North Launches New edition of the Mariner’s Role in Collecting Evidence Handbook

The first edition of our industry-renowned loss prevention guide was made available to North Members in 2010. The handbook has now been revised and updated to reflect the use modern electronic forms of evidence – for example those derived from ECDIS – and changes in legislative requirements, such as pollution laws.

Going Digital

At North, we are very aware of the need to operate in a sustainable manner, and we are continually looking at how and where we can improve our environmental performance and reduce our carbon footprint.

This is why we have taken the decision to no longer send our Members hard copies of our loss prevention material and this includes the new edition of the Mariner’s Role in Collecting Evidence Handbook. Going forward, Members will be provided with electronic versions of our industry-leading loss prevention publications.

Our loss prevention guides continue to be available for sale (in both hard copy and e-book) from Witherbys Seamanship.

North Members can download their free copy of the new edition of the Mariner’s Role in Collecting Evidence Handbook below and by logging on to their MyNorth account at: www.nepia.com/login

Evidence Checklist App

The evidence checklists in the handbook have long proven useful to ship operators, seafarers and surveyors when collecting evidence following an incident. To improve this data gathering process, we have created an interactive evidence checklist app.

In addition to having access to the content contained in the new edition of the handbook, users will be able to generate a checklist relevant to the incident in hand. The checklist will be interactive, allowing the checklist to be populated, such as entry of free text and uploading of documents and images to the user’s device. Once the checklist is populated, the user can send the information to their selected recipient, whether it is the shipowner, technical manager or, in the case of a surveyor, their client.

Check our Latest News section for updates on the release of the app and how to download it when available.