CHIRP Reports on Personal Flotation Devices

Published Sep 15, 2018 5:54 PM by The Maritime Executive

The CHIRP Charitable Trust has published Maritime Feedback 52 and its latest video broadcast Bulletin 11.

Maritime Feedback 52 is the third report of 2018 and contains reports on:

• The wearing of personal flotation devices for fishermen and on leisure craft
• The common theme of unsafe pilot boarding arrangements
• Bridge resource management issues
• Out of date charts and a feature on best practice.

Video Bulletin 11 deals with topics from Feedback 51 such as emergency procedures for disabled passengers, rudder angle discrepancies and unauthorized modifications to standard equipment.

Maritime Feedback 52 is freely available online at: https://www.chirpmaritime.org/newsletters/

CHIRP Maritime is a leading confidential hazardous incident reporting program, and it continues to grow in global influence through local Ambassadors and its extensive network of maritime professionals, industry bodies and quality maritime operators.