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GLOBAL SHARING – NOVEMBER 2013
Volume 1, Issue 11
1st November 2013

GLOBAL SHARING
A SHELL MARINE CONTRACTORS SAFETY INITIATIVE

NOVEMBER 2013 - SPECIAL FOCUS – DARE TO DARE
The November issue focuses on

DARE TO DARE
The Shipping Industry has been going through a difficult
period with economical downturn and over-supply of
tonnage. To add to the Shipowner’s woes, we have to
deal with rising operating costs and reducing
competencies onboard. Today, we deal with shipstaff
who demand high salaries but sometimes fail to deliver.
The hardware (our ships) has greatly improved, thanks to
rigid standards set by various organisations, but the
software (human issues) seems to lag behind. We believe
that each and every member, of teams onboard and
ashore, has to learn to stand up and voice their concerns
when they feel safety is being compromised. Hence our
theme “Dare to Dare” to recognise those who have dared
to over-rule set norms and authority to make our
operations safer.

PHOTO SHOWS AN OILER ISSUING A RED STOP CARD TO
SECOND ENGINEER WORKING WITHOUT PPE ON A
WORKSHOP GRINDER (courtesy Fleet Management HK)
DARE TO DARE – NOT ALWAYS EASY, BUT A MUST

OVER-RIDING

MAKE THE STEP CHANGE.
Please send your ideas and
www.stepchangeforsafety.com

AN

INCOMPETENT

PILOT’S

AUTHORITY

Industry

Best

Practices

to

OR

REFUSING
ORDERS

SUPERIOR’S
FOR

AND

ILLEGAL

UNETHICAL

DISCHARGE

OF

OVERBOARD

OIL
NEEDS

COURAGE AND A PERSON
WHO DARES TO DARE.

UNAPPROVED ENCLOSED
SPACE

ENTRIES

OR

EMBARKING HIGH NONCOMBINATION
LADDERS

PILOT

ETC.

ARE

DARING ATTEMPTS WITH
INHERENT
EQUALLY

RISKS.
DARING

ARE

INDIVIDUALS WHO DARE
TO DARE AND TAKE THE
INITIATIVE

TO

SUCH UNSAFE ACT.

STOP