In 1986 a 22 thousand ton general cargo vessel was sailing across the Atlantic
the conditions were with
I got a strange she's not showing any side lines just to master this must be a
crossing lesson not showing sideways
mr. beauty when the third officer realized that there was a potential
problem and he could find no way to get the approaching ships attention
he put his ship into the hand steering mode and ordered ten degrees starboard
help as his shit was turning to stop the approaching vessel halted its support
so increasing the risk of collision he then ordered the helm hard to talk with
the ship turning to form the approaching vessel altered her direction to stop so
closing this led directly to exhibition where the cargo vessel is badly hole
causing an impossible situation with no hope of rectification
it took 12 up to the ship finally in 1987 the International needed the
indictments who share the trust with very large claims paid 83 million
dollars to be spent by 1990 this figure had reached almost 300 million dollars
and has since improved the standard flower who analyzed its own friends
about two hundred thousand dollars found that many of the players were caused by
human error and we're avoiding the International Maritime Organization has
been looking up at public safety management and pollution prevention for
some time now following the principles mapped out in
ISO 9002 they have developed the safety management code which sets out
procedures and requirements for shipboard management during a conference
in 1994 the code became parts of the solar scan vention and will apply to all
shipping lashes and be enforced by the various port and clan states the
standard lab already requires its members to subscribe to some fairly
basic operating procedures as a condition of membership and for leaves
the owners who do not arrive at the ASM code and use it to find it difficult to
obtain the safety management coach has a 13 points are lost each points dealing
with a specific component of safety management
the 10 main points refer to disclosure company policy commitment
decision-making written instructions level of authority logistical support
emergency procedures compliance and verification the companies will need to
define and document the minds of communications the responsibility and
authority each employee and the links between those involved in the safety
management system but the project will fail without enthusiasm from all staff
of both ashore and close and full commitment from the top you will need to
assign sufficient resources to develop both manuals and procedures or what do
you have developed over the years the code requires the appointment of a show
based designated person he'll be responsible in running the management
system and will be the direct link between ship-to-shore we must have the
independence and authority to report deficiencies to the highest level of
management safety must never be compromised
he will need to explain to the shore staff and for the ship senior officers
the new procedures and when these are up and running ordered them and listen to
and sort out any problems the overall company policy document will have to be
broken down to show what the individual ship towards crew members
responsibilities are and how they should simply be carried out I can relate to
you a story I heard last week one of the ships we manage
the safety management system would involve developing on board procedures
and training the safe working and pollution prevention these procedures
may be more bureaucratic to the current practice and for example require
approvals and superman's at the 4way that are designed to reduce
or even eliminate accidents caused by human hatch
the two men who entered the enclosed space would be alive today if they had
followed the permission to work system this requires the atmosphere to be
tested before entry for the safety management system to work all crew
members must be aware that their individual contribution makes the
difference between success and failure to assist in this a member of the
designated person too should visit each ship in the beach you get the crews help
in drafting job descriptions and working procedures the written job descriptions
and safety procedures are finalized but the shipboard management problem is
there for reference of all of us so that we know that we are doing everything
correctly every the company manual will be drafted in general terms when the
ship's master will need to study before drafting his own Candle instructions to
complement the manual a copy of these instructions will need to be sent to the
designated person once the documentation is ready the
captain will need to make sure that every crew member is aware of his
responsibilities and duties and ensure that they are drilled in the safety
management system one of his first jobs will be to appoint a shipboard Safety
Officer and to form a safety management committee form a safety committee
comprising of the senior officers two members from the crew including yourself
and call the meeting as swiftly as possible so that we can formulate the
safety working practices for this message this committee should meet on a
regular basis and the master should make sure that the copy of the minutes from
these meetings is sent to the shore-based designated person the master
should also have an ongoing communication with the shore-based
management through the designated person on updated crew training and
establishing refresher courses I can see you buddy but let me tell you that once
