An industry view: how the DBMS can support data gathering and automated contracts

David Handley, Senior Associate and Master Mariner, Watson Farley Williams, believes that as technology and automation begin to disrupt the maritime industry, we can use these new tools to enhance our operating processes. Here, he explains how the DBMS and automation can work together.    It has been commonly thought that that dry bulk would benefit from a set of safety management standards for […]

An industry view: how to create safety culture in your company 

Many of us are committed to high safety standards, but how do you make safety a part of your company-wide culture? In this post, Phil Parry, Chairman of maritime people experts Spinnaker shares insights and suggestions for making safety culture an integral part of an organisation.      As a company specialising in recruitment and HR consulting globally firm, we see vastly different approaches to safety culture across the industry. Many companies are genuinely committed and stand out a […]