SAFETY
Connecting wirelessly for safety “THERE ARE AS MANY, AND MORE, UPSIDE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF A GREAT SAFETY CULTURE AS NEGATIVE FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF POOR SAFETY PRACTICES. IT’S QUITE OBVIOUS WHICH SIDE SHIPPING COMPANIES SHOULD BE ON, AND OUR MISSION IS TO HELP THEM”, SAYS JOHN ROGER NESJE, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF SCANREACH. ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF SCANREACH.
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s we all know, or certainly should, the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) ensures the minimum standards of safety to which all ships flying the flag of a contracted state must adhere. It requires those responsible for a ship to comply with the International Safety Management Code (ISM), with individual ships issued with a Safety Management Certificate (SMC) that has to be renewed
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