Transcript Istanbul, Turkey Brad Groves Chair, IMO Maritime Safety Committee

WORLD MARITIME DAY PARALLEL EVENT
4-6 November 2016 - Istanbul, Turkey
Do we really have to face casualties to
minimize maritime risks and ensure safety?
Brad Groves
Chair, IMO Maritime Safety Committee
Australian Maritime Safety Authority
WORLD MARITIME DAY
• Shipping: indispensable to the world.
o Worldwide commercial fleet of 90,000 vessels.
o 80% of global trade by volume carried by sea.
o 99% of Australian international merchandise
trade carried by sea.
IMPROVING SAFETY
• The IMO is working to
proactively reduce
casualties and improve
safety and protection of
the marine environment.
• Consideration of human
factors is just as important
as implementing safety
guidelines.
SINKING OF THE ‘UNSINKABLE’ SHIP
• International
collaboration on
maritime safety leads
to the development of
the International
Convention for the
safety of life at Sea
(SOLAS).
MARPOL & SOLAS
TORREY CANYON - 1967
• Largest pollution incident
recorded at the time.
• 120,000 tons of crude oil in the
English Channel.
• Catalyst for the development of
the International Convention for
the Prevention of Pollution at Sea
– MARPOL.
• Led to the introduction of
segregated ballast tanks.
AMOCA CADIZ - 1978
• 3 miles off the coast
of Brittany, France.
• Steering gear
failure.
HERALD OF FREE INTERPRISE - 1987
• Zeebugge, Belgium.
• Bow door not
closed.
EXXON VALDEZ - 1989
• The Exxon Valdez oil
spill disaster caused
further significant
environmental
damage.
• This incidents led to
the ‘double hull
amendments’ in
MARPOL.
MS ESTONIA - 1994
• Bow door failed
resulting in ingress
of water and
capsize of vessel.
ERIKA – 1999 & PRESTIGE - 2002
• Amendments to
MARPOL to
accelerate the
phase out of single
hull tankers.
FORMAL SAFETY ASSESSMENT (FSA)
• FSA includes five basic steps:
– Hazard identification.
– Risk analysis.
– Risk control options.
– Cost benefit assessment.
– Recommendations.
GOAL BASED STANDARDS
• Broad, overarching safety,
environmental and/or security
standards.
• Clear, demonstrable, verifiable, long
standing, implementable and
achievable, irrespective of ship
design and technology.
• Requirements applied by class
societies, other recognised
organisations, administrations and
IMO.
• Specific enough in order not to be
open to differing interpretations.
THE POLAR CODE
• International Code for Ships Operating in
Polar Water (Polar Code).
• Covers the full range of design, construction,
equipment, operational, training, search and
rescue and environmental protection matters
for ships operating in Polar waters.
IGF CODE
• International Code of Safety for
Ships using Gases or other
Low-flashpoint Fuels.
• Provides mandatory provisions
for the arrangements,
installation, control and
monitoring of machinery,
equipment and systems using
low-flashpoint fuels.
COSTA CONCORDIA
• Look at incidents and also consider:
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approved company practices;
vessel design; loading
procedures;
signage;
technology and instrument
arrangements; and
work culture and societal
norms.
HUMAN FACTORS
• Human factors is a branch of science that
refers to the application of knowledge
associated with human characteristics, both
physical and mental.
E-NAVIGATION
• E-Navigation strives to
develop well designed and
harmonised on board
shipping systems.
• The vision is that better
harmonised systems will
result in enhanced
communication which
improves safety and leads
to reduced collisions and
groundings.
STRATEGIC PLANNING
• IMO Strategic Plan contains key
strategic directions enabling the
IMO to achieve its mission
objectives.
• IMO High-level Action Plan enables
IMO to effectively address those
strategic directions.
• Development of a new Strategic
Framework 2018 to 2023.
CONCLUSION
Through international cooperation we strive
to proactively reduce maritime casualties in
earnest.
Thank you.