CHIRP Annual Digest 2021

CHIRP Maritime is pleased to publish the 2021 edition of our Annual Digest. The Digest contains articles that CHIRP has published in FEEDBACK magazines 62 through to 65and in addition there are several insight articles included which CHIRP published last year with the assistance of members of the CHIRP Maritime Advisory Board, the MCA, and the International Seafarers Welfare and Assistance Network, (ISWAN).

You can follow the link below the front cover picture, or press the “CLICK TO OPEN PDF” button, to open up the 2021 online edition of the Annual Digest in PDF format.

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Annual Digest 2021 – Digital Edition

 

 

CHIRP Annual Digest 2020

CHIRP Maritime is pleased to publish the 2020 edition of our Annual Digest. The Digest contains articles that CHIRP has published in FEEDBACK magazines 58 through to 61and in addition there are several insight articles included which CHIRP published last year with the assistance of members of the CHIRP Maritime Advisory Board.

You can follow the link below the front cover picture, or click the button to open up the 2020 online edition of the Annual Digest in PDF format. Beneath this are links to the insight articles that form an integral  part of this years review.

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CHIRP  Annual Digest 2020 PDF

FAO – their role in international fishing safety standards
MCA Insight – Improving the mental health of seafarers’ worldwide
Risk Assessment – Fit for purpose?
Achieving cost savings from learning opportunities
Anchoring and Anchoring Equipment – Revision 1

CHIRP Maritime Insight – Pilot Ladder Analysis 2019
Trapped by COVID-19 – highlighting the plight of seafarers on board vessels
Focus on seafarer wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic
CHIRP Maritime – COVID-19 General Medical Advice
1000 ways to secure a pilot ladder

As always we hope that you find the Digest interesting, and we look forward to receiving any Feedback that you may have on the contents.

CHIRP Annual Digest 2019

CHIRP Maritime is pleased to publish the 2019 edition of our Annual Digest. The Digest contains articles that CHIRP has published in FEEDBACK magazines 54 through to 57and in addition there are several Insight articles included which CHIRP published last year with the assistance of members of the CHIRP Maritime Advisory Board.

 

You can follow the link below to open up the 2019 online edition of the Annual Digest in PDF format. Beneath this are links to the videos and Insight articles that form an integral  part of this years review.

As always we hope that you find the Digest interesting, and we look forward to receiving any Feedback that you may have on the contents.

CHIRP  Annual Digest 2019 PDF

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Insight Articles from the 2019 Digest

2019-12-20 – RN Insight – Improving safety culture – the reporting element
2019-12-12 – GPS smoothing – removing discrepancies in received positions
2019-12-10 – Passengers with disabilities – correspondence received
2019-12-01 – Deck oil spill U tube drainage systems
2019-11-30 – CHIRP Maritime Causal Analysis 2019
2019-11-29 – H2S – exposure, toxicity and good practices to adopt
2019-11-19 – PPE for Female Mariners – Fit for Purpose?
2019-11-21 – Passengers with Disabilities – CHIRP Competition
2019-09-24 – Missing the Hits – CHIRP Maritime and Information Gaps On Seafarer Injury and Illness
2019-10-17 – Pilot Ladders and Beyond – A Pilot’s Perspective

2019-08-30 – Making Critical Decisions at Sea – Practical advice for the operational mariner
2019-08-30 – Video to accompany the “Making Critical Decisions at Sea” booklet
2019-04-01 – Pilot Ladders – Error Enforcing Conditions and Deficiencies
2019-05-23 – Pilot Boarding Ground – Avoiding Misunderstandings Between Vessels

 

 

CHIRP Annual Digest 2018

CHIRP is pleased to publish the 2018 edition of our Annual Digest. The Digest contains articles that CHIRP has published in FEEDBACK magazines 50 through to 53and in addition there are several Insight articles included which CHIRP published last year with the assistance of members of the CHIRP Maritime Advisory Board. All of the videos that CHIRP has produced this year may be found in Appendix V.

You can follow the link below to open up the 2018 online edition of the Annual Digest in PDF format. Beneath this are links to the videos and Insight articles that form an integral  part of this years review.

