The Manual Got Sent. Version Control Isn’t the Same as Received.
Version control has two requirements built into it under ISM…
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Your SMS Passed the Gap Analysis. SMS Search Wasn’t Part of the Test.
SMS search is the test a gap analysis was never…
TMSA Self Assessment: Declare What You Can Sustain, Not What You Aspire To
TMSA stands for Tanker Management and Self Assessment. Most companies…
SIRE 2.0 Performance Influencing Factors: All 9, Explained One by One
Every negative observation in SIRE 2.0 gets classified two ways:…
Who Receives the Pilot — What the SMS Says and What the Ship Does
There is a moment in every port arrival where the…
The Audit Is Closed. The Problem Isn’t.
TMSA Element 12 and what it actually takes to get…
The Ship’s Navigational Audit Is Your First Line of Defence. Most Fleets Don’t Treat It That Way.
Every tanker fleet has layers of navigational oversight. At the…
The TMSA Safety Audit: What Element 9 Stage 4 Actually Requires
Most ship managers can show that safety meetings happen. Minutes…
Before You Rationalise Your SMS, You Need to Know What It’s Actually Doing
When an SMS has grown to a point where it…