The Swedish Club Academy congratulates Capt Yashwant Chhabra (second from left) author of the book “A Mariner’s Guide to Preventing Collisions” that was formally released by Dr Agnihotri, DG Shipping, Govt. of India, (third from right) in Mumbai on 9 June 2011.

A stricter adherence to the COLREGs would surely have prevented a vast number of incidents that have hit the industry in the past. Being India’s first workshop leader for Maritime Resource Management (MRM) training in 1995 and still active with MRM, Capt Chhabra has a deep understanding of the importance of ensuring that attitudes are in line with desired behaviour. In the book, he does not only explain the regulations, by illustrative case studies he makes us understand that the COLREGs are indeed there for good reasons. We congratulate Capt Chhabra who, besides his work as Manager – Training Standards with Anglo-Eastern Ship Management Ltd., has managed to put together this impressive work.

For further information about the book, please contact Capt Chhabra directly at yashwantc@gmail.com.