Uso prático do SMCP e a questão do multiculturalismo a bordo

Abstract

The moment that the students of EFOMM are introduced on the academic environment, they are presented to many publications that exist in the maritime industry, and that includes, but is not limited by the SMCP (Standard Marine Communication Phrases), which was created with the intention of standardization of the communication, because of the fact that the maritime industry works in an international scale, which allows the existence of the interaction of people from different nationalities, languages and cultures inside a confined environment that is the ship. In this space, a small society is formed, people need to interact with each other and these cultural differences become a lot more evident. This might help by adding different types of knowledge and different ways of seeing a problem solution, but it is also possible the existence of conflicts and most important the trouble of communicating and transmitting a clear and objective message. These difficulties exist because of the different accents and ways that people express themselves, which tend to create unfortunate situations on board, leading to delay time or even accidents that not only put the cargo in danger, but also the lives of the crew. This work take as reference different interviews from captains, officers and cadets, with the objective of presenting examples of situations, the importance of learning English for life at sea and to show how the SMCP is frequently used on board.