Bridge watchkeeping

The book extends best practice in watchkeeping into the realms of health and wellbeing – both of which have a direct effect on safety. Factors such as reduced manning levels, rapid port turnarounds, long voyages and stress around seafarer treatment during the pandemic can all lead to fatigue.

A completely revised, fully updated and practical manual giving advice on avoiding potential pitfalls including not to rely on a single source of information and rather than either/or utilise combine and compare. Captain Yves Vandenborn FNI, Director of Loss Prevention at the Standard Club says in his Foreword that many accidents ‘could have been prevented if the bridge teams had embraced the best practices set out in this book'