PAST STS RECORDS & EXPERIENCE

Do tanker operators have a procedure in place to collect past STS experience from their fleet, incident and near miss management for training purposes for senior deck officers?

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At appendix K.2 a large number of example of causal factors are associated with the assessment and management of information from past STS operations. Such causal factors are the following:

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• Inadequate fendering;
• Inadequate watch keeping Inadequate training;
• Inadequate procedures;
• Inadequate experience;
• Failure to follow procedures;
• Inadequate site selection;
• Inadequate tug/ support vessel;
• Inadequate operational planning and control;
• Inadequate equipment inspection, testing and maintenance;
• Equipment not fit for purpose;
• Equipment unapproved/not fit for purpose Inadequate contingency planning;
• Inadequate incident management;

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Technical operators should have a management system in place which would allow for the dissemination of experience/ knowledge from past STS operations to the entire fleet. Furthermore such knowledge would establish the STS experience, as an asset of the organization.