Impacts on rest hours due to Kiel-Canal transit on Finnish tankers
Kanerva, Tommi (2024)
2024
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2024121636296
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2024121636296
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The aim of this thesis is to determine the impacts of Kiel-Canal usage to the rest hours. The increasing emission trading requirements set by European Commission are driving Shipping companies to further develop their shipping routes. The emission costs are leading to shorten the voyages and the Kiel-Canal being the most adequate option between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.
The research was commissioned by OSM Ship Management Finland Oy. This thesis utilized the quantitative research methods. The research data was gathered with online questionnaire from the seagoing employees onboard four different OSM Ship Management Finland Oy vessels. In the analysis the descriptive and inferential statistics were used. The findings in this thesis showed the present work distribution and the company requirements are not favouring the rest hour management when transiting through the Kiel-Canal. The findings showed that the workload ensued was focused to a small group. The results showed, on each occasion, there was a group of personnel who must set aside one to two working days’ worth of tasks, which are not falling into oblivion.
The results indicated eligible reasons to further develop the options for the workload optimization. For further implication the result did not consider the economic or environmental aspects of the Kiel-Canal transit.
The research was commissioned by OSM Ship Management Finland Oy. This thesis utilized the quantitative research methods. The research data was gathered with online questionnaire from the seagoing employees onboard four different OSM Ship Management Finland Oy vessels. In the analysis the descriptive and inferential statistics were used. The findings in this thesis showed the present work distribution and the company requirements are not favouring the rest hour management when transiting through the Kiel-Canal. The findings showed that the workload ensued was focused to a small group. The results showed, on each occasion, there was a group of personnel who must set aside one to two working days’ worth of tasks, which are not falling into oblivion.
The results indicated eligible reasons to further develop the options for the workload optimization. For further implication the result did not consider the economic or environmental aspects of the Kiel-Canal transit.