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30 member companies in the Container Ship Safety Forum e.V.
The Container Ship Safety Forum e.V. continues to grow: With MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. another major liner company has joined the forum as of 01 January 2022. “We are very much looking forward to be part of the CSSF and we aim to contribute with our knowledge and experience in managing container vessels to the continuous development of best practices in health and safety relevant operations”, says Dirk Van de Velde (Chief Officer HSSE at MSC). Furthermore, as of 01 January 2022, Nordic Hamburg Shipmanagement GmbH & Co. KG has also joined the CSSF. Christian Schnell (Designated Person Ashore at Nordic) states: “Benchmarking and exchanging information in the forum…
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CSSF e.V.: Member Meeting / Two new member companies in 2021
The Container Ship Safety Forum e.V. held its last member meeting on 25 November 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was the fourth biannual member meeting in a row that took place in a virtual format. More than 40 persons representing the member companies of the forum attended the meeting. Besides COVID-19 measures implemented by member companies, other health and safety related topics were discussed during the meeting. This included an exchange of best practices for safe pilot boarding arrangements on container vessels and a presentation on the grounding of the EVER GIVEN in the Suez Canal in March 2021. The representative of the ship manager of the vessel…
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Covid-19: Seafarers to be amongst the first groups for vaccination
For many seafarers, the situation has become unbearable. Due to Covid-19 tens of thousands of crew members have been stuck aboard their ships, many for more than a year now. Although crew changes have been made possible in some countries, the implementation remains very complicated. Even access to general medical assistance in some ports is still very difficult. “Seafarers are key workers and therefore, they must be amongst the first groups for vaccination, once available”, says Aslak Ross, Head of Marine Standards at Maersk A/S and First Chairman of the Container Ship Safety Forum e.V. (CSSF). Physical and mental health on board – not only related to the coronavirus –…
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CSSF calls on authorities to enable crew changes and guarantee medical support
“In order to comply with international safety and employment regulations, and also for humanitarian reasons – crew changes must take place now. They cannot be postponed indefinitely”, says Aslak Ross, First Chairman of the Container Ship Safety Forum e.V. (CSSF) and Head of Marine Standards at A.P. Moller – Maersk. The business network urgently appeals to governments and authorities worldwide to facilitate crew changes and safe repatriation of seafarers. A steadily increasing number of the 1.5 million seafarers on merchant ships have not been able to leave the vessels and exceeded their contract terms by far due to COVID-19 imposed restrictions. To ensure safe shipping operations and to comply with…