As always we hope that you find the Digest interesting, and we look forward to receiving any Feedback that you may have on the contents.

CHIRP  Annual Digest 2018 PDF

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Insight Articles from the 2018 Digest

2018-12-31 – HMPE Rope – Capability with Caution
2018-12-28 – Enclosed Space Fatalities – Why?
2018-12-20 – Human Element – An MCA Perspective
2018-11-27 – Safety Focus – The stigma of “whistleblowing”. Published in the November edition of Safety at Sea.
2018-11-27 – Confidential Reporting vs Whistleblowing – A case study
2018-11-20 – Navigating and Manoeuvring of a Ship from Pilot Boarding Area to the Warning Zone in the Western Port of Shenzhen
2018-06-25 – Getting to the Root Cause – Published in INTERMANAGER’S Dispatch Magazine
2018-04-24 – CHIRP Insight Article – Rigging of Combination Ladders
2018-01  – Perception, Decision Making, and Fatigue at Sea – PDF
2018-01 – Vision and Decision – video to accompany the PDF above

CHIRP Video Bulletins produced in 2018

CHIRP Video Bulletin 12 
Fishermen and Leisure Craft – Lifejackets, Yacht Safety, Expired Charts
CHIRP Video Bulletin 11             
Emergency Procedures for Disable Passengers, Rudder Angle Discrepancies, Unauthorised modification
CHIRP Video Bulletin 10
Rescue Boat Lifting Strops, Overtaking or Crossing, Main engine failure, A brush with disaster
CHIRP Video Bulletin 09
Nav lights – can you see them, Watch your step, Swamping of a RIB

 

CHIRP Annual Digest 2017

 

CHIRP Annual Digest 2017 (PDF)

IMO Circular Letter 3816

Videos from the Digest

CHIRP Maritime Broadcast 8   Attempted Armed Robbery, Pilot boarding issues, and the Human Element – Deadly Dozen.
CHIRP Maritime Broadcast 7   Safety when handling tugs, Anchor windlass damage, and Best Practices.
CHIRP Maritime Broadcast 6   Hazards of Pilot boarding, A safe means of access, and “simply unsafe practices”
CHIRP Maritime Broadcast 5   Engineering mishaps, Close encounter crossing a TSS, and Design issues

Insight Articles, Papers and Analysis from the 2017 Digest

2017-12 Small Craft – Recovery of Manoverboard, and Subsequent treatment   (Article from Section 1 of the Annual Digest)
2017-12 Lifeboat Falls Paper. Lifeboat Incidents – A review of Issues  (Paper from Section 3 of the Annual Digest)
2017-12 Issues with ECDIS    (Article from Section 4 of the Annual Digest)
2017-12 Misuse of VHF  (Article from Section 6 of the Annual Digest)
2017-12 Anchoring and Anchoring Equipment  (Paper from Section 7 of the Annual Digest)
2017-12 Good Food, Safe Food   (Article from Section 8 of the Annual Digest)
2017-12 Best Practice – Is it worth it?  (Article from Section 9 of the Annual Digest)
2017-12 CHIRP Maritime Causal Analysis   (Article from Section 10 of the Annual Digest)
2017-12 MCA Insight – Why the Human Element  (Article from Section 10 of the Annual Digest)

 

CHIRP Annual Digest 2016

CHIRP is pleased to publish it’s first Annual Digest, which comprises of articles from Maritime FEEDBACK magazines 41 to 45, plus some Insight Articles produced by members of the CHIRP Maritime Advisory Board. The Digest is accompanied by twelve videos taken from series of Maritime Bulletins, which are produced after each edition of FEEDBACK. We hope that you enjoy the Annual Digest and welcome any feedback on the content.

CHIRP Annual Digest 2016 (PDF)

Video 1 Luanda Roads                                    Video 7 Power Loss at Lock
Video 2 Unsafe RIB                                      Video 8 Snapback Mooring
Video 3 Close Ferry                                     Video 9 Superyacht Anchor
Video 4 TSS                                             Video 10 Flash Fire
Video 5 Exhaust Fire                                    Video 11 Yacht Ship
Video 6 Confined Space                                  Video 12 ECDIS

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