ship type. But there are some areas where the safety level could be improved easily. “For example,” says Jost Bergmann of DNV in Hamburg, “fires account for about one third of all fatalities due to accidents onboard container vessels.”
Nautical Safety Class
DNV is offering shipowners a great potential way to reduce ship casualties through the additional Nautical Safety class notations NAUT-AW and NAUT-OC. A recent study concludes that DNV-classed vessels with additional nautical class notations are involved in fewer nautical accidents than other DNV vessels.
On the risk agenda. A.P. Møller Heavy Weather Seminar
As part of its continuous loss prevention activities, A.P. Møller conducted a two-day Heavy Weather Seminar at its Maersk Training Centre in Svendborg from September 1–2.
2003 Record Year?
Will 2003 be another year of records for container shipping? Up to now this year’s development, current figures and latest news point in this direction.