680-Vessel Emergency and Contingency / 748
Vessel
Em
er
g
enc
y
and Contin
g
enc
y
BOS-PRD-0301.901101
3
.
R
es
p
onsi
b
ilit
y
,
a
u
t
h
orit
y
and acco
u
nta
b
ilit
y
I
MPO
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TANT NOT
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C
E
: not-
w
it
h
standin
g
t
h
e
f
ore
g
oin
g
,
t
h
e Master
h
as overridin
g
a
u
t
h
orit
y
in an
y
case o
f
e
m
er
g
enc
y
or contin
g
enc
y
on
b
oard.
Mana
g
in
g
Director
has the responsibility, authority and accountability for:
a) Developing and implementing of his/her Contingency Plans within his/her respective areas of control;
b) Ensuring a controlled copy of BOS Emergency & Contingency Plan is provided to Corporate HSE;
c) Deciding when to activate the Corporate Emergency Response Team;
d) Ensuring the requirements of this procedure are implemented, applied and followed;
e) Validating emergency response exercises (scenario, schedule and supervision) proposed by the
QHSES Manager to test and evaluate the plan’s adequacy and response promptness;
f) Reviewing and updating the Emergency and Contingency response plan with the assistance of the
QHSES Manager;
g) Keeping the COMEX regularly advised when ERT is activated.
Vessel Master’s
p
ri
m
ar
y
res
p
onsi
b
ilit
y
is to save t
h
e cre
w
and ot
h
er
p
eo
p
le
,
t
h
e vessel
,
t
h
e car
g
o
and to
p
rotect t
h
e environ
m
ent
,
w
it
h
a
m
ini
mum
o
f
in
j
u
r
y
or da
m
a
g
e.
Vessel Master
has the responsibility, authority and accountability for:
a) Acting on his initiative in taking decisions in the event of an emergency or salvage situations;
b) Complying fully with the instructions indicated in the Vessel Emergency & Contingency Plans and
ensuring its application onboard;
c) Reviewing vessel specific E&CR contact list during emergency training of shipboard personnel by
periodic drills under his/her supervision and reporting deficiencies to the
O
p
erations Mana
g
er
for
update of the plan if necessary;
d) Reporting to the vessel’s
De
p
u
t
y
DPA
any deficiencies, necessary updates or area of improvement
to the vessel’s E&CRP;
e) Acting as the commander of the emergency onboard;
f) Acting as Communication Officer in case of a major emergency: the
Master
may delegate this
function to another qualified Officer;
g) Ensuring the implementation and application of this procedure onboard the vessel under his/her
command;
h) Ensuring that senior Officers are familiar with the contents of the plan;
i) Ensuring instruction and training of the personnel in the application of the procedures contained on
it;
j) Using the single emergency number only for emergency situation.
DPA
has the responsibility, authority and accountability (if Managing Director is not available) for:
a) Developing and implementing his/her Contingency plan within his/her respective areas of control;
b) Ensuring a controlled copy of BOS Emergency & Contingency Plan is provided to Corporate HSE;
c) Deciding when to activate the BOS Emergency Response Team;
d) Applying the Emergency & Contingency Plan during this crisis situation;
e) Validating Emergency Response exercises (scenario, schedule and supervision) proposed by the
Q
H
SES
Mana
g
er
to test and evaluate the adequacy of the Plan and promptness of response;
f) Reviewing and updating the Emergency and Contingency response plan;
g) Ensuring the relevance and thoroughness of exercise scenarios, taking part in crisis exercises, and
giving feedback analysis;
h) Ensuring that the Rota system is planned sufficiently in advance taking into account the availability of
all
Assi
g
ned Persons
(vacation, foreign mission, illness, etc.) so that there is no interruption in case
of unavailability of the
R
ota
Sy
ste
m
Mana
g
er
;
i) Designating the
R
ota
Sy
ste
m
Mana
g
er
and the
Assi
g
ned Person.
Version 04. Original date: 20/03/2012. Version date: 31/12/2014. Valid version only on QMS site. Uncontrolled document when printed.
Procedure prepared by: BOS QHSES Manager. Approved by: BOS QHSES Manager. Validated by: BOS Quality Representative.
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