ISM Code A Practical Guide to the Legal and Insurance Implications
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Index
- ABS see American Bureau of Shipping
- accident pyramid –
- accidents: and human error –, ;
- active failures –,
- actual fault or privity –, –, , , , –;
- see also privity
- Administrations see flag Administrations
- Advisory Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (ACSNI)
- ‘agony of the moment’
- alcohol abuse –,
- Allianz –
- allisions
- alter ego –, ,
- American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) –
- appraisals –
- arbitration
- attribution ,
- auditable systems –
- audits: DOC verification –, –;
- audit trail –
- Bahamian Merchant Shipping Act 1976
- ballasting operations
- Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) , , , , ;
- bareboat charterers , , , , ,
- bills of lading , ,
- BIMCO see Baltic and International Maritime Council
- blind-eye knowledge –
- Bourbon Dolphin
- breakdown policy
- bridge management –
- Bridge Procedures Guide , ,
- Bridge Team Management – A practical guide
- bulk carriers , , , ,
- burden of proof , , ,
- cargo , –;
- cargo ships , , , ,
- cargo underwriters ,
- carriage of goods , , –;
- Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1936 (US)
- Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971 (UK)
- Carver Report
- casualties
- casualty investigations –
- Certificate of Competency (COC) , , , , , –, –;
- certificates: medical –;
-
certification –, –;Page 400
- charterers –
- charter hire
- charterparties , , , –
- charts , , , ,
- chemical tankers , , ,
- CICs see concentrated inspection campaigns
- civil actions
- Class Certificates
- Classification Societies –
- Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act 2004
- COC see Certificate of Competency
- Code of Good Management Practice in Safe Ship Operations , ,
- Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seamen (COSWP) , ,
- collisions , ;
- COLREG see Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972
- commercial management
- Companies –;
- accident prevention –;
- ‘alter ego’ of –;
- auditable systems –;
- commitment to safety ;
- Company Security Officers (CSOs) ;
- compliance with the ISM Code –, –;
- culture , , –;
- defined , ;
- DOCs –;
- DPAs , , –, –;
- Drug and Alcohol Policy ;
- emergency preparedness , –;
- external audits ;
- implementation of corrective action ;
- internal safety audits –, , , , , –;
- maintenance of the ship and equipment –;
- obligations and responsibilities , –, –, , –, , ;
- one-ship –;
- plans for shipboard operations –;
- requirements placed upon , –;
- role as enforcer –;
- Safety and Environmental-Protection Policy , ;
- safety culture –, ;
- safety management objectives , , ;
- Safety Management Systems –, , –, , ;
- support for Masters –;
- threefold mantra –;
- verification, review and evaluation , –, –
- Company Security Officers (CSOs)
- compliance culture , –
- concentrated inspection campaigns (CICs) –
- condition surveys
- confidentiality
- container ships
- contract of carriage , , , ,
- contractual disputes
- Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 (LLMC) , ,
- Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (COLREG) , ,
- Cosco Busan
- Costa Concordia
- COSWP see Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seamen
- crew: liability for actions of ;
- criminal prosecutions
- critical systems
- CSC see International Convention for Safe Containers 1972
- CSOs see Company Security Officers
- culture –;
- Deepwater Horizon
- default , , –, ;
- defences-in-depth –
-
deficiencies: detainable ;Page 401
- demise charters
- Designated Person Ashore (DPA) , , ;
- see also Designated Persons (DPs)
- Designated Persons (DPs) –;
- detention rates –
- DOCs see Documents of Compliance
- Documents of Compliance (DOCs) –, –;
- domestic voyages
- Dona Paz –
- DPA see Designated Person Ashore
- drug abuse –,
- Drug and Alcohol Policy
- due diligence: and duty of care ;
- electro-technical officers
- emergency equipment
- emergency preparedness , –
- employment, continuity of , –, ,
- EMSA see European Maritime Safety Agency
- engineering officers
- environment, protection of –, –;
- see also marine pollution; pollution prevention; Safety and Environmental Protection Policy
- equipment –
- Erika –,
- Estonia
- Eurasian Dream , –, –
- European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) ,
- evaluation, Company , –, –
- experience , ;
- explosions
- familiarisation –
- fatigue –
- fault see actual fault or privity
- feedback , ,
- ferries: Ro-Ro passenger , , , ;
- fire , ,
- fire-fighting , , , ,
- fitness for duty
- flag Administrations –;
- accident prevention –;
- certification and verification , , ;
- compliance with the requirements of the Code , ;
- definition ;
- detention rates –;
- DOCs –, , ;
- external audits ;
- Guidelines for –, , , , ;
- major shipping flags ;
- role as enforcer ;
- Safety Management Certificates , –, –;
- Safety Management Systems –;
- see also Recognised Organisations (ROs)
- flags of convenience (FOCs) , ,
- flexible culture
- FOCs see flags of convenience
- fraudulent certificates –
- freight
- gas carriers , , ,
- GIE see Group of Independent Experts
- GMDSS radio operators
- good faith ,
- goods: definition ;
- government-operated ships
- Grainville
