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Many believe risk assessment is quite boring subject and has nothing to do with reality on board ships.
Some also believe it is all about documenting risk assessment form proving that risk assessment is carried out. But in realty, risk assessment is not only about creating huge amount of paper work. It is rather about identifying sensible measures to control the risks in your workplace.
Risk assessment is not a new thing. Its only that shipping industry is taking it more seriously now.
A teacher teaches her students to cross a road. Use a zebra crossing, first see towards your right, and then left…and so on. This is what risk assessment is all about.
So how risk assessment applies to maritime industry and how we can manage these risks to have safer maritime industry.
Let us discuss.
Risk Assessment as decision making tool
Everything in life has some risk. What you have to actually learn to do is how to navigate it.
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Capt. Bhupender S. Banga has sailed for over 15 years mainly on crude oil, product and chemical tankers. He holds Post Graduate Diploma in Shipping Management. He quit sailing in 2013 and is presently working as a Superintendent in Learning and Development team of a leading shipping company from Denmark.
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