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Dear Premuda's fellows,
Here we are again, with the August edition of our
Company’s periodical bulletin.
These hard times are still persisting in the ship-
ping business, which is proceeding more and
more depressed than ever before.
Everyone’s effort will contribute to survive in
rough seas and heavy swells: thanks then to the
whole Company staff, both on board vessels and
ashore which everyday permits our Company
one step forward. We all have to row in the same
direction and to get away darkness.
Vetting related issues are highlighting very posi-
tive results, which is not bad in such a hard
time!
All the managed vessels which have been sub-
mitted to a vetting inspection have achieved
good results. Hopefully, this positive trend will
continue during the incoming period, thus mak-
ing the “commercial life” a little bit easier in this
time.
The selected closed cases are highlighting again
the usual endemic problem of the lack of a real
safety culture on board: to keep precautions and
consider all the preventive measures when per-
forming works on board vessels, or even during
the normal time of life spent on board, surely
avoid incident to happen or hazardous occur-
rences to rise up.
People have to well understand that vessels are
potentially danger places: attention shall be al-
ways paid and safety always considered.
The “Commercial Issue” deals with the charter
parties and their meaning, mainly highlighting
the various types of contracts available in the
shipping business. The “Academic Lesson” re-
lates to investigate in quality and the Safety Sec-
The selected closed cases
In this Issue:
• Commercial issues: Charter Parties: how many types?
• Vetting Issue s
• Safety issues: preparing a passage plan
• Incident and Risk Assessment: a strong relationship
• The Academic Lesson: investing in Quality.
Information Sharing Bulletin
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Collection of selected
closed cases
Vetting Issues
Commercial issues
Remarks to be shared
Lesson’s bearing
Information Sharing Bulletin
Summary:
§ Three hazardous occurrences:
- a danger fall in ER
- work aloft without safety measures
- crew found inside deck snap back zone
§ A near miss for inappropriate garbage management
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Lesson Learned
Issue n° 20
August 2012
tion deals a very interesting matter: preparing a
voyage plan.
Good reading to everyone! And remind that Bul-
letins are available into Company website.
G. Mortola
Academic lesson
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Vetting Issues
SIRE Reports performed during the period April — August
2012
Good day to All,
It is with extreme pleasure I am reporting the below period
as a net/clear passage with no any negative issue on Vet-
ting side.
All the SIRE performed has been evaluated as positive (no
red writing down below!!) but mainly what I want to under-
line is that the average of observation received in the in-
spections carried out in this quarter is 6.1, against 8.5 of
previous quarter.
And this is more valuable for “old ladies” as Aframax Ancona
ones, being in between 18 to 20 years on which we succeed
to drastically reduce the observation number.
But we all know that independently by Ship’s age, result is
never easy although a new vessel appointed.
So a compliment to all people involved in the process but
mainly to the ones in front line, Masters and Ship Staff!!!!!
As a continuation of REPSOL matter described in last quar-
ter bulletin to be noted that Four Smile performed SIRE with
REPSOL in Long Beach last July.
Result has been achieved positively although 12 observa-
tions of which some of them were reported from previous
Safety Inspection report causing some problems on SIRE
screening from third part OM, BP and Chevron.
This is the aspect already highlighted in previous bulletin.
As a memo please make reference to observation 9.15 and
messages and communication exchanged with BP and
Charterers.
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Da: Marco Leveratto
Inviato: giovedì 30 agosto 2012 15:58
A: 'G BP Vetting Team'
Cc: vetting.dpt
Oggetto: I: M/T Four Smile - IMO 9189146 - vessel clea-
rance
Priorità: Alta
Dear Captain Das,
following today phone call allow me to resume situation
on observation 9.15 received on last SIRE performed in
account of REPSOL at Long Beach on 10/07/2012.
Vessel last docking performed on May 2011 in Keppel
Subic.
Vessel performed REPSOL – Safety Inspection (not SIRE
inspection) during last call in Cartagena on 09/01.
Result of the inspection was not a brilliant one and in par-
ticular one observation reported was exactly the same as
per last SIRE: “The surface of brake drum plates in the aft and forward
mooring winches was noted wasted and uneven. (plate
with corrosion) VIQ 9.15”
Naturally we carried out a deep analysis on respect of
this observation in consideration of docking just per-
formed at that time, and possibility to perform a correc-
tion by maintenance.
