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to progressively
“ It is found its vital safety
regress in

general decline that has been enabled by various
systems of regulation under the strong influences of
the prevalent social and economic conditions in the
industry that va lue efficiency and profit over industrial
safety.
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Suresh Bhardwaj
Chairman,
Resident Director,
Maritime Training and
Research Foundation,
Chennai.

Dr (Capt) Suresh Bhardwaj is the former Professor Emeritus and Vice Chancellor of AMET
(Maritime) University, Chennai, India. He has a PhD
in Shipping Management from Plymouth University
in UK. He is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered
Shipbrokers, UK; Fellow of The Nautical Institute,
UK; and Fellow of The Company of Master
Mariners of India. He has forty years of work
experience, which includes 5 years as Master
of various types of ships and then 25 years of
multi-disciplinary shore experience in senior and
top management positions spanning the verticals
of commercial operations, consultancy, academia
and research.

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practices that are seen to
result not merely from a
deregulated economic and
organisational environment,
but a general decline that
has been enabled by various
systems of regulation under
the strong influences of the
prevalent social and
economic conditions in the
industry that value efficiency.

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