Jan De Nul crew invents innovative bollard step
During marine transfers, it is essential to achieve a maximum level of control. With the bollard step, Jan De Nul has designed a simple solution to enhance safety during transfers of crew and visitors. This innovative idea came from the crew of the multicat DN46 and was picked up during an Operational Control meeting, where an advisory board discusses suggestions that improve the safety and efficiency of the company’s operations. ‘We stimulate all possible innovative ideas within our company’, says Quinten Schaumont, Area QHSSE advisor. ‘At all levels, at all times.’
Jan De Nul and Keppel FELS: Winners of the IADC Safety Awards 2021
Jan De Nul and Keppel FELS: Winners of the IADC Safety Awards 2021
Finding innovative solutions to improve safety
When individual employees, teams and companies view everyday processes and situations through a continuous lens of safety, they can each contribute to making all aspects of operational processes, whether on water or land, safer. For the 2021 Safety Awards, IADC's Safety Committee received 15 submissions. Each one is assessed on five different categories; sustainability; level of impact on the industry; simplicity in use; effectiveness; and level of innovation.
IADC reveals the fifteen nominations in the running for the IADC Safety Awards 2021
IADC is proud to announce fifteen nominations in the running to receive the 2021 Safety Awards.
Nominations now open for the 2021 IADC Safety Awards
Nominations now open for the 2021 IADC Safety Awards. Safety Awards for Dredging Companies AND Supply Chain organisations.
IADC Members’ safety programmes
The dredging industry poses many potential risks to its employees. Dredging activities can be risky operations with hidden dangers involving heavy machinery. Safety is therefore always a top priority and it is not a one-time effort. Constant vigilance requires innovation. On this page, you will find information about the different safety programmes of our members.
Interview: Panama Canal’s deputy administrator Ilya Espino de Marotta
Armed with degrees in both Marine Engineering and Engineering Economics as well as 35 years – and counting – of experience at the Panama Canal Authority, Ilya Espino de Marotta has blasted through the glass ceiling wearing a pink hard hat. Amongst the diverse roles she has under her belt, ranging from Marine Engineer in the shipyard to Vice President for Transit Business, Ilya has notably led the Canal’s expansion as head engineer and now oversees operations from the second highest position at the authority.