Perspectives

Our MD Wayne Henderson was down at the Southern North Sea Conference and Exhibition last week. Here’s what he made of the two-day event.

The UK’s national regulator for workplace health and safety is asking for more evidence and digging deeper into how organisations are tackling the part human actions (or inaction) play in maintaining a safe workplace.

This month, Kai’s journal involves a lot of juggling but he is aiming high. Well at least to "above below-average".

To mark our 25th anniversary, we asked our founder Victor Gibson to reflect on the forces that brought Marex into being, and why marine consultancies exist.

Mental health is affecting some of the richest and most developed countries in the world. This crisis must be respected with the same importance as health and safety because it is an integral aspect of the performance of health and safety.

This month, Kai’s journal takes on an international flavour in Qatar and Western Australia

Our principal technical consultant Varun Sarpangal guides you through the abbreviations used in human factors engineering

Why 2015 proved a landmark year from which we’re still feeling the repercussions

Twenty-year-old Kai Henderson originally started as our digital marketer and has since moved into a junior risk consultant role -  and novice coffee drinker. Alongside his work at Marex, he is studying for a graduate apprenticeship in data science.

In his monthly journal, he gives us a peek behind the office doors…

We need to be ambitious and brave if we are to meet net zero commitments.

And that means substantial investment in offshore wind technology and equipment, particularly floating windfarms.

The World Cup showed how the Japanese have created their culture of cleanliness and respect. It’s a different lens through which to view the creation of “a safety culture”.

Managing risk has a lot to do with being prepared. What’s your personal attitude to risk?

The overall aim of analysing "human factors" is to minimise the likelihood of accidents and improve safety in the workplace.

Often, there is this misconception that it is just about human behaviour.

Thomas Billet has spent the last four months working as a summer intern at Marex, to complement his Naval Architecture degree at the University of Strathclyde.

Intern Thomas Billet has just landed at Marex and is beginning to get to grips with what it offers