Maritime industrial relations: concepts and consequences

British merchant seamen cannot legally strike while their ship is at sea or in a foreign port: neither could they, until 1970, legally strike while working on ships in UK ports. Difficulties of union organization, conservative union leadership in the period spanning the turn of the century and the 1914–18 war, the authority of lawful command, and an over-supply of seamen are some of the factors that have made industrial relations in the British Merchant Navy unlike those of any other industry.     

Sea daddy: an excursus into an endangered social species

This paper examines the stereotypic image of the American merchant seaman. The persistence of this stigma has made attempts at higher social status for seamen problematic. A typology of seamen is constructed on the basis of two dimensions: primary identification either with seaman subculture or shore-side society; and response to the stigma of the occupation. Ninety-five interviews were conducted with seamen, union officials, and relatives of seamen. Participant observation is used to supplement the data obtained in the interviews.     

Maritime legislation: new areas for safety of life at sea

This study reveals areas where IMO regulations of safety of life at sea can be improved upon. After examination of 5389 mortality and 3559 accident cases of UK seamen and 6878 fatalities of worldwide seamen, it finds fatalities due to personal accidents on board ship constitute ～90% of all mortality cases. Therefore, prevention of personal accidents should be given a higher priority. It reveals also that accidents involving coastal (domestic) ferries were another concern in the safety of life in shipping, e.g. in 1996 alone more than 2562 fatalities occurred in this sector. As a case study, the nationalities of 364 deceased seamen in bulk carrier disasters (1990–1998) are identified. Fatalities to British and worldwide seamen are based on the data obtained from various sources. However, fatalities to seamen working on board open registry ships are the best estimation, based on the information available to the authors.     

Maritime legislation: new areas for safety of life at sea

This study reveals areas where IMO regulations of safety of life at sea can be improved upon. After examination of 5389 mortality and 3559 accident cases of UK seamen and 6878 fatalities of worldwide seamen, it finds fatalities due to personal accidents on board ship constitute ~90% of all mortality cases. Therefore, prevention of personal accidents should be given a higher priority. It reveals also that accidents involving coastal (domestic) ferries were another concern in the safety of life in shipping, e.g. in 1996 alone more than 2562 fatalities occurred in this sector. As a case study, the nationalities of 364 deceased seamen in bulk carrier disasters (1990?1998) are identified. Fatalities to British and worldwide seamen are based on the data obtained from various sources. However, fatalities to seamen working on board open registry ships are the best estimation, based on the information available to the authors.     

航海区域划分及名称探讨

航海区域的科学界定及明晰的名称是海事管理重要的基础性工作。航海区域主要包括海船适航限定航区和海船船员适任限定航区,其区域划分及名称的法定概念目前在我国尚不明确,在相关法规、条例中表达和使用缺乏一致性,容易使人产生混淆,使用上造成不便和错误。通过对适航与适任航区在名称、划分的区域等方面的分析比较,指出了两者之间在无限、远洋、远海、近洋、近海、沿海、近岸、遮蔽等航区概念方面存在的问题,分析了产生问题的原因,提出了相应的改进措施和针对性的修改原则。对于促进建立我国法定的航海区域概念具有十分重要的意义。     

影响中国船员走向国际劳务市场因素的研究

提高船员的整体素质和参与全球船员劳务市场竞争的能力,可以向海外市场输出大量优质的海员,加快中国海员进军欧美劳务市场的步伐,进一步增强我国海员走向国际劳务市场外派行业的竞争力。     

Triple doses: a view of seamen's health

The health of seamen of all nations has long been a subject of concern. In this paper Brian Nolan stresses the specific social and economic situations of life at sea which produce their own injury, disease and death, and highlights the need for greater concern and actions by unions and employers to lessen the present high cost of seafaring to seamen.     

Factors influencing job satisfaction among merchant seamen

This paper explores the occupational and extra-occupational sources of job satisfaction in merchant seamen. Data were collected using a survey instrument from a sample of 302 seamen, both officers and crew. Factors determining variance in levels of job satisfaction are examined using a multiple regression technique. Several factors were found to have a significant impact on the degree of job satisfaction, particularly shipboard status and marital status. Collectively, the independent variables predicted over 63% of the variance.     

The social psychological consequence of a life at sea: A causal model

This paper explores the influence of this occupation on alienation and social integration of its members. Data were collected using a survey instrument from a sample of 293 seamen, both officers and crew. Factors determining variance in levels of alienation are examined using multiple regression technique. Results indicate that variance in several occupational features of life at sea affect the degree of alienation experienced by seamen, and a number of social characteristics were found to mitigate these influences. Supplementary qualitative data are also used.     