In enclosure n 1 you may have Vessel message with
CAR issued and last brake holding test carried by Ship
Staff at that time.
Immediate mainte-
nance has been or-
dered to Vessel
Staff to all mooring
equipment in way
of brake holding
band by full chip-
ping and coating.
In enclosure n 2 and
3 you may have
vessel messages
informing about
status of ongoing
maintenance and
reporting about
situation.
All Safety Inspection observations received have been
cleared and personally I moved to Madrid to Repsol
Main Offices in order to better understand how REPSOL
was working on vetting activity, specially on respect of
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Vetting Issues
Safety inspection and SIRE.
Following the Repsol Safety inspection we performed a
SHELL SIRE inspection with n 4 observations (of which
one was questioned by BP), and a consequent BP SIRE
inspection with n 5 observations, both with direct ap-
proval and no any comment on VIQ 9.15.
In REPSOL last SIRE, matter in question, exactly the same
observation received in January has been reported.
Following my request of an explanation, the first assess-
ment carried out by REPSOL, see enclosure # 4, requested
further explanation and action only for different items,
addressed in Company reply, see enclosure # 5, leading
to a REPSOL final approval.
As discussed on the phone, the correct working of any
winch brake has never been impaired by any extensive
corrosion we may have been suffered by reading the
note. Correct maintenance has been already addressed
immediately after the first note and everyone on Ship and
in Office is well aware of the monitoring and control it
should be done on the issue.
We kindly request to you to review all the above and re-
vert with any comment or suggestion you may have in
order to clear the vessel.
Thanking in advance for your attention and kindness to
my reiterate explanation request
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Any observation repeated in subsequent inspections are
highly damaging vessel screening and result, and mainly
is nullifying the hard job that normally people on board is
doing.
Maximum attention should be done for discussing imme-
diately with SIRE inspector any repetitive observation that
may be easily removed against prompt evidence, avoiding
a case. ***********
Four Bay
No any SIRE performed in this quarter. Vessel need BP
inspection at soonest.
Framura
Vessel performed a SIRE Inspection with Shell, Karachi 17
August 2012 (6 NO) with positive result. Chevron and
ExxonMobil referring to last Shell SIRE Report available,
next SIRE Inspection to be performed with BP.
Four Island
Vessel performed a SIRE Inspection with BP, Fujairah
(STS) 01/05/2012 (4 NO) with positive result. Chevron
and ExxonMobil referring to last Shell SIRE Report if nec-
essary. Next SIRE Inspection to be performed with Shell. Four Moon
No SIRE Inspection performed during this period. Vessel is
out of Oil Majors business trading and employed with
PDVSA in Caribbean sea.
Four Smile
Vessel performed a SIRE Inspection with BP, Ulsan 1 May
2012 (5 NO) with positive result, then with Repsol, Long
Beach 10 July 2012 (12 NO) with positive result. Chevron
and ExxonMobil referring to last Shell SIRE Report avail-
able. Next SIRE inspection to be performed with Shell.
Four Wind
SIRE Inspection performed with Shell, Quebec
01/08/2012 (2 NO) with very positive result. ExxonMobil
referring to last Shell SIRE Report available, as well as
Chevron. Next SIRE Inspection to be requested to BHPB-
RightShip.
Four Sky
Vessel performed SIRE Inspection with Phillips 66 (ex
Conocophillips), Ulsan 14/06/2012 (8 NO) with positive
result, while Statoil accepted vessel referring to last Shell
SIRE Report, inspection not required until 21 April 2013.
Next SIRE Inspection to be requested either to Shell or to
BP
Bulk Carriers
Four Springs
No inspection performed during this period. Next Right-
ship inspection is planned for October 2012
By M. Leveratto
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Dear All,
WELCOME INTO THE SAFETY PAGE!
With this edition we will deal the argument
of the voyage plan.
SAFETY: NAVIGATOR OFFICER—VOYAGE PLAN
The Voyage Plan is the basic knowledge that a ship officer, and
particularly a deck officer, shall have.
It is a very important part of the navigation.