we have this system in place and that problem hold exists
I mean what really shit - Cheers I've never seen an accident
what's the problem well I'm very pleased to hear that but maybe you have been
just to say lucky soon we are going to break the coffee so let me tell you
about the couple of our colleagues who have not had the same luck as you John
was an engineer working for one of the larger cities
the SCOOTER was as secure as anyone's can be these days and he will relax take
it work perhaps doodle relax that's a laugh let
me tell you what happened had an engine failure while we were in a busy shipping
window so that I needed a path making hurry
chief is doing spare and the bridge were well and truly on his back I always
regarded it is my personal way so that a piece of metal and started to cut it to
size a job I done thousands of times with no problem
no problem no goggles no no sight buddy stupid
the V was also to seamen and thought uh prided himself on the speed that he
could get the freight loaded it didn't matter to him
what sort of cargo it was all the same to him and he had adapted his part of
the procedure to suit himself it's easy to be smart after the event sitting in
some nice cozy warm office but you get out there and try it you'll find
everyone takes chances I was just an image the boss is told is it but only
got a couple hours to clear everything or else we've missed the tide and I've
to say that Topsy placement overnight nobody maids so I took down the safety
rail that was getting in the way and it was all going fine until that crate on
the crane started paying for himself no one told him to be on that piece of
equipment no one was buttoned so he knocked me
down into the holes and lowered the putting on top of me I suppose so
was he lucky not in my book well I mentioned coffee before
after the party I loaded you to the various sections and discuss any
problems that you may have in detail so let's meet here again after the pub you
are sure that you think with all the latest Corrections
recorded in this job yes it's updated a designated team members will need to go
through the parent with all the different sections of the pool
and make sure they fully understand what is expected on and why it is necessary
he has to ensure that the instructions set out by the company our fault and our
weapon when the member of the designated team has left you think it is up to the
crew to make the system work
hello boy sir are you trying to take the ride out of the dam the ship's safety
officer must raise any problems with safety at the regular meetings of the
shipboard safety committee here the crew will have the opportunity to update and
improve procedures and if there are any points that they don't understand they
can ask for clarification and as per the new regulation when we have these
documents in order then the classification society will issue as a
certificate alongside the safety policy the shipping company should establish
procedures to identify describe and respond to potential emergency shipboard
situations also to establish programs for drills exercises and training to
prepare for any emergency actions ambassadorship important
as it's a loop system the ship's master I should report back to the designated
person any accidents hazardous occurrences and all incidents that don't
conform within the safety management system and suggest modifications and
improvements Thank You captain metric for your comments and we'll take on
board what you've said and look forward to receiving your detailed report once
the safety system is in place when activated there is a need to establish
and maintain procedures to control all documents of data which are relevant to
the system this means ensuring that valid documents are attainable at all
relevant locations at sea and on shore changes the document must be reviewed
and approved by the authorized personnel and obsolete documents removed as it's a
recorded system the company should pay out periodic internal audits to verify
weather safety and pollution prevention activities our weapon the person
carrying out the unit should be independent of the area being ordered
and the results and reviews should be brought to the attention of all
personnel having responsibilities in the area involved is the system causing
remedy at the time yes there is paperwork but it is for our safety it is
there and it is also for the environment safe
well gentlemen the result of your hard work and effort right here a significant
addition to us the final step in the safety management systems integration is
the issue of a document of compliance to the company and a safety management
certificate to each ship it doesn't stop here it is a dynamic constantly changing
system which requires the involvement of every member of the company to make it
work
safely is the collective responsibility of all persons on board the ship and not
just the chief officer and an ostrich with a safety system in tradition it
will be a noticeable reduction accidents to prove the problem and to the ship the
aim of the fire center is to ensure that all shipping companies have in place an
effective safety management systems enforced by your flag States
administration it would provide an international standard for the safe
management and operation ships and for pollution prevention
as with any system if it's abducted to secret individuals needs and if just lip
service is paid to its application then there's still a chance of things going
wrong