海事行业综合门户网站——中国海事服务网

<正>中国海事服务网(英文简称CNSS)成立于2006年,是集行业资讯与用户应用体验于一体的海事行业综合门户网站。经过几年的发展与完善,目前中国海事服务网已实现全方位覆盖整个海事行业,设有船员、船舶、航运、港口、游     

《中国海员》——关注海员文化生活

《中国海员》杂志面向海内外发行，为双月刊，刊号为ISSN1005—9067／CN31—1034／C，其读者主要是水运系统的150万职工和水运企事业单位。杂志内容反映水运系统企事业单位的发展，以及水运企事业单位职工的工作和生活，包括远洋海员、国内船员丰富多彩的文化生活、海内外见闻、海上航运安全、水运企事业经济发展等，主要栏目有“港口阳光”“海内外”“交通人征文”“生活潮”“国际航运专递”“当家人论坛”等等。     

Labour relations in the Hong Kong merchant navy

This paper discusses the role of ratings' and officers unions, and that of boarding-house keepers, in relation to the recruitment and supply of seamen for the Hong Kong Merchant Navy     

Some unsettling maritime terms: the interpretation of found, cargo, ballast and voyage

This paper examines the meaning of four common maritime and admiralty terms: found, cargo, ballast and voyage . These terms are problematic because their definitions are elastic which makes application of the terms difficult. The four terms are important because significant legal consequences are attached to each of them, particularly for seamen on flags of convenience (FOC) and crews of convenience (COC) vessels in US ports. The findings of the author are based on personal experience as well as research conducted in preparation as an expert witness in several maritime cases in both the US District Courts and in Louisiana State Courts, personal interviews with seamen on FOC/COC vessels, interviews with legal and economic experts on the international maritime industry and officials of national and international labour organizations.     

海员避碰行动各指标相关性的多元回归分析

在获取大量海员避碰行动样本的基础上，通过建立多元线性回归的数学模型，分析了转向时机、转向幅度、目标船舷角、会遇两船的船速比等4个指标与目标船最后通过距离之间的相关性大小，结论对海员避碰行动决策有一定的参考价值。由于样本是在对海员进行航海模拟器训练中获得的，从而说明了用航海模拟器来研究避碰行为的可行性以及STCW公约强化模拟器训练的必要性。     

宁波船舶工业:机遇与对策

通过对走锚船的受力分析,得到走锚船走锚时的运动轨迹。这对驾引人员在对船舶安全控制和港口管理人员对港口水工建筑物的安全管理方面有着积极的参考价值。     

红旗漫卷万重浪——记中国海员工会

<正>1921年4月6日,由孙中山先生亲笔题写会名的中国海员工会前身"中华海员工业联合总会",经过海员工人运动先驱苏兆征、林伟民等人的不懈努力,冲破重重阴霾,率先在英国殖民统治下的香港宣告正式成立,不仅很快就成为强烈动摇帝国主义在中国殖民统治的重     

某船冷库降温困难的原因分析与思考

根据某船冷库降温困难的故障现象及故障发展过程,介绍了轮机部人员对故障的排除过程及对故障原因的探讨与分析,指出轮机人员工作上的疏忽是造成故障的根本原因。通过对此次故障原因的思考,提出了加强船员管理,建立有效的船员工作考核机制,对保证船舶的正常营运具有重要的意义。     

融合电子海图的AIS综合模拟器的研究与开发

船舶自动识别系统(Automatic Identification System,简称AIS)是一种新型的船舶辅助导航设备,国际海事组织已通过AIS强制性安装议案。为加强远洋船员对AIS设备操作的培训,利用计算机网络开发了AIS综合模拟器。实现对AIS信号采集处理后与计算机局域网络的信息转换,并且将电子海图与AIS显示完全融合在一起。该模拟器的研究与开发,不仅减少了设备投入,节约经费开支,提高培训的效果,而且适应了航海技术对AIS的发展需求,使教学具有超前性和先进性。     

色彩在船舶上的应用与安全

船舶上的色彩应用会直接影响海员的情绪、情感，进而影响到海员的身心健康和工作效率。分析和研究色彩的特性，将有利于揭示色彩与环境以及色彩与情绪、行为的关系，为色彩设计提供依据，给海员一个温馨的生活和安全的工作环境，以消除色彩搭配不当对海员造成的不良影响，减少人为因素导致的海上事故的发生。     

STI-VC2100主动力装置实船训练系统实时性探讨

主动力装置实船训练系统是指嵌入在主动力装置监控系统中的机电人员训练模拟系统，它结合了陆上轮机模拟器培训和海上航行训练的优点，具有实施容易，效率高和费用低的特点，能帮助船员迅速获得必要的操作技能和知识。现从嵌入式实船训练系统的组成原理出发，指出了实船训练系统的3个要素——“实时”、“准确”、“柔性”，并从信号流的角度，分析了几个影响训练系统真实性的问题，提出了解决训练系统实时性的方法。