Japanese shipping giant NYK has held three safety promotion conferences for shipowners and ship management companies throughout Japan, as well as ship management companies overseas, Shipping Online reports.
Drawing on lessons learned from the Diamond Grace oil spill in July 1997, the shipping group said it conducts a month-long campaign every July to encourage all of its employees to bear in mind the importance of safe operations. This conference was part of that campaign.
Sixty-six participants from 31 ship owners and ship management companies in Japan attended a session at the NYK head office in Tokyo on July 6, and 32 participants from 20 ship management companies from overseas attended a session at the same location the next day. A third session was held later last month for 51 participants from 21 ship management companies.
At the conferences, piracy concerns and rule revisions were discussed, in addition to fiscal 2010 accident statistics, details of serious accidents that occurred over the previous year, and prevention measures.
Drawing on lessons learned from the Diamond Grace oil spill in July 1997, the shipping group said it conducts a month-long campaign every July to encourage all of its employees to bear in mind the importance of safe operations. This conference was part of that campaign.
Sixty-six participants from 31 ship owners and ship management companies in Japan attended a session at the NYK head office in Tokyo on July 6, and 32 participants from 20 ship management companies from overseas attended a session at the same location the next day. A third session was held later last month for 51 participants from 21 ship management companies.
At the conferences, piracy concerns and rule revisions were discussed, in addition to fiscal 2010 accident statistics, details of serious accidents that occurred over the previous year, and prevention measures.