- gross negligence
- groundings , ;
-
Group of Independent Experts (GIE) , , , , ,Page 402
- Guidelines on the Application of the IMO International Safety Management (ISM) Code , ,
- H&M insurance , , ,
- Hague Rules ,
- Hague–Visby Rules , , –,
- Hamburg Rules ,
- hazardous occurrences , , , –
- hazards , , –
- Health and Safety Executive (HSE) ,
- health and safety protection
- Herald of Free Enterprise –, , , ,
- high-speed craft , ,
- hours of rest –
- hours of work –
- Human Element in Shipping Casualties, The
- human error: and accidents/incidents –, ;
- IACS see International Association of Classification Societies
- ICS see International Chamber of Shipping
- ILO see International Labour Organization
- ILS see International Labour Standards
- IMDG Code
- IMO see International Maritime Organization
- imprisonment
- IMSBC Code
- incidents: and human error ;
- incompetency –
- inefficiency ,
- informed culture
- inspections: by insurers ;
- Instructions for the Guidance of Surveyors ,
- insurers –
- INTERCARGO see International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners
- Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO)
- interim certification , –;
- INTERMANAGER see International Association of Shipmanagers
- International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) ;
- International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners (INTERCARGO) ,
- International Association of Independent Tank Owners (INTERTANKO) ,
- International Association of Shipmanagers (INTERMANAGER)
- International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) , , ,
- International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC) 1972
- International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 73/78 (MARPOL) , , –,
- International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974 (SOLAS) , , –, , , , –
- International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers 1978 (STCW) , ;
- International Labour Organization (ILO) , , –;
-
International Labour Standards (ILS) ,Page 403
- International Maritime Organization (IMO) –;
- audit scheme ;
- Conventions and Protocols –, –;
- development of ISM Code –;
- Facilitation Committee ;
- ‘Go to Sea!’ campaign –;
- historical reasons –;
- Legal Committee ;
- Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) ;
- Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) , ;
- Member States ;
- Recognised Organisations –;
- safety culture –;
- sub-committees ;
- Technical Co-operation Committee
- International Safety Guide for Oil Tankers and Terminals (ISGOTT)
- International Safety Management Code (ISM Code): amendments to , , –, ;
- application –;
- background –;
- compliance requirements –, , –, –;
- developments at IMO –;
- effectiveness of implementation –;
- enforcers –;
- facilitators –;
- Guidance on the Qualifications, Training and Experience ;
- Guidelines for Administration –, , , , ;
- Guidelines for the Operational Implementation ;
- key players –;
- legislators/regulators –;
- mandatory compliance with –;
- non-compliance with , , ;
- personalised system ;
- preamble to –, , , –, ;
- purpose and key objectives –, ;
- research into implementation –;
- underlying principles –
- International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS Code)
- International Shipping Federation (ISF) , , , , ,
- international standard –
- International Transport Workers Federation
- International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) –
- international voyage
- INTERTANKO see International Association of Independent Tank Owners
- ISF see International Shipping Federation
- ISGOTT see International Safety Guide for Oil Tankers and Terminals
- ISM Code see International Safety Management Code
- ISM consultants ,
- ISPS Code see International Ship and Port Facility Security Code
- IUMI see International Union of Marine Insurance
- language , –;
- latent conditions –
- leadership ,
- learning culture
- liability: Classification Societies acting as ROs –;
- Liberia
- Limitation Convention 1957 , ,
- live animals
- LLMC see Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976
- Loadline Certificates
- loss or damage : and fire ;
- MAIB see Marine Accident Investigation Branch
- maintenance: adequate system –;
- cost cutting ;
- non-conformities within
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- of the ship and equipment –, –;
- planned maintenance policy
- major non-conformities (MNCs) , –, , , , , –, –, –,
- management: commitment to safety , –, , ;
- Managing the Risks of Organisational Accidents
- manning: and seaworthiness ;
- manning agents , ;
- Marchioness disaster
- Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) ,
- Marine and Coastguard Agency (MCA) –
- Marine Guidance Notes (MGNs)
- Marine Insurance Act 1906 , ,
- marine pollution –
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) , ,
- maritime labour certificate ,
- Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) , , , , ;
- MARPOL see International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 73/78
- Masters: and Safety Management Systems –, , –, –, ;
- MCA see Maritime and Coastguard Agency
- medical certificates , –
- medical examination –
- mental health
- Merchant Shipping Act 1906
- Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) Regulations 1997
