Marine Safety and Navigational Information Management

Description

Introduction 

Marine safety greatly impacts the environment and can help facilitate commerce; it is closely related to environmental conservation. Human error and natural failure are the two leading causes of marine accidents.

Thus, one of the major contributors and influencers of marine safety around ports is training and educating port operations personnel to meet safety standards. Risks to marine safety are reduced by more than half on the education and training of personnel carrying out port operations.

Learning Outcome

• Understand the ISM Code’s demands on the maritime industry and individual companies.
• Avoid the pitfalls of many Safety Management Systems and be confident in using the system.
• Look at technological developments and identify if they are helpful to the SMS they are operating.
• Understand the concept and use of quality management systems and other management systems.
• Grasp the fundamentals of maintenance systems and their application to ships.
•  Conceptualise the steps and methods of conducting a safety investigation.

Content 

• Session 1 – Introducing Maritime Safety Management and the International Safety Management (ISM) Code
• Session 2 – The Aims, Structure and Content of the ISM Code
• Session 3 – Operational Safety Management
• Session 4 – Risk and Quality Management
• Session 5 – Auditing, Measurement and Improvement Systems
• Session 6 – Safety Management and a Safety Culture
• Session 7 – Introduction to Cyber Security in Shipping