Company duties under the ISM Code Malcolm Maclachlan

Company duties under Company duties under the ISM Codethe ISM Code

Malcolm MaclachlanMalcolm Maclachlan

The Company should …The Company should …

1.1. develop, implement and maintaindevelop, implement and maintain a a safety management system. (1.4)safety management system. (1.4)

2.2. establishestablish a safety and a safety and environmental-protection policy. environmental-protection policy. (2.1)(2.1)

3.3. ensureensure that the policy is that the policy is implemented and maintained at all implemented and maintained at all levels of the organization, both levels of the organization, both ship-based and shore-based. (2.2)ship-based and shore-based. (2.2)


4.4. define and documentdefine and document the the responsibility, authority and responsibility, authority and interrelation of all personnel who interrelation of all personnel who manage, perform and verify work manage, perform and verify work relating to and affecting safety and relating to and affecting safety and pollution prevention. (3.2)pollution prevention. (3.2)

5.5. designatedesignate a person or persons ashore a person or persons ashore having direct access to the highest having direct access to the highest level of management. (4)level of management. (4)


6.6. clearly define and documentclearly define and document the master's the master's responsibility with regard to: responsibility with regard to:

– implementing the safety and environmental-protection implementing the safety and environmental-protection policy of the Company;policy of the Company;

– motivating the crew in the observation of that policy;motivating the crew in the observation of that policy;– issuing appropriate orders and instructions in a clear issuing appropriate orders and instructions in a clear

and simple manner;and simple manner;– verifying that specified requirements are observed; verifying that specified requirements are observed;

andand– reviewing the safety management system and reviewing the safety management system and

reporting its deficiencies to the shore-based reporting its deficiencies to the shore-based management. (5.1)management. (5.1)


7.7. ensureensure that the safety management that the safety management system operating on board the ship system operating on board the ship contains a clear statement emphasizing contains a clear statement emphasizing the master's authority. (5.2)the master's authority. (5.2)

8.8. establishestablish in the safety management in the safety management system that the master has the overriding system that the master has the overriding authority and the responsibility to make authority and the responsibility to make decisions with respect to safety and decisions with respect to safety and pollution prevention and to request the pollution prevention and to request the Company's assistance as may be Company's assistance as may be necessary. (5.2)necessary. (5.2)


9.9. ensureensure that the master is: that the master is:– properly qualified for command;properly qualified for command;– fully conversant with the Company's safety fully conversant with the Company's safety

management system; andmanagement system; and– given the necessary support so that the given the necessary support so that the

master's duties can be safely performed. (6.1)master's duties can be safely performed. (6.1)

10.10.ensureensure that each ship is manned with that each ship is manned with qualified, certificated and medically fit qualified, certificated and medically fit seafarers in accordance with national and seafarers in accordance with national and international requirements. (6.2)international requirements. (6.2)


11.11.establish proceduresestablish procedures to ensure that to ensure that new personnel and personnel new personnel and personnel transferred to new assignments transferred to new assignments related to safety and protection of related to safety and protection of the environment are given proper the environment are given proper familiarization with their duties. familiarization with their duties. (6.3) (6.3)


12.12.ensureensure that all personnel involved in the that all personnel involved in the Company's safety management system have Company's safety management system have an adequate understanding of relevant rules, an adequate understanding of relevant rules, regulations, codes and guidelines. (6.4)regulations, codes and guidelines. (6.4)

13.13.establish and maintain proceduresestablish and maintain procedures for for identifying any training which may be identifying any training which may be required in support of the safety required in support of the safety management system and management system and ensureensure that such that such training is provided for all personnel training is provided for all personnel concerned. (6.5)concerned. (6.5)


14.14. establish proceduresestablish procedures by which the ship's by which the ship's personnel receive relevant information personnel receive relevant information on the safety management system in a on the safety management system in a working language or languages working language or languages understood by them. (6.6)understood by them. (6.6)

15.15.ensureensure that the ship's personnel are able that the ship's personnel are able to communicate effectively in the to communicate effectively in the execution of their duties related to the execution of their duties related to the safety management system. (6.7)safety management system. (6.7)


16.16.establish proceduresestablish procedures for the for the preparation of plans and preparation of plans and instructions, including checklists as instructions, including checklists as appropriate, for key shipboard appropriate, for key shipboard operations concerning the safety of operations concerning the safety of the ship and the prevention of the ship and the prevention of pollution. (7)pollution. (7)


17.17.establish proceduresestablish procedures to identify, to identify, describe and respond to potential describe and respond to potential emergency shipboard situations. emergency shipboard situations. (8.1)(8.1)

18.18.establish programmesestablish programmes for drills and for drills and exercises to prepare for emergency exercises to prepare for emergency actions. (8.2)actions. (8.2)


19.19.establish proceduresestablish procedures for the for the implementation of corrective action. implementation of corrective action. (9.2)(9.2)


20.20.establish proceduresestablish procedures to ensure that the to ensure that the ship is maintained in conformity with the ship is maintained in conformity with the provisions of the relevant rules and provisions of the relevant rules and regulations and with any additional regulations and with any additional requirements which may be established by requirements which may be established by the Company. (10.1)the Company. (10.1)

21.21.establish proceduresestablish procedures in its safety in its safety management system to identify management system to identify equipment and technical systems the equipment and technical systems the sudden operational failure of which may sudden operational failure of which may result in hazardous situations. (10.3)result in hazardous situations. (10.3)


22.22.establish and maintain proceduresestablish and maintain procedures to control to control all documents and data which are relevant to all documents and data which are relevant to the safety management system. (11.1)the safety management system. (11.1)

23.23.ensureensure that: that:– valid documents are available at all relevant valid documents are available at all relevant

locations;locations;– changes to documents are reviewed and changes to documents are reviewed and

approved by authorized personnel; andapproved by authorized personnel; and– obsolete documents are promptly removed. (11.2)obsolete documents are promptly removed. (11.2)


24.24.carry outcarry out internal safety audits to verify internal safety audits to verify whether safety and pollution-prevention whether safety and pollution-prevention activities comply with the safety activities comply with the safety management system. (12.1)management system. (12.1)

25.25.periodically evaluateperiodically evaluate the efficiency of the efficiency of and, when needed, and, when needed, reviewreview the safety the safety management system in accordance with management system in accordance with procedures established by the Company. procedures established by the Company. (12.2)(12.2)

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