Tech Smart: What a Maritime Consultant Actually Does

20 minute deep dive! Click "show more" and scroll down to skip around. If you are short on time skip to (11:10) "The liability paradox" for legal and insurance implications. This is an interactive podcast for marine ops managers and owners derived from a slide deck MCP has assembled, tracked, updated and presented to clients for over 20 years. Listen to this one on your flight to/from the conference or your commute to the office. It covers operational, regulatory and legal nuances that are presented in an easy to understand way.

(00:00) The 54 of 55 statistic

(00:33) Defining a safety management system

(01:56) The ISM Code's narrow U.S. reach

(02:58) The Andrew J. Barberi, 2003

(04:09) Congress and the NTSB, 2010 to 2012

(04:49) The Island Lady and Conception fires

(05:27) The 2021 Coast Guard notice

(06:23) Why adopt a system voluntarily

(07:39) ISM-style, scaled to the operation

(08:11) Inspection incentives and Subchapter M

(08:52) Organizing versus managing

(09:40) The feedback loop

(10:16) A water pump example

(11:10) The liability paradox

(13:10) The T.J. Hooper and the CMA CGM Libra

(14:38) Who writes the standard

(15:18) What AI can and cannot do

(16:43) Recap and closing question

A short 1-2 minute briefing of a Safety Management Systems on board passenger vessels.

Why I chose to use a podcast approach: In about 1 minute, this episode explains why I chose this format and the distinction he draws between being "tech savvy" and being "tech smart": the difference between technical skill and the judgment to know which tools are worth using, what they are good for, and how to use them openly and responsibly.

Basically my CV.... What I have learned from the deck of a boat that can't be learned in a classroom, and what can only be learned in a classroom?