1. Improving crew workload
Dorte Lomholt,
Special Advisor,
Danish Maritime Authority

2. The role of the Danish Maritime Authority
To promote health and safety on clean sea
AND
to effectively strengthen the competitiveness and employment of the maritime industries.
To achieve this, better and less burdensome regulation is needed!

3. From where do the administrative burdens arise?
In Danish maritime regulation
Action needed on all levels

4. Finding out where the shoe pinches - asking the seafarers and the land offices
796 Danish seafarers took part – among them 181 shipmasters
72 % of major Danish ship owners contributed
95 % of gross tonnage in the Danish merchant marine is covered

5. 20 % 9 % Seafarers Land offices
of working time spent on perceived administrative burdens

6. Seafarers burdens

7. Important messages from seafarers (Masters)
"The last 10 years have seen a tremendous increase in the administrative side of the job"
"Paperwork in itself does not help me to run a safe and efficient ship"
" I think we are at a tipping point… More paperwork might result in less safety"
Sometimes I think paperwork is more important than the actual quality of the ship and crew"

8. Seafarers feel they have no voice
FROM LAND
TO SEA
TO LAND
FROM SEA
"Many of us feel that we are the last link in the chain and cannot feed enough back"
"Could we have more proper and efficient channels to deal with unfit procedures?"
"What if we had a system to suggest adaptations and removal of inappropriate procedures?"

9. Shipowners also have some issues
"We respect national maritime authorities – but they can also give us a hard time"
"A more thorough digitalisation of
interactions with authorities would help us"
"Too many flag state-specific rules are unnecessary "
"Often, we have to submit documentation that is not useful – or requires too much time"
"Our world is complex – and we wish for fast and solid assistance from authorities to always be available"

10. The way forward?
Mechanisms (national, EU, IMO) to assess consequences when putting forward new procedures.
Evaluation of existing regulation
Less manual working procedures
More standardisation and digitalisation
Better coordination, exchange and sharing of data
one stop-shop (inspections, ports, authorities)

11. Cutting red tape can be a gift in itself