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Ten Golden Rules For Successful Safe Ship Management

This document provides 10 golden rules for successful safe ship management: 1. Know your Safe Ship Management procedures and review them regularly to ensure your manual reflects your operations. 2. Manage hazards by identifying, eliminating, minimizing, or isolating them, and involve your crew. 3. Provide training and supervision to your skipper and crew on operational and emergency procedures, and keep records. 4. Fill in your logbook to record movements, operations, weather, crew details, and maintenance. 5. Learn how your vessel's maintenance plan works and modify it as needed with your SSM company's approval.

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Ten Golden Rules For Successful Safe Ship Management

This document provides 10 golden rules for successful safe ship management: 1. Know your Safe Ship Management procedures and review them regularly to ensure your manual reflects your operations. 2. Manage hazards by identifying, eliminating, minimizing, or isolating them, and involve your crew. 3. Provide training and supervision to your skipper and crew on operational and emergency procedures, and keep records. 4. Fill in your logbook to record movements, operations, weather, crew details, and maintenance. 5. Learn how your vessel's maintenance plan works and modify it as needed with your SSM company's approval.

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6. Keep track of all safety equipment 9.

Keep all relevant paperwork in your


Before a voyage, ensure all required safety equipment is on board and SSM manual
in good condition.
Keep all your documents and papers in the clear pages supplied at the
Make sure all safety equipment required on your vessel is listed in your back of your SSM manual.
SSM manual.
Examples of papers that should be kept are:
Keep the list up to date and review when there are changes in requirements,
copies of qualifications & training records of all crewmembers
or if new equipment is purchased.
Keep track of expiry dates on all safety equipment, e.g. flares, life raft certificate/s 10 GOLDEN RULES
fire extinguishers etc. fire extinguisher servicing certificate/s FOR SUCCESSFUL SAFE
If you carry any additional safety equipment, not listed in your SSM manual,
ensure that it is recorded and maintained as required by the rules.
radio inspection reports SHIP MANAGEMENT
record of SSM company assessments, audits & inspections
record of Maritime NZ safety assessments
7. Keep an accident register instructions & operating manuals.
An accidents register plays an integral part in preventing accidents NB: some of these will be required as part of a Maritime NZ
from reoccurring. or SSM assessment.
Discuss past accident reports with all new crewmembers as part of their
ongoing training.
Your accident register can simply be a copy of each accident report you ve
10. Display your SSM Certificate
sent to Maritime NZ, as required by the Maritime Transport Act 1994. where everyone on the vessel
can see it
8. Know the Maritime Rules Anyone who works or travels on your vessel must be able to check that
the certificate is valid, see the operational limits set on the vessel and be
Become familiar with the Maritime Rules that apply to your vessel, and
assured that the vessel is operating legally and to a safe standard.
which relate to construction, equipment and the Health & Safety Act.
Know the operating limits of your vessel as well as any precautions that
may be necessary due to its design or the weather or sea conditions.
These are detailed on your SSM certificate. For more information contact:
Your local Maritime Safety Inspector
Manager, Safe Ship Management on 0508 22 55 22
Email ssm@martimenz.govt.nz

www.maritimenz.govt.co.nz
ISBN 0-478-18818-8
2. Manage your hazards — identify & 5. Learn how the maintenance plan
either eliminate, minimise or isolate on your vessel works
Your hazard management process should be sufficiently thorough to ensure Your maintenance plan needs to be specific to your vessel. If necessary
the safety of persons during all stages of the vessel s normal operations. modify it with the approval of your SSM company until it fits.
Ensure you involve your crew in identifying and reviewing your hazards. Maintenance plans need to be designed to ensure all aspects of both
vessel and equipment are maintained and are fit for purpose.
Regularly review and assess all aspects of all hazards.

Your plan should cover:


3. Provide training & supervision Structural

TAKE RESPONSIBILITY to your skipper & crew Machinery items

FOR YOUR SAFETY Ensure your skipper and crew knows and understands your operational
and emergency procedures.
Fish processing plant (if applicable).

Make sure that all maintenance is recorded as required by your SSM manual.
Keep a record of all emergency practice drills in either the space supplied
in your logbook or on a separate page kept in your SSM manual. Routine maintenance is normally divided up into the following types:
1. Know your Safe Ship Management Keep a record of all training given to each crewmember and ensure records Pre-voyage checks
procedures & review them regularly are counter signed by the crewmember.
At sea checks

It is your responsibility to work with your SSM company to design your In port checks (i.e. vessel checks on completion of voyage).
manual. They work with you to develop the framework and you as owner are 4. Fill in your log book
responsible for designing procedures that are specific and appropriate to
your operation. Keep a record of your vessel s movements and main operations, e.g. times
of starting and completing fishing, anchoring, etc. It is also advisable to
Your SSM manual contains procedures that cover normal day-to-day operations keep detailed records of weather conditions and areas of operation.
of your vessel as well as procedures for dealing with emergencies.
Review your SSM manual regularly to ensure it reflects your operation. Record crew details for each voyage.

Make sure you clearly understand your obligations and the responsibilities Make sure that all maintenance covered by the maintenance record sheet
of all personnel and organisations in your SSM system including: is entered in your logbook, as specified in your procedures. As a minimum,
this should include daily and pre-voyage checks.
the skipper
If the logbook supplied by your SSM company is not suitable for your
the owner vessel, develop your own in consultation with them.
the person in your company who looks after your SSM matters If a passenger vessel — record all passenger numbers.
the crew
shore side labour and support services
Maritime NZ
your SSM company.

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