In the modern shipping, Port State Control, Vetting Inspections,
and other related inspectors coming onboard the ship will
check your Voyage Plan.
Questions are:
• Are you prepared to make a voyage plan?
• Are you reluctant or afraid to make a voyage plan?
We’ll guide you to some points that you will need in preparing a
voyage plan.
In this fast growing maritime industry, different types of inspec-
tors would normally ask a lot on how you make a voyage plan:
inspectors ask a lot about the charts, publications, and the
voyage plan.
What should you do?
• First of all, you should know what tools you will need before
you start making a voyage plan.
• You must know your destination port in order to pre-plan
your route.
• You must ask the Captain regarding distance-off coasts, addi-
tional instructions and information from the charterers and
agent of the destination port, restrictions during the voyage
with regards to your draft and air draft, tides and currents of
the destination port, reporting procedures during the passage
or voyage, and so-on. We will elaborate it later as we start dis-
cussing about the checklist and the plotting.
• After gathering all of that information, you will start planning
your course, identify your waypoints, and start calculating your
courses and distances.
• If you’re not crossing any ocean, you can simply use “Mercator
sailing”.
• If you’re crossing an ocean, you can use “Great Circle Sailing
or Composite Sailing”, but that is under the approval of your
Captain.
Remember that all your actions is an extension of the Captain’s
authority, but in such cases that you have doubt that it will involve
or may jeopardize the safety of the ship, it is better to consult or
ask the Captain about it.
After all, he is the over-all in-charge of the vessel.
What you will need
You will need books to guide you through this instruction to be
able to clearly visualize what we are trying to say.
These books are available onboard the ship’s library, located on
the Navigation Bridge.
As officers and aspiring officers, you are encouraged to read a lot,
and know what you read, and start asking questions.
That is how you will learn it onboard the ship.
The books are listed below:
• Bridge Team Management 2nd Edition (by: Capt. AJ Smith)
• Bridge Procedures and Guide 4th Edition (International
Chamber of Shipping)
• Guides to Port Entry
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• Nautical Publications
• Charts and Chart Catalogue
• Notice to Mariners
• Navarea navigational warnings
• Weather routing
• Etc.
Start making your Voyage Plan
It is always better to check Company’s checklist regarding
“Passage Plan Appraisal” to be sure you’re not missing any-
thing.
If you cannot find it, you can simply find an useful checklist on
the book “Bridge Procedures Guide”.
Always look for the latest edition that you have onboard.
Now that you have the tools and information that you need,
you can start making your voyage plan.
Always refer to Company procedures supported by your experi-
ence, always be ready for pre-briefing and de briefing.
• First, list down the charts that you will need during the pas-
sage. This will include large scale charts, which you will use
during coastal navigation; and small scale charts, which you
will use during ocean navigation.
• With the list that you’ve made, start arranging the charts
according to the consecutive order that you have listed.
• Always have a general or index chart, which you will use as
reference, especially when you’re handling a lot of charts.
As beginners you would most likely get lost in plotting. You
must have an overview where you are plotting your courses.
• Remember that the distance to go that you will give to your
Captain will be from pilot to pilot station. That means from
pilot station departure port to pilot station arrival port. The
Pilotage waypoint is not included in your sea passage calcu-
lation of distance run. You will have a different calculation
for that.
• You must know how much will be the remaining distance
from pilot station to berth.
• When you already have your list of waypoints, start calculating
your courses and distances. There are a lot of computer soft-
ware that you can use to calculate course and distance. Don’t
torture yourself calculating them manually.
• When you are already sure and satisfied with the results, you
can tell the captain the distance to go to the next port.
Plotting your courses
When plotting your courses, always put in mind your maximum
draft, air draft, manoeuvrability of your ship, etc.
• You must know your ship’s limitation.
• Apply parallel indexing, position frequency, course alteration or
wheel over position, bearing and distance off from a landmark,
bouyage system, reporting positions and reporting systems,
leading lines, and other means of position fixing other than
GPS and ARPA.
• All of this is listed down in the book “Bridge Team Manage-
ment”.
Paper works
Preparing the Chart is just one part of the voyage plan. You must
also prepare the Voyage Planning report which will be signed by
you as the navigating officer and co-signed by the Master, Chief
Officer and the Third officer, to indicate that they concur to the
voyage plan that you have prepared and have checked that it is
safe to navigate the ship as per voyage plan.