- Merchant Shipping (ISM Code) Regulations 1998 ,
- Merchant Shipping (ISM Code) (Ro-Ro Passenger Ferries) Regulations 1997
- Merchant Shipping (Operations Book) Regulations 1988 , , ,
- MGNs see Marine Guidance Notes
- Minimum Safe Manning Document
- MLC see Maritime Labour Convention 2006
- MNCs see major non-conformities
- mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs) , ,
- moral dilemmas –
- multi-national crew ,
- Muncaster Castle ,
- Nancy
- Nautical Institute
- navigation –
- NCN see Non Conformity Note
- near-misses –;
- negative culture
- negligence , ,
- Nicholas H –
- NKK ,
- NLS tankers
- no-blame culture
- non-conformities , , –, , ;
- Non Conformity Note (NCN)
- non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
- observations , , ,
- OCIMF see Oil Companies International Marine Forum
- Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) ,
-
oil-majors ,Page 405
- oil tankers , , , , ;
- one-ship companies –
- open registers (ORs) , ,
- operational risks –;
- see also risks
- ORs see open registers
- overriding conditions
- package limitation
- Panama
- Passenger Safety Certificates
- passenger ships , , ,
- Patraikos II
- personal act or omission –,
- P&I Clubs ;
- P&I insurance , ,
- pollution prevention –, , , –;
- see also marine pollution
- Port State Control (PSC) ;
- Port State Control Officers (PSCOs) –
- positive culture
- Principles of Minimum Safe Manning
- privity, concept of ;
- see also actual fault or privity
- property
- property damage –
- Protection/Protecting and Indemnity Association (P&I Clubs) ,
- PSC see Port State Control
- PSCOs see Port State Control Officers
- Rabaul Queen
- Reason, James , , , –
- recklessness , , ,
- Recognised Organisations (ROs) –;
- repairs –, , , ,
- reporting: accidents ;
- reporting culture
- resources and personnel: adequate understanding –;
- cost cutting ;
- drug and alcohol abuse –, ;
- employment and social rights ;
- familiarisation –;
- hours of work/rest –;
- language –;
- medical examinations –;
- MLC –;
- multi-national crew , ;
- recruitment and placement ;
- safe manning requirements , , ;
- Safety Management Systems –;
- SOLAS ;
- STCW 1978 –, , –;
- training , , –;
- working standards –
- reward schemes
- RINA –
- risk assessment –, –, –, ;
- risk-based approach
- risk management , , , –
- risks –, –;
- Ro-Ro passenger ferries , , ,
- ROs see Recognised Organisations
- Rotterdam Rules ,
- safe practices –
- Safety and Environmental Protection Policy –, , ,
- Safety Aspects of Ship Design and Technology
- safety culture , –, , , –,
- safety equipment
-
Safety Management Certificate (SMC) , –;Page 406
- Safety Management Manuals –, , ;
- Safety Management Systems (SMSs) , –;
- and competency of staff –;
- and interim DOCs –;
- and Masters –, –;
- and safety culture , ;
- auditable systems –;
- auditing and monitoring ;
- buy-in by Company personnel –, ;
- certification and periodical verification –, –;
- commitment from the top –, ;
- compliance with the ISM code , –, –;
- deficiencies in ;
- documented system ;
- evaluation ;
- guidelines –, –;
- inspections of ;
- instructions and procedures ;
- national requirements –;
- objectives –;
- Plan, Do, Check, Act model , , –;
- ready-made , ;
- requirements –, , –, –, –;
- review of –, –;
- risk assessment , ;
- safety and anti-pollution activities ;
- structure of –;
- tailor-made –
- salvage ,
- San Francisco Bay
- Scandinavian Star ,
- SDRs see Special Drawing Rights
- seafarers: buy-in into SMS –;
- Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC)
- seaworthiness , ;
- self-assessment
- self-enforcement
- self-incrimination ,
- self-monitoring
- self-regulation , , , , , ;
- serious incidents
- ship management agreements
- ship managers –;
- shipboard operations –, –;
- shipping companies see Companies
- Shipman ’98 –
- shipowners –;
- Ship Security Officers (SSOs)
- shore management –
- short-sea trade
- SIRC see Seafarers International Research Centre
- SIRE Programme
- skill
- SMC see Safety Management Certificate
- SMS documentation –
- SMS Procedure Manuals ;
- see also Safety Management Manuals
- SMSs see Safety Management Systems
- SOLAS see International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974
- sovereign immunity , ,
- Special Drawing Rights (SDRs)
- SSOs see Ship Security Officers
- standing orders ,
- Star Sea ,
-
Statutory Certificates , –, ;Page 407
- see also Documents of Compliance (DOCs);
- statutory investigations
- STCW see International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers 1978
- STCW Code –, –, –,
- stowage –
- strandings
- Sundancer –
- Surveyor General’s Organisation
- surveys , , , , –,
- Swiss cheese model , , –,
- tacit acceptance
- Tanker Management Self-Assessment (TMSA)
- tanker risk assessment
- technical management , –
- THETIS database
- threefold mantra –, ,
- TMSA see Tanker Management Self-Assessment
- TMSA Programme –
- Torrey Canyon
- training , –, , , , , , –
- transparency –
- understanding –
- United Kingdom Mutual Steamship Assurance Association (Bermuda) Limited
- United Nations: maritime-related agencies ;
- see also International Labour Organization (ILO); International Maritime Organization (IMO)
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) ,
- United States –