Our focus is to make safe thinking and acting second nature for everyone at Svitzer. This will allows us to always conduct safe operations for the benefit of all our employees and customers.

We continue to strive for safety excellence in our daily operations, and every employee is expected to take their part in making every day a safe day. Take a look at our safety clips here showing the various areas we’re focussing on.

Focus on safety issues and procedures became highest priority for us following the tragic incident on one of the company’s vessels, SVITZER AL DEEBEL, on April 29th 2012. Since then, this day has been named official ‘Safety Day’ at Svitzer with the aim of improving safety-related workplace behaviour within our company, and the towage industry in general.

April 29 marked a day of remembrance for the employees we lost in safety-related incidents. It is the day where our employees stop and focus on safety topics. Safety Day is not only in focus once a year. At Svitzer, we strive to making every day a safe day whereby 29th April is a reminder of this goal for our employees. In this sense, reaching a zero-incidents safety record is a collective effort.

Take a look at our Shipshape video here showing that it’s the small things that can make the biggest differences when it comes to safety.

Learning through gaming

On June 13th we released our latest effort in increasing the focus on Safety in the shipping industry – a game called Shipshaper for smartphones and tablets.

Shipshaper is a fun and challenging game that reminds shipping industry employees of the safety risks and hazards on board a vessel. In the game, Duke Shaper, the character for the Svitzer Safety Shipshape campaign, moves through different environments removing safety hazards.

Playing as Duke Shaper, the task is to remove different obstacles around the vessel without becoming complacent, tripping on the objects and losing the game. Touch and swipe to shipshape the work environment from cleaning up oil spills on the deck to closing drawers in the onboard office. The more things Duke Shaper shipshapes, the more the tempo and frequency of the obstacles increases.