Your first voyage plan will most likely consume a lot of your time.
Don’t be discouraged! As you go along and as you do it every
time, you will get used to it and you will find a system or a way to
make it easier. Constant upgrading of your knowledge will be your
key to success and awareness to our constantly evolving and im-
proving Maritime Industry.
REMEMBER :A GOOD PASSAGE PLAN BRING YOU AT
HOME SAFELY!
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Commercial Issues
“Charter Parties”
Dear all, Everyone well understand what a charter party is.
Anyway, let us spend some few words to refresh some com-
monly used definitions...
A charter party is a document of contract by which a shi-
powner agrees to lease, and the charterer agrees to hire, a
vessel or all the cargo space, or a part of it, on terms and
conditions forth in the charter party.
If permitted to do so by the terms of charter party, the Char-
terer may enter into subcontractors with other shippers.
Being a CONTRACT, it is of the utmost importance that Mas-
ters and Officers on board well understand the meaning and
carefully read the charter party governing the specific voy-
age/employment of the vessel.
It is advisable that Masters and Officers read it as a matter
of information: you shall always consider and have well clear
that it is the Charter party which has to be fulfilled by the
Owners through the indicated vessel, the non fulfilment of
the specific Charter party clauses may lead to undesired
situations and money lost.
Main type of Charter Parties
The main types of charter parties are Bareboat Charter Party
(sometimes called a Demise Charter), Time Charter Party
and Voyage Charter Party.
Besides the above, there are also Contract of Affreightment
and Dock Charter Party.
Let’s go more deeply and explain the differences among the
various types of Charter Parties.
Bareboat Charter Party
By this type of Charter, the shipowner leases the entire ves-
sel and the Charterer has the responsibility of operating as
thought it was Charterer’s own vessel.
For the period covered by the charter party, the Shipowner
has lost the control of the vessel.
The Charterer acts as the sole Owner of the ship and is re-
sponsible for maintenance and all functioning costs of the
vessel, including fuel, crew maintenance (the Charterer em-
ploys and pays the crew), repair, custom duties, port ex-
penses, stores, provisions, harbour dues, pilotage, etc.
The Charterer is responsible for the upkeep, preservation
and safety of the vessel.
Before delivery to the Charterer, the vessel is surveyed by
representatives of both parties and the same is done on re-
delivery.
The Charter party will stipulate that the vessel must be rede-
livered in the same good order and condition as when deliv-
ered, ordinary wear and tear expected.
In this type of charter party there is therefore no mainte-
nance liability or any kind of claim on the vessel by the
Owner for the period of lease.
The Owner leases the vessel without any administration,
financial or technical responsibility for it.
It is the most suitable for tankers and bulk carriers.
Voyage Charter party
This is a Charter Party for the carriage of a full cargo, not for
a period of time, at a stipulated rate per ton, for one voyage
only, between named ports to be nominated on arrival in a
given area.
It is a frequently used charter party of which there are many
varieties, and most commodities and trades have a particu-
lar type to suit their purposes. Shippers of large quantities of
bulk cargo such as coal, grain, etc have charter parties with
special titles; for the oily industry most used Charter parties
forms are issued by Major Oil Companies (as Shellvoy).
Time Charter party
It is often confused with the previous charter party.
This charter party refers to lease of a vessel by the owner to
a charterer for a specified period of time.
The owner only offers his vessel at a predetermined rate.
The charterer agrees to bear all expenses incurred on run-
ning of the vessel in return of availability of vessel for that
time.
Lumpsum charter party
In this particular type of charter party, the owner agrees to
lease the vessel to the charterer for a specified cargo to be
shipped to a specific port.
Contract of Affreightment (COA)
This type of charter party particularly suits to bulk cargos
that often need more than one voyage for complete ship-
ment.
The main purpose of a COA is to oblige a carrier to lift a fixed
or determinable quantity of cargo of a specified type over a
given period of time. Usually, the COA is not limited to one
particular vessel, but operates as a series of voyage char-
ters. Freight is payable on the quantity of cargo transported
and the carrier bears the risk of delay en route.
