RINA Services has launched a new Competence Management System certification which helps ship owners and managers to raise the skill levels of their crews and shore staff above the basic statutory requirements. Italy-based PB Tankers is the first company to benefit from the new voluntary certification.
RINA’s Competence Management System guides shipowners and managers to develop and maintain high level targeted skills in their ships’ crews and operational shore staff. Its certification benefits them by proving to charterers, authorities, financiers and insurers that the company has a system for ensuring that its crews have the skills and competence required to operate safely and efficiently in today’s complex marine environment.
Paolo Moretti, General Manager Marine, RINA Services, says, “The increasingly complex technologies on board ship, constantly changing and ever more stringent regulations and the close attention paid to the preparation of the personnel by the verifiers used by charterers and also Port State Control officials make it necessary for ship operators to upskill their crews, and they need a system to manage that. RINA’s CMS gives them both a system framework and recognition of their investment.”
Federica Barbaro, Managing Director, PB Tankers says, “We are confident that being the first to be certified with the Competence Management System will demonstrate to our loyal clientele the continual improvement we build into our services, the safety of our seafarers and environmental protection.”
The CMS is certified for three years following a process of initial audit, then maintained with annual audits. It can be integrated into an existing business management system and is complimentary to and works with and alongside industry systems such as the TMSA.
Source: RINA
