The Nautical Institute's Mariners' Alerting and Reporting Scheme

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As part of Steamship Mutual's commitment to providing award winning specialised industry training resources to Members and seafarers,  the Club has confirmed its status as a Nautical Affiliate of the Nautical Institute.

Steamship Mutual is a sponsor of the Mariner's Alerting and Reporting Scheme (MARS) initiative. Speaking regarding the initiative,  Philip Wake, Chief Executive of The Nautical Institute said “MARS is a valuable resource for the industry as it helps seafarers learn from others' mistakes and avoid accidents" The Nautical Institute's Mariners' Alerting and Reporting Scheme (MARS) is a confidential reporting system that allows full reporting of accidents (and near misses) without fear of identification or litigation.

As a free service to the industry, MARS reports also regularly comprise alerts condensed from official industry sources, so that issues resulting from recent incidents can be efficiently relayed to the mariner on board.

With access to the Internet from vessels becoming more affordable, the MARS database is a valuable risk assessment, work planning, loss prevention tool and training aid for crew and management. MARS is an initiative to help keep seafarers safe by learning about past incidents and accidents.

The latest edition of the MARS Report is available to download here .

MARS is hosted on the Nautical Institute website and is accessible through this link.