Our Seafarers

ISM - International Safety Management

SCOPE

  • Articles of the ISM Code
  • ISM Code Implementation, Certification of Ships and Companies, Periodical Verification as regards compliance with the Code, Internal and External Audits, Corrective and Preventive Action, Response to Non-conformities, Port State Control Authority & Detentions.

Pre-Departure on SMS - Company Policies Familiarization

SCOPE

  • Reasons for the SMS Training
  • Vision Statement
  • Health, Quality, Safety and Environment Policy (per principal)
  • Mission Statement of the Principals
  • Drug and Alcohol Policy
  • The Safety Management System
  • Safety Awareness
  • Personnel Safety Instruction
  • Duties and Responsibilities

SOLAS, MARPOL & MLC 2006

SCOPE

  • Understanding the Laws, Regulations, Code and Legislation

Anti-Piracy Familiarization

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SCOPE

  • Introduction to Piracy
  • Background of Piracy in the Gulf of Aden and off the Coast of Somalia
  • Anti-Piracy Awareness Objectives
  • Best Management Practices & the Concerned International Industry Representatives
  • Planning and Operational Practices
  • Typical Attack Profiles of Pirates
  • The Recommended Best Management Practices
  • Prior Transit to the High Risk Areas
  • General Planning

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  • Company Planning
  • Ship Master Planning
  • Group Transit
  • Voyage Planning
  • Defensive Measures
  • In Transit Operations
  • If Attacked/Boarded by Pirates
  • Survival Considerations
  • Solution & Recommendation Combatng Piracy
  • Authority References

GENERAL NOTES

  1. Our efforts in operating and maintaining the above trainings have borne fruits over the time that these courses were diligently and effectively offered to our Seafarers. Encouraging and Positive comments have been received from both directions, Principals and Seafarers.
  2. Booklets related to ISM and Safety, Security Awareness have been printed and are offered to our Seafarers for free, enabling them to consult and study the materials, even after they have completed their in-house Trainings and especially when they are on board and face the real facts and shipboard conditions.
  3. The forms of conducting the trainings include:
    1. Lectures
    2. Power Point Presentation
    3. Film Presentation
    4. Paper Materials
  4. All Seafarers, officers and ratings are required after attending the respective trainings, to undergo written and oral examinations in order to be assessed whether they were able to digest well the respective courses and to identify the areas of weaknesses. After their successful examinations, they are issued respective certificates. For those failing, they are required to attend the training again and be re-assessed, ensuring that they have adequately digested all useful information.
  5. Our purpose of conducting these trainings have the following targets:
    1. Our Principals to operate their ships with really qualified officers and ratings
    2. To be enhanced with Shipboard Safety for the benefit of all involved parties
    3. The ships to run on the least possible problems, and the crew safety, familiarization and trainings to be up to the International Standards and Requirements