Steve Clayton
Well-Known Member
I have 2 spaces booked on the workshop and the event is now full - I now can't go so can transfer 1/2 places to the first 2 people who want to take this up. Once finalised I'll email the Academy and advise the facilitator of the change of attendees.
Some detail re the workshop: it's free!!!!!
We are pleased to invite you to our Colregs Workshop to be held in the Hambleview Conference Room at Warsash Maritime Academy in Hampshire between 11:00am to 3:00pm on Monday 7th April 2014. A lunch will be provided during the workshop. The Colregs Workshop is part of EU funded and supported ACTS project about improving the understanding and knowledge of Colregs for maritime professionals. The ACTS project comprises of a number of Maritime Education and Training partners from across Europe.Over the years, seafarers understanding, interpretation and application of Colregs has been a cause of concern for the International maritime community. A new major and prestigious EU funded project called ACTS will initially address this issue by investigating the problems of applying Colregs, leading to the development of a new online course making it simpler and easier to understand Colregs. The ACTS consortium of major EU maritime education and training organisations wish to reduce the number of collisions, and make the seas safer. The consortium are aiming to address the impact collisions have at sea, which not only cause material loss, but also cause human casualties too.
The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (Colregs) are a set of rules to be followed by navigation officers to avoid collisions at sea. It is one of the most important International Conventions that all seagoing Officers must possess full knowledge of, as well as having the skills needed to apply them correctly. However, a case law, as stated in the MARS and MAIB reports, indicated that many of the basic principles of the rules are improperly understood and applied. It is also common practice to use the VHF Radio, although it is not prescribed or stated to use this in collision avoidance. Recent investigation into Colregs found almost 50 percent of seafarers throughout the world disregard/ignore the Colregs at sea when they are taking action. It supports a previous report by Professor Ziarati in 2006 that there are rules in place, but they are generally ignored. In order to create safer and securer seas, it is essential that seafarers should have mutual understanding of these rules and their application.
In response to the above problems, and building on previous major and prestigious EU funded projects called M’aider and SOS (Safety On Sea), a new EU funded and support project will study collisions at sea, through the new project called ACTs (Avoiding Collisions aT Sea). In November 2013, this new two-year project started, and initially it will undertake research into seafarers' problems with applying Colregs, leading to the development and piloting of the intended online course for seafarers to fully understand and correctly interpret the collisions rules.
The project specifically aims to:
Maritime professionals including questionnaire participants will be invited to take part in follow-up workshops across the EU to validate the findings of this questionnaire with EU experts in the field. The workshops will take place in the project partner countries including UK, Croatia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Spain and Slovenia.
There is a questionnaire to be completed for Non-Professional (Amateur) Sailors
Shame I can't go - was looking forward to it
So first 2 people who want to take this up then post here and I can contact/change the attendees and provide things like the questionnaire link, etc
Some detail re the workshop: it's free!!!!!
We are pleased to invite you to our Colregs Workshop to be held in the Hambleview Conference Room at Warsash Maritime Academy in Hampshire between 11:00am to 3:00pm on Monday 7th April 2014. A lunch will be provided during the workshop. The Colregs Workshop is part of EU funded and supported ACTS project about improving the understanding and knowledge of Colregs for maritime professionals. The ACTS project comprises of a number of Maritime Education and Training partners from across Europe.Over the years, seafarers understanding, interpretation and application of Colregs has been a cause of concern for the International maritime community. A new major and prestigious EU funded project called ACTS will initially address this issue by investigating the problems of applying Colregs, leading to the development of a new online course making it simpler and easier to understand Colregs. The ACTS consortium of major EU maritime education and training organisations wish to reduce the number of collisions, and make the seas safer. The consortium are aiming to address the impact collisions have at sea, which not only cause material loss, but also cause human casualties too.
The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (Colregs) are a set of rules to be followed by navigation officers to avoid collisions at sea. It is one of the most important International Conventions that all seagoing Officers must possess full knowledge of, as well as having the skills needed to apply them correctly. However, a case law, as stated in the MARS and MAIB reports, indicated that many of the basic principles of the rules are improperly understood and applied. It is also common practice to use the VHF Radio, although it is not prescribed or stated to use this in collision avoidance. Recent investigation into Colregs found almost 50 percent of seafarers throughout the world disregard/ignore the Colregs at sea when they are taking action. It supports a previous report by Professor Ziarati in 2006 that there are rules in place, but they are generally ignored. In order to create safer and securer seas, it is essential that seafarers should have mutual understanding of these rules and their application.
In response to the above problems, and building on previous major and prestigious EU funded projects called M’aider and SOS (Safety On Sea), a new EU funded and support project will study collisions at sea, through the new project called ACTs (Avoiding Collisions aT Sea). In November 2013, this new two-year project started, and initially it will undertake research into seafarers' problems with applying Colregs, leading to the development and piloting of the intended online course for seafarers to fully understand and correctly interpret the collisions rules.
The project specifically aims to:
- • Identify the knowledge gaps and deficiencies in the application of the Colregs rules through questionnaires and validation workshops
- • Interpret and translate the rules with the project consortium who have expertise in the field
- • Study and animate collision and near miss reports comprehensively from each partner country to enhance the understanding and application of the rules
- • Develop an innovative online e-learning and e-assessment platform to deliver the developed course
Maritime professionals including questionnaire participants will be invited to take part in follow-up workshops across the EU to validate the findings of this questionnaire with EU experts in the field. The workshops will take place in the project partner countries including UK, Croatia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Spain and Slovenia.
There is a questionnaire to be completed for Non-Professional (Amateur) Sailors
Shame I can't go - was looking forward to it
So first 2 people who want to take this up then post here and I can contact/change the attendees and provide things like the questionnaire link, etc
