The TMSA Safety Audit: What Element 9 Stage 4 Actually Requires
Most ship managers can show that safety meetings happen. Minutes…
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The TMSA Engine Room Audit: What Element 4 Stage 4 Actually Requires
A TMSA engine room audit is what separates a Stage…
The TMSA Cargo Audit: What Stage 4 Requires for Element 6
he TMSA cargo audit under Element 6 is not a…
Your Near-Miss Reporting Looks Healthy. But What Is It Actually Telling You?
Near miss reporting in shipping sits at the heart of…
Your STS operations manual references a guide that no longer exists in its old form
The OCIMF Ship to Ship Transfer Guide for Petroleum, Chemicals…
The Ballast Water Management Plan Has Three New Requirements. Is Yours Current?
The BWMP new requirements that came into force on 1…
The Lifting Appliances Manual: What the Regulation Requires, and What Actually Gets It Through Survey
The first article in this series set out what SOLAS…
What a SIRE 2.0 Compliant SMS Actually Has to Prove
When ship managers ask me what a SIRE 2.0 compliant…
Why SMS Rationalisation Stalls — and What It Leaves Behind
Every company I speak with eventually arrives at the same…
Your Crew Can Find the Procedure. That Doesn’t Mean They Can Trust It.
When operators complete a rationalisation exercise and turn to the…
Before You Rationalise Your SMS, You Need to Know What It’s Actually Doing
When an SMS has grown to a point where it…
The SMS Keeps Growing. No One Has a Mandate to Cut It Back.
When I sit down with an operator to review their…