Cold weather

MarinePALS has issued a warning that many cold weather procedures in the shipping industry still fail to reflect the realities crews face on deck. It has released a training series to help address the fragmented and inconsistent guidance available. Captain Pradeep Chawla, CEO of MarinePALS, said: "The industry must urgently confront the mismatch between paperwork and practice", adding that cold weather procedures often depend on the expertise of the company office. When staff have limited experience, the resulting guidance can be incomplete or impractical. This problem is especially evident when a vessel and crew with no history in cold regions are sent on a single voyage, receiving only generic instructions.