RON JEREMY's investigation found that high stress affected the crew's situational awareness once the list developed, contributing to a delayed and disorganised evacuation that cost one life. As Master/skipper, what should you do to reduce this risk on your own vessel?

A. Nothing specific — stress under emergency conditions is unavoidable and cannot be planned for

B. Ensure the crew has practised emergency response (stability/flooding scenarios specifically, not just generic musters) often enough that actions become familiar rather than something being worked out for the first time under real pressure, and that everyone knows the vessel's stability characteristics well enough to recognise when a list is genuinely dangerous

C. Rely on the most experienced crew member to take charge informally if an emergency develops

D. Focus drills exclusively on fire and abandon-ship, since flooding is comparatively rare

A. Leave procedural compliance to each head of department, with no cross-checking

B. Actively encourage crew to raise near-misses and procedural drift without fear of blame, and personally follow the same standards you expect of others

C. Rely on the SMS manual alone — if it's written down, crew will follow it

D. Wait until an incident occurs, then retrain the individuals involved

A. Near-miss reports are only useful for the annual safety meeting

B. Near-miss data, shared and analysed across a fleet (and via schemes like CHIRP Maritime), helps identify recurring risks before they cause a serious incident elsewhere

C. It doesn't matter — near-misses on one ship have no bearing on others

D. Reporting near-misses is mainly a way to assign blame to the individual involved