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SAFETY

Edward Moakler receiving the 2014 WFSA Ferry

Contest award.

sis of global ferry fatalities over presented in PowerPoint for- “After deliberations, the judges the past fourteen years, we mat, was trialed successfully have obtained reports on ferry in Bangladesh with 100 crew- concluded that the student team from systems in the Philippines, members, administered twice

Newfoundland’s Memorial University

Guizhou, China, the Amazon to classes of 50 seafarers each. and Tanzania-Zanzibar. We Learning that owners would won the competition for their design will shortly post our commis- not pay to have crewmembers of a double-hulled vessel using such sioned paper on e-training for take the course encouraged us the ferry industry, and have to look for other ways to sup- affordable features as mild (low carbon, papers in progress about the plement hands-on training. ferry systems of Indonesia and WFSA therefore explored ferry readily wieldable) steel, standard

Bangladesh. safety training by owners and components, and a chined hull vendors. We will shortly report

Training out as well, as we begin a new (method of attaching the bottom to the

One of the issues that sur- trial using a distance learning, sides), all of which allow for simpli? ed faced from our two trips to e-training system.

Dhaka was the lack of crew construction. The design calls for training. To address that, Where’s the Money?

members of Interferry con- So, where’s the opportunity diesel electric propulsion, which, tributed their expertise to cre- for a business market beyond while somewhat more expensive ate a course based on Bangla- the resources of the develop- desh needs as communicated ing nations themselves? Most to acquire, is expected to be cost- by the Director General of the of the nations and cities that effective in terms of fuel consumption

Bangladesh Shipping Depart- could use more and better fer- ment. IMO contributed re- ries know that they need them and maintenance savings.” sources for Videotel to prepare – we know that by direct com- a professional presentation. Interferry paid for the trans- munication as well as tracking their reports and releases. lation, salaries and food for the crew and teachers over With growth they have more resources than in the past. the two days each time the course was given. The course, But the true promise to jumpstart ferry service could

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