Safe boats need safe people

Article in Seaways (April 2007) by David Bradley IEng, MIET, Managing Director, Umoe Schat-Harding Ltd,

Seaways April 2007

Lifeboat safety is a live issue, as Seaways readers know. Debate usually focuses on injuries suffered by seafarers during boat drills and questions about the fitness for purpose of the lifeboats themselves. However David Bradley, representing one of the world’s leading lifeboat manufacturers, argues from experience that  accidents are caused by misuse and bad maintenance.
In this article, he calls on the shipping community to insist that all flag states use well trained, authorised personnel to maintain and repair lifeboats and he outlines the new generation of safer on-load hooks his company has introduced.

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Safe boats need safe people