Textbook of Maritime Medicine

1. 19.9 References
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... S. Grõn, Making sense of fishermen's risk perception. Policies and Practice in Health and Safety, 2010. 15.       Gould, K.S., et al., Effects of navigation method on workload and performance in simulated ...

2. 19.8 Research collaboration and research institutions for maritime medicine
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... medicine, port health, or transport medical issues as a whole. Others keep a more narrow scope limited to cater for maritime health and safety in the merchant fleet, fisheries and offshore oil and gas ...

3. 19.7 Presentation and publication of maritime medicine topics including journals devoted to maritime medicine
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... contribute to cognition and have consequences for the level of knowledge and practice with regard to health and safety. The outcome of good research should be made available to the scientific community ...

4. 19.4 Research methods
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... and safety and they may have counteracted existing ones. Self-assessment of personal risk factors and the ability to take action to address these have been shown to be effective ways to shift control ...

5. 19.2 Scientific literature in maritime medicine and research methodology
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... with a broader scope, such as occupational health and safety, e.g. the websites of NIOSH at the Centers of Disease Control in U.S.A (http://www.cdc.gov/NIOSH/), HSE in Britain (http://www.hse.gov.uk/) ...

6. 19.1 Science and research in maritime medicine
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... including the maritime settings, be it in terms of economic prosperity, sustainable development, or quality of life including health and safety - to mention the most important areas. 19.1.1   The research ...

7. 19 Research in maritime medicine
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... why it may be better than an alternative intervention. Most importantly, we would like to see an impact of our endeavors on the health and safety of seafarers. These ambitions require that our observations ...

8. 4.15 Other International Organizations that influence Shipping Industry and Trade.
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

There are several other organizations which are active on the international shipping arena,and which might influence processes, regulations and standards of importance to ship safetyand seafarers’ health ...

9. 4.13 PARIS MOU[1]
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... international standards of safety, security and environment, and that crew members have adequate living and working conditions. When the Maritime Labour Convention (2006) of the ILO enters into force, ...

10. 4.11 Comité International Radio-Maritime (CIRM)
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... electronic technology to the safety of life and efficient conduct of vessels at sea; to foster relations between all organizations concerned with electronic aids to marine navigation, communications and ...

11. 4.10 International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

    The International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) is the intergovernmental organization that oversees certain public satellite safety and security communication services provided via the ...

12. 4.8 International Association of Classification Societies[1]
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

...    4.8.1   IACS Activity Its main area of interest is technical support, compliance verification and research and development within the field of maritime safety and regulation. The classification ...

13. 4.7 European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

Although not a true international organization, the European Maritime Safety Agency deserves to be mentioned in this context. It is a supranational organization within the European Union. As such its ...

14. 4.5 International Maritime Health Association[1]
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... seafarers (2009), an issue which is actualized as the STCW Convention is undergoing revision at present. But this issue is also of importance to ILO and WHO, as well as the European Maritime Safety Agency ...

15. 4.3 International Maritime Organization (IMO)[1]
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... IMO is  “Safe secure and efficient shipping on clean oceans”. The main task is to develop and maintain a comprehensive regulatory framework for shipping including safety, environmental concerns, legal ...

16. 4.2 International Labour Organization
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... Safety in Health Ports, the ILO code of practice, among others. The Guidelines for Conducting Pre-sea and Periodic Medical Examinations of Seafarers is anchored in the ILO Conventions    4.2.4   ...

17. 16.7 Improving security of merchant ships
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/16. Piracy at Sea)

... self-regulate, this is only in its early stages. This lack of regulation could have serious implications for the safety of shipping in the region. Financial concerns may also discourage against arming ...

18. 16.3 Pirates today and their Modus Operandi
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/16. Piracy at Sea)

... piracy of the IBM[6], started the broadcasting of a message to other ships at sea via Inmarsat C SafetyNet, asking for information of any ship whose characteristics were similar to those of the “Alondra ...

19. 16.2 The Problem derived from the Lack of Law Standardization regarding the Concept of Piracy
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/16. Piracy at Sea)

... Thus, the IMB advises vessels “to keep as far away as possible from the Somali coast, ideally more than 200 nautical miles.” [3] Maritime Safety Committee (it is an advisory body of the IMO in matters ...

20. 16.1 Introduction
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/16. Piracy at Sea)

... more than one mile many times. The inherent risks to sailing through these restricted waters from the safety point of view means that a VLCC oil tanker Captain with a suitable disposition of lookouts and ...