Given the long term nature of the contract, a COA is almost
always tailor made to meet the specific needs of the parties
concerned. These parties are the shipper or buyer of the
cargo who is often motivated by requiring certainty for the
costs of transportation, and the ship-owner who is con-
cerned with providing assured long term employment and
flexibility for his owned or chartered in tonnage. COAs en-
able the ship-owners to be flexible and allow the vessels to
be fitted into a pattern of trade that maximizes laden as
against ballast distances and allows such arrangement to
be concluded at very competitive rates of freight. This type of contract is especially found in industrial cargos
like that of coal, stones, building materials, metallurgical
materials etc.
Dock Charter Party
This type of contract is made on the basis of the port or
dock where the vessel is received by the Charterers upon
leasing or the owner while returning.
The exchange happens in areas which are essentially suited
to the size of vessel and are called “commercial area of the
port”.
By G. Mortola
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Lesson’s Bearing
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Incidents & Risk Assessment - A strength
relationship - A real case study analysis -
PREAMBLE
Here below you can find a couple of real case of incident investigation, with injuries to persons involved
as consequence in both cases. It is to be highlighted that in both case, common safety practices were
largely followed and PPE was cases correctly worn, but it wasn ’ t sufficient to avoid an incident with in-
jured persons.
Upon completion of analysis, it resulted that both occurrences were caused by unpredicted factors that
weren't included into operation risk assessment.
It is evident that there will always be some areas that will remain uncovered by risk assessments, being
so wide the range of possible occurrences during operations on board.
Nevertheless, it is evident too, that an effective risk assessment process, covering as much as possible
all operations, will considerably reduce possible unpredicted hazards and as consequence incidents.
Following incident could have probably have avoided or mitigated by a more effective risk assessment
process!
Loose grating causes fall and injury During coastal passage the chief engineer inspected the lower side of the forward seal of the stern tube as part of his rounds. He then turned around and proceeded forward towards the ladder leading up to the bottom plates. He stepped on a flat-bar and rod grating section forming part of the walkway along and underneath the tail-end shaft. The grating section was too small for the bilge well that it covered, and fell down into the well. Thrown off-balance due to the fall, the engineer’s right leg hit the exposed sharp edge of the bilge well with great force, inflicting a serious wound extending almost the full length of his shin bone. After being rescued and given first aid, he was medevaced by helicopter to receive medical treatment on shore.
Root cause 1. Mismatch in dimensions of grating section and bilge well opening that resulted in insufficient support of grating
by bilge well edges. 2. No lock bolts fitted on the grating. 3. Due to the location’s low lighting and difficult access, potential hazard was not seen. 4. The location was not included in the unmanned operation route risk assessment checklist, as crew members
rarely go there.
Corrective/preventative actions 1. Fleet advised to thoroughly inspect all gratings, floor plates, their supports and locking devices for proper and
secure fit. 2. Carry out modifications to any similar deficiencies and/or deformed floor plates: weld in place proper lock bolts
or an angle bar support to prevent the fall of grating or a floor plate section. Or weld hinges onto sections that are frequently removed for inspection.
3. Post appropriate warnings and fence off the opening when any grating or floor plate.
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Incidents & Risk Assessment - A strength
relationship - A real case study analysis -
Arm fractured when rigging pilot ladder A large inbound vessel was approaching the pilot station in a gale and heavy rain and was instructed to prepare combination ladders on both sides. The chief officer and deck crew held a toolbox meeting and prepared the port (weather) side combination ladder first. The gangway was rigged at deck level and then lowered to the proper height. A seaman wearing all appropriate PPE, including an inflatable life-vest and safety harness with lifeline, descended to the bottom platform of the gangway to monitor the lowering of the pilot ladder. After confirming the pilot ladder was 1.5m above the water, he began to secure the pilot ladder to two sunken cleats in the hull with an 8mm rope lashing. When he inserted his right hand into the after sunken cleat to thread the rope through it, a wave caught the bottom of the pilot ladder and jerked it astern. The step in the way of the sunken cleat moved aft and hit the seaman’s right wrist, while his hand was still in-side the recess. Although in severe pain, he returned to the accommodation where first aid was given. After berthing, the injured crewmember was sent ashore and the doctor diagnosed a bone fracture, liga-ment injury and subcutaneous hematoma. The crewmember was certified unfit for further duty and there-fore was disembarked.
