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Implementing an Effective Safety Culture The new ICS Guidelines, being distributed free of charge throughout the industry, were launched in June and sponsored by ICS, for Governments attending the IMO Symposium on the Future of Ship Safety in London.ICS Secretary General, Peter Hinchliffe, explained: "Our brochure is intended to provide some basic advice to companies on the successful implementation of an effective safety culture. This covers the vital need for all concerned, at sea and ashore, to understand the relationship between unsafe acts and serious incidents that may result with loss of life. In particular our brochure emphasises the need to change behaviour and to avoid negative attitudes and complacency."The new ICS brochure explains that there are three essential components to developing a safety culture: commitment from the top, measuring performance, and then modifying behaviour. The brochure also stresses the importance of accident and 'near miss' reporting, and the establishment of a 'just culture' approach whereby shipping company personnel are encouraged to provide essential safety related information whenever something might have gone wrong, but without fear of punishment.Peter Hinchliffe added: "Repeated analysis demonstrates that serious accidents in shipping are nearly always due to a failure to follow established procedures. Our ...

ICS Annual General Meeting in Oslo at the Norwegian Shipowners Association (NSA)

ICS at Nor- Shipping

Oslo Summit, 5th of June 2013 At a Summit in Oslo on 5 June, Board Members of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) met with Ministers from major shipping nations and the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to discuss Arctic Shipping.The Oslo 2013 Maritime Summit, coordinated by the Norwegian Government and attended by Ministers and senior officials from Greece, Japan, Norway, Russia, Singapore, United States and the European Commission, underlined the need for government and industry cooperation in order to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the Arctic in a way that reconciles the need for both environmental and economic sustainability. ICS Chairman, Masamichi Morooka, explained: "ICS was keen to stress the importance of Arctic nations avoiding unilateral measures that might cut across IMO Conventions or the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea." He stressed the immediate priority for ICS was to continue to work within IMO to assist in the completion and adoption by governments of the IMO Polar Code, which is expected to become mandatory via amendments to the SOLAS and MARPOL Conventions in 2014. "ICS believes that the development of the Polar Code needs to be risk-based, ...

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ICS Launches its Annual Review of Shipping Developments

ICS Presents Shipping Economic Challenges to World s Transport Ministers

Live Piracy & Armed Robbery: Latest ICS Report

ICS and ITF hope that governments will give consideration at next IMO MSC Shipowners and seafarers' unions have joined forces to express concern at flag states' failure to submit maritime casualty reports as required under international Conventions.The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents 80% of the world merchant fleet, and the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), which represents seafarers' unions worldwide, have made a joint submission to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) commenting on the apparent failure of some flag states to submit maritime casualty reports to IMO. This is a requirement under several international maritime Conventions, including the Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS).ICS and ITF hope that governments will give consideration to this important issue at the next meeting of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee in June.In accordance with SOLAS regulation I/21, maritime administrations undertake to conduct investigations into any casualty occurring to ships under their flag, and to supply IMO with pertinent information concerning the findings of such investigations.In accordance with other Guidelines adopted by IMO, this is meant to include incidents defined as being a "very serious marine casualty" involving the total loss of the ship, a death, or severe damage to the environment."The ...

Global Shipping Professionals Show Commitment to ICS Examination Programme