The Human Element in Container Shipping

The shipping industry is run by people and for people. Thus, the main element in shipping is the «human element» the mariners at all levels. Since the human element aboard vessels being in and coping with a very special environment is the crucial point of every transport chain, it is important to take a closer look at maritime human resource management issues which are scarcely tackled in scientific literature. This book deals with topics such as the criminalization of seafarers, piracy as part of shipping companies' risk management, corporate social responsibility and human error in shipping.

Autorentext

Burkhard Lemper is Director of the Maritime Economics and Transport Department at the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics Bremen, and Honorary Professor at Hochschule Bremen. Thomas Pawlik is the Bremer Rhederverein Professor of Maritime Management and Dean of Studies at the Centre of Maritime Studies at Hochschule Bremen. Susanne Neumann is research associate and doctoral candidate at the Centre of Maritime Studies at Hochschule Bremen.

Inhalt
Contents: Maria Progoulaki: The choice of seafaring profession Susanne Neumann/Thomas Pawlik: Corporate Social Responsibility and Employer Branding Runa Jörgens: Demands on Ship Officers according to the STCW Convention and Maritime Crew Resource Management as a future challenge for shipping Enrico Lobrigo: Cross-cultural management for seafarers Cecilia Österman: Performance influencing factors in maritime operations Katrin Ewert: Human Error in Shipping Henning Jessen: Criminalization of Seafarers in the Event of Maritime Accidents and Ship-Source Environmental Pollution - The Necessity for Fair Treatment Lisa L. Froholdt: Pirate negotiation communication - Whose risk? Whose responsibility? A study of a company's crisis communication response strategies to psychological stress in an authentic pirate hijacking situation Corinna Onnen: If work changes to leisure time and free time becomes work.