FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Leadership, communication, work and rest routines, and crew culture all influence safety and operational performance just as much as standardised procedures. Recognising the human factors of tug crews can strengthen both their wellbeing and operational outcomes, says Bianca Pielaat, Operations Director at Multraship Towage & Salvage. International regulations, structured safety management systems and robust operational procedures have helped reduce risk and establish consistent standards across the maritime industry. RelatedNews Crew wellbeing is a safety obligation, not a welfare programme One dead and six crew missing following tug capsize off Busan var jnews_module_21381608_0_6aa12ab325d6e = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21381608","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"485,2341","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","a