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What is Risk Assessment and Why it is so Useful On Board ?

Written by Capt Rajeev Jassal on October 17, 2016
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risk-assessment-on-board Many believe risk assessment is quite boring subject and has nothing to do with reality on board ships. Some also believe it is all about documenting risk assessment form proving that risk assessment is carried out. But in realty, risk assessment is not only about creating huge amount of paper work. It is rather about identifying sensible measures to control the risks in your workplace. Risk assessment is not a new thing. Its only that shipping industry is taking it more seriously now. A teacher teaches her students to cross a road. Use a zebra crossing, first see towards your right, and then left…and so on. This is what risk assessment is all about. So how risk assessment applies to maritime industry and how we can manage these risks to have safer maritime industry. Let us discuss. Risk Assessment as decision making tool Everything in life has some risk. What you have to actually learn to do is how to navigate it. risk-assessment-1 This quote from Reid Hoffman outlines what risk assessment is all about. On board a ship, there are many hazards and these pose even more risks. Risk assessment acts as a to...

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Comments (20)

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  • Abhishek Kumar October 19, 2016
    Thanks a lot sir.You made it so simple.Understanding of RA especially in junior ranks is so complex but as you grow this becomes very important aspect and you can't ignore it.Thanks again.
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    Bhupender Banga October 27, 2016
    Thank you Abhishek

    Rajeev Jassal October 27, 2016
    Glad you found it useful Abhishek. Yes you are absolutely right about the importance of RA.

  • Nogole February 7, 2018
    Certain Items at sea require strict legislation a vessel operator can carry out a risk assessment of the area in questions and supply this documentation to the insurance companies. this was validated the insurance regardless of product requirements.
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  • ANANTHANAG S A March 13, 2018
    Thank you sir.It was very useful and it also d
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  • Tps Technology October 23, 2018
    Thank you so much for such a helpful post... you are the first whom i found to be explaining the blog writing method with ease... god bless u.
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  • IT Support Dallas December 8, 2018
    Wonderful website. A lot of useful info here. I am sending it to a few friends ans also sharing in delicious. And obviously, thanks for your sweat! IT Support Dallas
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  • baldev Choudhary December 8, 2018
    Simplified yet explanatory blog. Many thanks for simplifying this topic so that everybody can understand RA. Very helpful for examination purpose also.
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  • Doonmariner April 20, 2019
    Respected sir, how do we calculate frequency or probability of occurence?
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  • Scat60 December 20, 2019
    Please advise how to prepare annual mooring review risk assessment in accordance with MEG 4. Thank you
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  • Gandi January 21, 2020
    Too much "experienced" indians over there. Kick out them from shipping
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  • John February 14, 2020
    Very helpful and nice sharing, thank you and keep it up!
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  • Amar anand May 8, 2020
    Amazing article sir....
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  • Cyrus Blake Crewford July 16, 2020
    Thank you for this very useful blog. Risk Assessment is important for safety onboard.
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  • D. Pascua Jr. October 29, 2020
    very interesting...
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  • johfert Bristomm November 4, 2020
    i'm very glad full to you because you have to describe about what is risk assessment and why is useful on board . this is very knowledgeable thank you so much for this Blog https://www.benchmatrix.com/risk-rating-engine/
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  • jeev January 20, 2021
    Nice post ! Thanks for the share in Risk Management.
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  • Ally Abubakar March 15, 2021
    God bless you Capt. Risk assessment has become a knowledge I acquire through your knowledge. Thank u
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  • SHANE DELOS REYES June 25, 2021
    Pretty clear and straight forward. Thanks Captain Bhupender Singh Banga. As I was looking for more detailed information related to our present discussion, I bumped into one of your blog instead. This is quite informative, concise and straight forward. A pleasure to work with you.
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Capt Rajeev Jassal

About Capt Rajeev Jassal

Capt. Rajeev Jassal has sailed for over 24 years mainly on crude oil, product and chemical tankers. He holds MBA in shipping & Logistics degree from London. He has done extensive research on quantitatively measuring Safety culture onboard and safety climate ashore which he believes is the most important element for safer shipping.

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