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SMS Introduction

BOS-S

PC

-11.900000

5

Masters o

v

erridin

g

aut

h

orit

y

"

Th

e

C

o

mp

an

y

shall

esta

b

lis

h

in t

h

e Sa

f

et

y

Mana

g

e

m

ent S

y

ste

m

t

h

at t

h

e Master

h

as

t

h

e o

v

erridin

g

aut

h

orit

y

and t

h

e res

p

onsi

b

ilit

y

to

m

ake decisions wit

h

res

p

ect to

sa

f

et

y

and

p

ollution

p

re

v

ention and to request t

h

e

C

o

mp

an

y’

s assistance as

m

a

y b

e

necessar

y

."

Mandatory – as based in ISM Code Element 5.2

5

.1 Skills and

C

o

mp

etence

Us

i

ng

overr

i

d

i

ng

author

i

ty

assumes

the

vesse

l

Master

has

the

s

kill

s

, i

nte

lli

gence

,

e

x

per

i

ence

and

i

n

-

depth

understand

i

ng

of

the

r

i

s

k

s

to

personne

l,

vesse

l,

assets

and

the

env

i

ronment and

assumes

that

the Master

w

ill

conduct

an

ob

j

ect

i

ve

r

i

s

k

assessment

of

app

li

cab

l

e s

i

tuat

i

ons

,

free

from

any

i

rre

l

evant

fee

li

ngs

or

pre

j

ud

i

ces

.

O

verr

i

d

i

ng

author

i

ty must

never

be made

to

e

x

cuse

or

h

i

de

l

ac

k

of

competence

. I

t wou

l

d

c

l

ear

l

y

degrade

the

who

l

e

concept of H

S

E

management and wou

l

d

degrade the Master

’

s

author

i

ty

i

n

the

l

ong

run

.

A

certa

i

n

amount

of

ca

l

cu

l

ated

r

i

s

k i

s

i

nev

i

tab

l

e

i

n

sh

i

pp

i

ng

,

and

can

l

arge

l

y

be

overcome

w

i

th

k

now

l

edge

,

e

x

per

i

ence

and

app

li

cat

i

on

of

best

pract

i

ces

. T

he myr

i

ad

ru

l

es

,

chec

kli

sts

and

IS

M

-

manua

l

s

i

n

use

onboard

are a very poor

subst

i

tute

for

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competent

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pr

i

nted

.

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pec

i

f

i

cat

i

on prepared by

: BOS

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eputy

Q

H

S

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Manager

.

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by

: BOS

Q

H

S

E

Manager

.

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a

li

dated by

: BOS

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li

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epresentat

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.

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