'Safety culture' linked to loss fall

摘要

Total losses at sea fell last year, indicating that a maritime safety culture was influencing operations. That was the optimistic report from the spring meeting of the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) held in Miami, US.rn"There are encouraging pointers that the safety culture is taking firm root," IUMI president Deirdre Littlefield told delegates. She conceded that the 2008 outcome may have been helped by the greatly reduced number of ships in service and an increasing amount of old tonnage heading to the breakers yards.