At Concordia Maritime, extensive work is being conducted in order to continuously improve safety on board its vessels. The goal is to minimise the risk of damage to ships and the environment as well as personal injuries.
For many years, Concordia Maritime has projected an image of itself as a quality shipping company with high demands on safety at every level.
The vessels built according to the P-MAX concept are probably among the safest tankers in the world. However, the possibility of an accident occurring can never be excluded. Concordia Maritime invests substantial resources in continuously developing both ships and basic systems and routines in order to prevent accidents from occurring and to minimise the damage should an accident nevertheless occur.
The company’s safety work is carried out on several different levels, partly at the design stage of the vessels themselves and their equipment and partly in the form of continuous work on identifying potential risks and dangerous elements in the work done. In addition, there are large-scale campaigns and training activities.
Continuous risk identification
Continuous risk identification is the most important part of the work on improving safety on board. Here, the crew’s participation is crucial. For example, on all the vessels operated by Northern Marine Management, ten minutes are spent every day on studying movement patterns and adherence to routines. Reports are made according to a standardised model and risks identified are subsequently eliminated. The observations are gathered in reports, which are sent to all the vessels. This enables continuous improvements to be made. In addition to this, dedicated safety meetings are held every month.