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Human Element In Shipping : Training And Competence Of Shore Based Personnel, Keith Joseph Miranda Dec 1997

Human Element In Shipping : Training And Competence Of Shore Based Personnel, Keith Joseph Miranda

World Maritime University Dissertations

This dissertation examines the need for the training of shore based personnel employed in shipping companies. Numerous studies address the human element in shipping - the Seafarer, as one of the main causes of accidents and pollution. As a result, regulations targeting the training of seafarers have been greatly enhanced in the recent past. Very little has been said about personnel manning shipping companies in numerous offices ashore. Rapid strides in communication have brought the “seafarer” and the “shore-farer” in close contact, the two being separated virtually by just the dialling of a few buttons of a telephone or a …