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Toolbox Talk brief #16 – Mental Health At Work
Why This Topic – Mental Health at Work – Matters Mental health is part of workplace health and safety. A safe workplace is not only one that prevents physical injury, but also one that reduces harmful stress, fatigue, isolation, bullying, harassment, and excessive workload. WHO states that poor working conditions such as excessive workloads, low…
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IMO 2025 Safety Regulations: Key Points
Overview of IMO 2025 Safety Regulations In the 2024-2026 period IMO has adopted numerous safety-related amendments affecting SOLAS, MARPOL, STCW and other instruments. Key changes include stricter ship equipment and design standards (e.g. mandatory water-level detectors in cargo holds and improved mooring gear), updated fire and lifesaving provisions (LSA/FSS Code amendments), modernised navigation/communication requirements (GMDSS),…
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Largest Cruise Ships in the World: Top 3 Mega Hotels
The largest cruise ships in the world are no longer just cruise vessels. They are floating resorts, entertainment hubs, and engineering landmarks that carry thousands of passengers across the Caribbean every week. As of March 2026, the top three biggest cruise ships in active service are Icon of the Seas, Star of the Seas, and…
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Crew Fatigue Management Tips: A Practical Guideline for Maritime and Offshore Operations
Writing here this short and practical guideline from personal experience gained in this industry during over 15 years, and I can say that crew fatigue management tips matter because fatigue it is one of the contributory factors in some maritime and offshore industry incidents, not just theoretical risk models. For exemplification and to show why…
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How to Claim Injury Compensation After a Workplace Injury
Did you sustained a work related injury? Occupational health illness? If you need to claim injury compensation after an accident at work, the most important thing is to act early, document everything, and avoid assuming that the case is over just because you feel partly responsible. In most of the regions, like in the United…
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FPSO Vessel – How It Works?
Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) units are offshore production facilities built on floating hulls (most commonly ship‑shaped monohulls) that receive multiphase well fluids via risers, separate the stream into oil, gas and water, treat each stream to export or disposal specifications, store stabilised crude in cargo tanks, and periodically offload it to export tankers.…
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Jack Up Rig Explained: Main Parts and Operating Principle
A jack up rig is one of the most important offshore units used in shallow-water oil and gas operations. It is a self-elevating mobile offshore drilling unit with a floating hull, long steel legs, and a jacking system that allows the hull to be raised above the sea once the legs are set on the…
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Build Lasting Wellness Habits with Simple Steps You Can Stick To
Busy professionals, caregivers, and adults managing full schedules often set wellness and self-care goals with genuine intent, then watch them fade when real life gets loud. The core tension is consistency: routines collapse under busy calendars, low energy, and self-care motivation difficulties that make yesterday’s plan feel irrelevant today. Add common wellness obstacles like stress…
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Fail Safe Philosophy vs Fail Lucky: Is Your Workplace Truly Safe?
After so many years working in offshore and high-risk environments, I have witnessed many incidents that could have serious impact for people, assets integrity or environment, and I have learned that fail safe philosophy is not just an engineering term or something that belongs only in design documents, it is vital tool in our hands.…
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Offshore HSE Advisor Training Costs
Greetings to all HSE Advisors and future HSE Advisors that are reading my article. I have wrote this few lines with the intention to make a more clear picture of what trainings would be required to advance your carrier as a HSE Advisor, and more especially in the offshore industry. I am in this branch…