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Crew Operations Management

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Crew management is an essential element of shipping operations. The aim of this chapter is to provide a comprehensive and thorough understanding of crew management operations. The intricacies and multiple factors associated with crew management will be analysed and discussed in detail whilst identifying what best practices in crew management operations are and their direct interface with shipping operations as a whole. Subsequently, whilst examining the major approaches to this topic, one of essential aspect is the human element. In this context, particular focus will be placed on the various processes from the initial identification stage of supply of seagoing labour whilst understanding economies of scale and statutory requirements to facilitation of shipboard training and management and finally drivers of crew performance management. Lastly, a comprehensive discussion on the imperative role of marine academies and their existing relationship with shipping companies will be scrutinised.

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    Sustainable and Quality Manpower Supply for Shipping Industry: The International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU), December, 2015.

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    ISL Shipping Statistics and Market Review (SSMR), Volume 60—2016: Institutue of Shipping Economies and Logistics, Universitaetsallee 11-13, 28359 Bremen, Germany.

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    Clarksons Research, 2015. World Fleet Monitor, March 2015.

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    International Chamber of Shipping, 2015.

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    BIMCO Manpower Report, 2015, Country Questionnaire.

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    UNCTADstat—Fleet ownership (see http://stats.unctad.org/fleetownership), Clarksons Research, 2015 and World Fleet Monitor, March 2015.

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    UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport, 2015.

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    Drewry Shipping Consultants Limited, 2016.

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    Clarksons Research, Offshore, April 2016.

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    Annus horribilis—a year of disaster or misfortune. Oxford Dictionaries.

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    BIMCO, Dry Bulk Shipping: Improved freight rates despite continued fleet growth, May 2016.

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    International Transport and Workers’ Federation, 2016.

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    International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 was adopted on 7 July 1978 and entered into force on 28 April 1984. The main purpose of the Convention is to promote safety of life and property at sea and the protection of the marine environment by establishing in common agreement international standards of training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers. International Maritime Organization (IMO).

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    Planned Maintenance System or PMS is a paper/software-based system, which allows shipowners or operators to carry out maintenance in intervals according to manufacturers and Classification society requirements. The maintenance is primarily supervised by the on-board personnel. The planning and scheduling of the maintenance, as well as its documentation, must be made according to a system that is approved by classification societies Having a planned maintenance system on ships is now mandatory as per ISM (International Safety Management Code).

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    Protection and Indemnity Club or P&I Club is an association providing insurance for shipowners against loss due to legal liability arising from damage to cargo, injury to passengers and crew, and other legal liabilities not assumed under the regular forms of hull insurance. Source—Merriam-Webster Dictionaries (2016).

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    International Maritime Organization (IMO), 2016.

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    Exxon Valdez oil spill—Shortly after midnight on March 24, 1989, in a tragic accident deeply regretted by the company, the Exxon Valdez supertanker ran aground in Alaska’s Prince William Sound. Despite the efforts undertaken to stabilise the vessel and prevent further spillage of oil, more than 250,000 barrels of oil were lost in just a short period of time. Exxon Mobil Corporation 2003–2016.

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    Erika oil spill—The Maltese tanker Erika, carrying some 31,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil as cargo, broke in two in a severe storm in the Bay of Biscay on 12th December 1999, 60 miles from the coast of Brittany. About 20,000 tonnes of oil were spilled. The bow sank on 12th December and the stern on the following day. The International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Limited, 2016.

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    IMO Information regarding STCW, 2016 and US Coast Guard information regarding STCW, 2016.

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    2016 UN-Business Action Hub, United Nations, Developed with the support of Global Hand and the United Nations Global Compact.

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    STCW ’95 as amended and Manila Amendments 2010—In June 2010 a diplomatic conference in Manila adopted a set of far-reaching and comprehensive amendments to the 1978 International Convention on Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers—known to us all more conveniently as the STCW Convention—and its associated Code. The 2010 Manila amendments was intended to include all agreed changes since 1995, address new technology, inconsistencies, interpretations and outdated provisions. STCW A guide for seafarers. International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) May 2017.

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    Julia Anastasiou

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    P.M. Panayides

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Anastasiou, J. (2017). Crew Operations Management. In: Visvikis, I., Panayides, P. (eds) Shipping Operations Management. WMU Studies in Maritime Affairs, vol 4. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62365-8_4

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