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07/07/2020

A deep dive into the 4 focus areas of DBMS – People 

In this series, we will describe the four main areas of risk in the Dry Bulk Management Standard: – performance, people, plant, and process. In this article I will take a closer look at the area of people.  Within this section, there are seven subject areas: 7. HR management and recruitment (office) 8. Technical & HSSE training (office) 9. […]

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07/07/2020

An industry view: why Alpha Bulkers is supporting the DBMS, by Andreas Togantzis

While developing the DBMS with its working group, many members of this team have strong first-hand vessel experience that informs their passion for these new guidelines. Here, Andreas Togantzis, Head of Safety, Quality & Marine Department – DPA, at Alpha Bulkers explains why he’s so committed to an evolution in dry bulk industry standards. I’ve been working at […]

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07/07/2020

Equality at sea: why dry bulk vessel crew lives must be better protected

In this article, Luke Fisher highlights the reasons why people are a central component of the DBMS and explains why all human lives must be treated as equally valuable, regardless of the type of vessel they sail on. When I was a 16–year–old, on my induction course in the 1970s, I was given a sad statistic which has stayed with me throughout my career: […]

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18/06/2020

An industry view: why we need the new Dry Bulk Management Standard

In the past 12 months, a working group of six shipping companies, along with RightShip have developed a draft Dry Bulk Management Standard in an effort to create consistent guidelines and improve practices across the industry. Since April, more than 300 companies have signed up. In this post, Antonis Faraklas (CEO), Kostas Petrakis (HSQ Manager/DPA) and Ilias Englezos (Deputy DPA) from Charterwell Maritime S.A. tells us why it’s so important. […]

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16/06/2020

Revisions to certain subject areas of the Dry Bulk Management Standard – June 2020

During the first month of the Dry Bulk Management Standard being available for review, we have received feedback from several interested parties. This feedback was collated and circulated to our technical committee for evaluation. Following this evaluation, the suggestions made have either been incorporated without change, incorporated with minor amendments, or it was decided that […]

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09/06/2020

An industry view: DBMS at the cutting edge of safety improvement, by Antonis Sakellis

As part of our ongoing series of interviews with leading industry figures, we spoke to DBMS Working Group member Antonis Sakellis, Safety & Quality Director, Neda Maritime Agency to get his views on how DBMS will improve standards within dry bulk shipping “Very early in my career, it was easy to spot difference in safety levels […]

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