Maritime Casualty Investigation Association

Mar­itime Casu­alty Inves­ti­ga­tion Asso­ci­a­tion — http://www.maritimeaccident.org/about-2/mcia/

Mar­itime Acci­dent Case­book has been asked to con­duct a sur­vey regard­ing a pro­posal for a Mar­itime Casu­alty Inves­ti­ga­tion Asso­ci­a­tion to feel out indi­vid­u­als and var­i­ous indus­try sec­tors about the desir­abil­ity of such a body. The pur­pose of this post is to gain feed­back on the pro­posal. Com­ment can be posted below or in con­fi­dence to mcia@maritimeaccident.org

It is intended that the asso­ci­a­tion actively pro­mote maritime/offshore casu­alty inves­ti­ga­tion as a pro­fes­sion, act as a ‘watering-hole’ for the pub­lic and pri­vate sec­tors, pro­mote the con­cept of casu­alty inves­ti­ga­tion as an ele­ment in safety enhance­ment and risk reduc­tion rather than liability-focussed, develop a uni­fied set of com­pe­ten­cies for maritime/offshore casu­alty inves­ti­ga­tion and encour­age com­pli­ance with rel­e­vant IMO codes and obligations.

It is also intended that the asso­ci­a­tion will bridge the gap between, and col­lab­o­rate with, pub­lic sector-orientated organ­i­sa­tions specif­i­cally related to casu­alty inves­ti­ga­tion, such as MAIFF, and pri­vate sec­tor ini­tia­tives such as Step Change In Safety, Marine Safety Forum, IMCA and the Inter­na­tional Cham­ber of Ship­ping, and oth­ers for whom casu­alty inves­ti­ga­tion is a par­tial ele­ment in their activities.

An out­line of the asso­ci­a­tion, its objec­tives, activ­i­ties and mem­ber­ship is avail­able on request by email to mcia@maritimeaccident.org should you wish to con­sider it and pro­vide feedback.

Bob Cout­tie

Mar­itime Acci­dent Casebook

PO Box 078, Subic Bay Freeport

Philip­pines

2222

www.maritimeaccident.org

Fur­ther infor­ma­tion is avail­able here: http://www.maritimeaccident.org/about-2/mcia/