Crew Rotation In the Superyacht Industry – Part I
Written in collaboration with Captain Brendan O’Shannassy. Although commercial shipping has rotated crew for many years, it is a recent phenomenon in the superyacht industry. It started to become a reality on yachts first with engineers, and then on the larger yachts where manning regulations required officers with STCW qualifications. When rotation first started […]
Superyachts – A Question Of Manning
The quality of captain, officers and crew and, the onboard experience is, without doubt, key to the success of a superyacht and this can only be achieved with the right manning levels which, unfortunately, have not kept pace with the advances made in the rest of the industry.
Superyacht – IHM, Will You Be Ready By 31 December 2020?
As some readers may be aware, articles 5 and 12 relating to ships Inventory of Hazardous Materials…
Yacht vs Commercial – Training and Experience, What’s The Difference?
A version of this was first published in The Superyacht Report Issue 185 We know that education, training and experience are vital to ensuring safety on yachts and ships, and although we have the Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) Convention that regulates minimum standards, there are still questions regarding the quality and competency of […]
It’s Only Water! – Ballast Water and Superyachts
As we are getting ever closer to the Ballast Water Convention entering into force, requiring only 0.13% of World tonnage to tip the scales, I thought it timely to update and re-post this article that highlights some of the challenges for superyachts. Introduction To prevent the translocation of invasive aquatic species (IAS) via ships water ballast […]
