Location: Room 004, IMC building, Warwick University, Coventry, CV4 7AL
Speaker: Dr Reza Ziarat, BSc (Eng), PhD (Eng), Cert Ed, FIMechE, FIET, FIMarEST, Chair of IMarEST Midlands Branch
This Lecture covers how ‘The International Safety Management (ISM) Code’ is delivered through a quality assurance (QA) manual which is continuously improved through seeking feedback as well as through internal audits and regular reviews. The QA is verified through a quality control system namely, external audits and may also be checked by port state control (PSC) inspections. In this paper a model for effective implementation of the ISM Code based on actual results from stakeholders is proposed. The paper presents actual non-conformities reported by PSCs and Classification Societies as well as the role the STCW plays in making the crews and ships safe with special emphasis on crew related and company related errors and how these can be minimised.
