Marine accidents: quality vs. safety and one step further

Abstract

We dealt with an essential issue- we believe- which is Quality vs. Safety in Shipping. Shipping is not proud for achieving zero defects or accidents, as it should. Efforts in the past-prior to 1998- for the industry to implement ISO 9000 failed and a full investigation is here made whether even the – for us-safety standard ISM Code- after 1998- will succeed. So, we have proposed a Total Safety Management philosophy, and a step further, which is a Safety Culture for ship’s Manager (Captain). ISM Code regrettably failed to recognise the actual role of Captain and restricted itself to ‘commitment on top’. © 2008 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.