ALL ABOUT ISM CODE... The Regulation..... SOLAS CHAPTER IX, RESOLUTION 741(18). SOLAS chapter IX is the Management for the safe operation of ships. The purpose of thischapter is to implementing of ISM Code. International safety management Code means the ISM Code is to provide safe Management and operation of ships and for pollution prevention adopted by the organization by resolution A. 741(18), as amended by MSC.104 (73) The ISM Code is to take the necessary steps to safeguard the shipmaster in the proper discharge of his responsibilities with regard to maritime safety and the protection of themarine environment
Contents of the ISM Code....
1. General: - Definitions - Objectives - Application - Functional requirements for a safetymanagement system 2. Safety and environmental protection policy 3. Company responsibilities and authority 4. Designated Person 5. Master’s responsibility and authority 6. Resources and personnel 7. Development of plans for shipboard operations 8. Emergency Preparedness 9. Reports and analysis of non-conformities, accidents and hazardous occurrences 10. Maintenance of the ship and equipment 11. Documentation 12. Company verification, Review and Evaluation 13. Certification and periodical verification 14. Interim Certification 15. Verification 16. Forms of Certificates
ISM Code Applies to..... 1. Passenger ships/passenger high-speed craft, oil/chemical tankers, gas/bulk carrier and cargo high-speed craft of 500 GT and upwards – 1st Jul 98. 2. Other cargo ships and mobile offshore drilling units (MODU) of 500 GT and upwards – 01July 2002
Objectives..... 1. Safety at sea 2. Prevention of human injury or loss of life 3. Avoidance of damage to the environment 4. Avoidance of damage to the property
Master's Authority and Responsibility....... The company should clearly define and document the master’s responsibility with regard to: 1. Implementing the safety and environmental protection policy of the company 2. Motivating the crew in the observation of that policy 3. Issuing appropriate orders and instructions in a clear and simple manner 4. Verifying that specified requirements are observed 5. Reviewing the SMS and reporting its deficiencies to the shore-based management.
The company should ensure that the SMS operating on board the ship contains a clear statement emphasizing the master’s authority. The company should establish in the SMS that the master has the overriding authority and the responsibility to make decisions withrespect to safety and pollution prevention and to request the company’s assistance as maybe necessary
Emergency Preparedness......
1 The company should establish procedures to identify describe and respond to potentialemergency shipboard situations. 2 The company should establish programme for drills and exercises to prepare foremergency actions. 3 The SMS should provide for measures ensuring that the company’s organization can respond at any time to hazards, accidents and emergency situations involving its ships.
Certification and verification........
DOCUMENT OF COMPLIANCE : should be issued by the Administrations to the any Company complying with the requirements of ISM Code for a period which should not exceed fiveyears. The validity of a Document of Compliance should be subject to annual verification by the Administration within three months before or after the anniversary date. The Documentof Compliance should be withdrawn by the Administration if annual verification is not requested or if there is evidence of major non-conformities with this Code. A copy of theDocument of Compliance should be placed on board with Master for verification by the Administration
SAFETY MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE: should be issued by the Administration to a ship for a period which should not exceed five years. The SMC should be issued after verifying that the company and its shipboard management operate in accordance with the approved Safety Management System. Such a certificate should be accepted as evidence that the ship complying with the requirement of this Code.The validity of the Safety Management Certificate should be subject to atleast one intermediate verification by the administration it should take place between the second and third anniversary dates of the Safety Management Certificate
SMS Withdrawn....
The Safety Management Certificate should be withdrawn by the Administration if intermediate verification is not requested or if there is evidence of major non-conformities with this Code
Interim Document of Compliance may issue....
To facilitate initial implementation of this Code when: 1. A company is newly established 2. New ship types are to be added to an existing Document of Compliance.
The company has a safety management system and meets full requirements of this Code the administration should be issued with Interim Document of Compliance for a period not exceeding 12 months.
An Interim Safety Management certificate may be issued......
1. Ship have a Document of Compliance, or the Interim Document of Compliance 2. The Safety Management System provided by the Company for the ship concerned. 3. The Company has planned the audit of the ship within three months. 4. The master and officers are familiar with the safety management system and the planned arrangements for its implementation 5. Instructions, which have been identified as being essential, are provided prior to sailing 6. Relevant information on the safety management system has been given in a working language understood by the ship’s personnel
Designated Persons.....
To ensure the safe operation of each ship and to provide a link between the company and those on board, every company, as appropriate, should designate a person or persons ashore having direct access to the highest level of management. The responsibility and authority of the designated person or persons should include monitoring the safety and pollution prevention aspects of the operation of each ship and ensuring that adequate resources and shore based support are applied, as required