Seaways – May 2018

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Seaways

Contents

Comment & Opinion

03 Focus

The Nautical Institute CEO John Lloyd FNI

04 Vision and perception at sea

What we see may be more than meets

the eye

Features

07 New faces at the NI

Meet our new Accreditation Manager

08 Marine Casualty Investigation

Introducing The Nautical Institute’s

latest short course

10 Dynamic Underkeel Clearance

Management

Some notes of caution

12 Managing seafarer’s

rest hours

Getting to grips with the regulations

14 Mental health at sea

Are things starting to look up?

MARS

17 MARS reports

Floor plate clamp tripping hazard, FRC

lifting failure; hydrodynamic e ect leads

to collision; steel coil loading; MOB

hazard goes unnoticed; mooring line

strikes o cer; dangerous pilot boarding;

dopped object close call;

Reporting back

16 Nautelex

News a ecting the maritime professional

Members & Branches

21 Trustees’ annual report

24 Annual  nancial statements

29 AGM agenda

30 Branch activities

Reports on branch activity and events

34 Letters

36 The Nautical Institute

Out and about

36 New members

May 2018

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Cover picture: Capt Duke Snider FNI in the Antarctic

USCG

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