Root cause/ contributory factors 1. Although a proper risk assessment and toolbox meeting was conducted before work, it did not con-
sider the possibility and consequences of the bottom steps of the ladder being hit by a swell wave. 2. A combination of wind direction, restricted sea room, traffic density and routeing prevented a change
of heading to provide sufficient lee for rigging the combination ladders. 3. Constraints of the working area meant that, to secure the pilot ladder to the sunken cleats, the crew-
member had to stand on the bottom step of the gangway and pass the lashing rope around both the pilot ladder’s side ropes and twice around the far cleat before tying it off.
Corrective/preventative actions Pilot combination ladder rigging procedures revised as follows: 1. Gangway to be lowered to designed level (≤55° angle above horizontal). 2. Pilot ladder rope lashing changed to 16mm since the larger rope requires only one turn around the lad-
der and cleat. 3. Fore side of the pilot ladder to be lashed first, then the aft side. 4. During rigging and unrigging operations, the pilot ladder’s bottom steps to be kept at least 4m above
the sea level by means of the recovery line. 5. Pilot ladder marked to indicate at upper deck one, 2m and 3m clearances from ladder bottom to sea
level for both ballast and laden conditions.
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The Academic Lesson
Investing in Quality
Quality is often defined in the context of
the relationship between the customer
and the supplier; it is a measurement of
how a product or service meets, or ex-
ceeds, a customer’s expectations. But, the quality of the
management in ship operations impacts on the way in
which the master and his crew conduct their business.
We have to underline that not all ship operators aspire to
the highest levels of quality. Port State Control reports re-
cord that some ship-owners are failing to comply with inter-
national conventions, such that the condition of the ship or
the quality of its crew falls below the required standard.
There are some companies whose focus is on profit—at the
expenses of quality and of a safety culture.
Their compliance with regulations aspires only to the ac-
ceptable, particularly in respect of crew working and living
conditions, safety of life at sea and accident prevention.
Just few words to underline what a regulation is.
Regulation is required to ensure safer and secure shipping
and cleaner oceans. It is usually brought about as a result
of a casualty that has an effect on the safety or security of
shipping or an impact on the environment, or has caused
public (or media) outcry.
Regulations invariably are spawned from proposals from
one or more participating nations within the various inter-
national bodies (IMO, ILO, etc.) and are eventually agreed
by consensus within these bodies before being adopted as
a convention, resolution or amendment, and ultimately
accepted, ratifies, acceded—or ignored—by the receiving
countries.
Back to quality now...
Corporate organisations face the challenge of satisfying
shareholders and the scrutiny of the wider public and envi-
ronmental bodies.
These organizations now need to demonstrate a certain
commitment to sustainable development through the three
tenets of corporate social responsibility—social economic
and environmental performance.
The opposite of the first group is the company that actively
invests in quality, not only by complying with mandatory
regulations, but also through self-regulation and voluntary
commitment to industry standards and codes of practice.
A quality company also invests in its people, by providing
them with a safe and secure working environment, decent
living conditions and fair terms of employment, and by pro-
moting a Company Culture, through communication and
empowerment.
As everyone well knows, the “perfect ship” does not exist:
the end product is inevitably a compromise between shat is
needed to satisfy the regulations, what is absolutely neces-
sary to fulfil the operational role and what is affordable.
In reality, the end product (the ship then) reflects the atti-
tude of the shipowner or shipmanager towards safety, secu-
rity and quality.
A difference... Whilst the principles and practices of safety,
through effective implementation of the ISM Code and those
of security, through the ISPS Code, are legislated by the
IMO, those of quality are not.
Did you thought sometimes why not?
It is so because survival is not compulsory.
In few points:
• Quality seemingly takes its root from a clear defined pur-pose and most importantly integrity of purpose;
• Safety comes from an inherent need for survival after accepting the risk involved;
• Security results from the human and legal right of an entity to protect oneself against the hazards of external
destructive forces.
Thus, whilst quality and safety are based on trust founda-
tions, security is based on those of mistrust.
If we want to continue trade towards sustainable develop-
ment, we have to learn and accept practices of mistrust.
Selected by P. Linari
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