ADVANCING

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• ADVANCING
• QUALITY AND SAFTEY
• THROUGH
• INFORMATION SHARING
• Peter M Swift

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• representing responsible tanker owners worldwide
• strict membership criteria based on quality and
  performance

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The Safety Chain
- links stakeholders in interests and
responsibility
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Tanker industry
SHIPOWNER
CLASS SOCIETIES
CHARTERER
SHIPYARDS
CARGO OWNER
INSURERS
PORTS TERMINALS
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
FLAG STATES
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Tanker industry
SHIPOWNER
CLASS SOCIETIES
CHARTERER

• Feedback mechanisms weak
• Openness and transparency doubted

SHIPYARDS
CARGO OWNER
INSURERS
PORTS TERMINALS
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
FLAG STATES
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The Premise

• Self regulation rather than external regulation
  requires
• Openness and trust
• Free flow of relevant information without the
  fear of recrimination or commercial loss

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Information Sharing

• Examples of good practice
• Inter- and Intra- Association dialogues
• Industry User Groups
• Class societies committees
• Industry databases -
  EQUASIS, CDI/SIRE, VPQ/Q88, etc.
• but always subject to further improvement

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Information Sharing

• Examples of where we could do better
• Tanker Structure Cooperative Forum
• Industry guidelines and standards
• IACS development of Requirements and Procedures
• Incident statistics

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Information Sharing

• Examples of where we are failing
• Accident investigations
• Design and in-service fault reporting and early
  warning systems
• Waterways information exchange
• Proliferation of ship inspections
• Marine Safety Data Sheets
• Abuse of information in internal audits and
  quality control systems

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Information Sharing

• Impediments to information sharing
• commercial competitiveness
• legal liability
• professional jealousy
• lack of incentives

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Information Sharing to advance Quality and Safety

• We insist on honesty, integrity and fairness
  in all aspects of our business and expect the
  same in our relationships with all those with
  whom we do business
• Oil Company Managing Director

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Information Sharing

• A quality and safety charter
• built on honesty, integrity and fairness
• covering the exchange of relevant information
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• Information Sharing
• key to Quality and Safety
• Working together we can make a difference

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SAFER SHIPS , CLEANER SEAS AND FREE COMPETITION
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Information Sharing