The
company has implemented various safety
related measures across its managed fleet
to raise the level of Safety on the vessels.
Some of these measures are mentioned below.
Risk Management
Promoting safety culture
amongst on-board and shore-based personnel
is a Company priority. To this end Chellaram
Shipping has established an on-going Risk
Management program, "Safer@Sea",
which stands for Safe Evaluation of Risk
at Sea.
We use risk management
tools in our Fleet and Offices to evaluate
the risks associated with our business
to help us improve safety and our performance.
To assist in this exercise, "Mariner",
a risk assessment program developed by
Lloyd Register of Shipping is used across
the company.
Navigational Safety
The risk assessment
exercise relating to various Navigational
aspects resulted in the identification
of the need for more intensive training
with the use of simulators and the need
for introduction of Electronic Chart Display
(ECDIS) on board. Both of these measures
have been implemented on board all the
vessels of our fleet, with
the first few ECDIS already having been
placed on the fleet vessels.
Interactive
Safety Management System (ISMS)
The company's SMS manuals,
procedures and checklists have been migrated
from a paper based to an electronic system.
The ISMS is designed to work in a user-friendly
manner to improve familiarization with
the procedures and make compliance easier
and intuitive with pre-designed workflows
and associated electronic filing.
In-house training establishment
To make the various
measures more effective and to promote
better safety awareness and operational
effectiveness, the company started ship
staff training in 2001. The company's
dedicated manning agent in Mumbai, Chellaram
Shipping Pvt Ltd (CSPL), runs an in-house
training establishment, where a Full Mission
Ship Maneuvering Simulator is now set
up
Qualship
21
One of the results
of the various measures introduced and
the drive towards safety and quality is
recognition from the USCG. The company
managed fleet meets the criteria for Qualship
21, an initiative of the USCG to identify
and recognize quality shipping in the
21st century. At present all of the company
managed ships, which have called the USA
in the last 12 months, have received Qualship
21 certification, this being one of the
eligibility criteria.
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