FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin During the 2026 SAFETY4SEA Limassol Forum, Capt. Ashley Fernandes, Senior Marine Director / DPA at InterMaritime Shipmanagement, highlighted that a strong safety culture onboard is fundamentally shaped by the quality of leadership ashore. Safety culture on board ships is often discussed as something that belongs to the vessel itself, shaped primarily by the master and crew. It is associated with how ships are operated at sea, during voyages, or in port operations. In reality, the foundation of safety culture onboard is established ashore. The tone, priorities, clarity, and consistency coming from shore-based management strongly determine how procedures are implemented on board. RelatedNews Watch: Seafarers trapped in crisis as conditions in the Hormuz deteriorate SSI: The priority is to move from crew welfare analysis to action var jnews_module_21370704_0_6a01e1741baf3 = {"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":"21370704","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"2193,3838,2388,2329,3673,680,3653,262,2195","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