Marine Safety Managament System Flashcards
1
Q
What are the main areas within the marine department
A
- Hydrography and Conservancy
- Leisure and Recreation
- Marine Compliance
- Marine Services
- Pilotage
- Port Planning
- VTS
- Weather
2
Q
What is included within the safety management system?
A
- Operational procedures
- Useful documents
- General directions issued by the harbour authority
- HM Notices
- Local notices to mariners
- MOU
- Risk assessments
- Emergency procedures
3
Q
What are the sections of the Marine Safety Management System?
A
- Roles and Responsibilities. Hierarchy and lines of communication
- Measures to secure maritime safety - competence, training, risk assessment, incident reporting, investigation, monitoring and auditing
- General duties and powers
- specific duties and powers - port regulations and byelaws, pilotage directions, general directions and Harbour directions
4
Q
What is included in the VTS Operations Manual?
A
- Principles of VTS
- VTS Training procedure
- VTS Procedures
- External and stakeholder procedures
- Communication procedures
- Emergency procedures
5
Q
List some internal VTS procedures
A
- Operational objectives and duties
- Special directions and general directions
3 Staffing - Handover, breaks, roles and responsibilities, absence - VTS equipment
6
Q
List some External and stakeholder procedures
A
- escort towage
- SGL vessels - explosive loading/mooring
- Portsmouth traffic management
- External reporting - MCA/Police/waste/ISPS
- Environmental conditions - Fog, wind, tidal regime
- Restrictions - UKC, needles channel, distance off jetties, speed, anchorages
- permissions and requests