Safety Management Systems For Commercial Vessels
Telling owners that they need to implement a safety management system (SMS) when they have doing their job in many…
Crew Assessment And Writing Your SMS
Are you completing section 6 of your SMS and need to know how to determine your crewing with NSCV Part…
Be Safe At Sea
What do you need to do to be safe at sea? It’s advisable that all vessel operators implement a safety…
Risk And Safety Management
Risk and Safety Risks and safety are closely linked. But how should we understand the term ‘risk’? Risk is a…
Crew Responsibilities – Help For Writing A SMS
The responsibilities of crew should be outlined in the vessel Safety Management System (SMS), for greater and more detailed information…
Identifying Hazards Before Writing A Safety Management System
A hazard is any activity, situation or substance that can cause harm. This includes a situation where a person’s behaviour…
Vessels Below 500GT On The Benefits Of Adopting Safety Management Systems
Many vessels are not required to conform to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and…
How Does A Safety Management System (SMS) Work With A Quality Assurance (QA) System – And How Are They Different?
It is important to understand that QA deals with mostly customer, regulatory, and our company’s expectations. Embedded in many of…
Assessing Risk For Your Safety Management System
Here is a quick guide to how to do a risk assessment. It is based on 5 easy steps to…
Safety Drills – An Essential Part Of Your Safety Management System
What is required? How often do we do drills? Where does it fit on our Safety Management System? Realistic safety…