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TMSA -> Defining best practice for tankers

Key elements of TMSA

Key elements

1 Management, leadership and accountability

2 Recruitment and management of shore-based personnel

3 Recruitment and management of ship's personnel

4 Reliability and maintenance standards

5 Navigational safety

6 Cargo, ballast and mooring operations

7 Management of change

8 Incident investigation and analysis

9 Safety management

10 Environmental management

11 Emergency preparedness and contingency planning

12 Measurement, analysis and improvement

TMSA Level 1 -> Basic ISM code compliance

TMSA level 4 -> Best practice

Main changes to date

¨ Promotion policy (TQM 1.J 1.12)

¨ Reporting requirements for defective critical systems, alarms or equipment TQM 1.G 2.7

¨ TQM team formally responsible for navigational procedures (TQM 1.I 1.7)

¨ Cargo planning to include stability and stress checks at all stages of operation (TQM 1.I

1.13.2)

¨ All mooring equipment to be covered by PMS system

¨ Management of Change procedure implemented (TQM 1.G 2.8)

¨ Formal requirement to issue Safety Alerts (TQM 1.L 1.2)

¨ Formal Safety Meetings to be held during shore management visits (TQM 1.G 2.4)

¨ Safety inspections to be performed and recorded (TQM 1.I

¨ Emvironmental management -> ISO 14001 pre-study

Challenges on the road to TMSA level 3

¨ Final interviews of new Masters and Chief Engineers in Oslo before hiring

¨ Formal appraisal process for Masters and Chif Enginees to be implemented

¨ Health awareness campaigns

¨ 80% or better retention rate for senior officers

¨ Increased monitoring of onboard maintenance

¨ Shore monitoring of ships spare parts inventory -> shortages to be highlighted

¨ Outstanding maintenance between 2 – 6%

¨ Navigational audits to be carried out by Master and during internal audit

¨ Ship handling training for CO’s before promotion to Master

¨ Risk assessment on mooring arrangement

¨ Incident investigation procedure to be in line with approved technique

¨ No blame culture encourages detailed reporting of near misses and incidents

Challenges on the road to TMSA level 3

¨ Higher focus on risk assessment -> filing, review, distribution

¨ SMT to be actively involved in promoting a strong safety, health and hygiene culture

– Near miss reporting

– Hazard identification

– Use of PPE

¨ Higher focus on environmental issues

– Recording / reporting all use of freon

– List of critical equipment also to include environmentally critical equipment

– Energy conservation

– Waste management

¨ ERS -> Emergency Response Service by GL

¨ SI’s to use OCIMF VIQ