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Professor Patrick Hudson discusses safety culture and leadership.

photo and article by Luis Vale, Portugal

Fathom Safety now offers an online course on Pilot Ladder Training

Article by Seyed Behbood Issa-Zadeh & Claudia Lizette Garay-Rondero

by Casual Navigation

Stanchions therefore are an often-overlooked part of a pilot transfer arrangement and therefore I
want to give them more attention in this article. They proved to be the cause of a whole series of accidents, some of which were even fatal.

Shiphandling discussion about meeting and overtaking situations in a close quarters situation where hydrodynamic effects will come into play between ships. The lecture continues and discusses Bank Effect.