ISM & Risk Assessor (RAP)    

The Danaos ISM package is designed to provide the launch platform of the company preparation and certification to ISM requirements. It provides the backbone of the efficient maintenance of the ISM system once the company is certified and ensures continuity of compliance. The degree of automation provided ensures that minimum human intervention is required for application the closed - loop principle of the ISM code. New tools in training and administrator open new horizons not only in light of the ISM but in the most efficient utilization of a company’s human resources on board and ashore.

The basic structure of the ISM Administrator is consistent with the Danaos Shipmanagement system for office and vessel. A complete and integrated safety, quality and information system can be built giving the shipping company the benefits of a unified platform to build its competitiveness.

• ISM Manual Administrator: Version Control - Prior and future Version Generator - Distribution control - Document oriented structure - Cross-referencing - Shipboard, Professional and office manual integrated approach - Search capability. (Optional: basic Approved Manual.)
• ISM Checklist Administrator: Flexible specification of checklist items - version control - Distribution control - Frequency specification - Dynamic form generation from checklist items. (Optional: Analysis of on board performance of drills and procedures - Monitoring of safety system - Electronic transfer of forms and results).
• ISM Training Assistant: Preparation of training sessions - Creation of Company training schemes - Preparation of Quiz - Evaluation of trainees - Multiple choice interactive trainer - Manual Interactive instructor. (Optional: basic ISM training package and quiz.)

ISM Operation :

Including :

• Accident Reporter:Recording of accidents and near-misses - Conditions, details injuries recording - Statistical evaluations - Near miss correlation analysis - Accident causal analysis - Follow-up of accidents - Documentation control - Corrective action control - Graphical presentation of statistics.
• Safety and Audit Inspection:Flexible definition of inspection items - Scheduling of inspections per vessel- Planning of Inspector visits - Archiving of inspections - Recording of Deficiencies. (Optional: Archiving of inspections photos - Comparative/evolutionary item analysis - Quality/Safety deficiency reporting - Internal/Statutory audit follow-up).
• Drill Administrator:Preparation of applicable drills per vessel type, flag and trade - scheduling of drills - Record Keeping - Participant recording.
• Seminar Administrator:Scheduling of seminars - Allocation of participants - Record keeping for execution and participation. 

The risk@assessor is a structured risk assessment program for ships operation covering operational, accident, security and environmental risks with a unified approach. RAP considers risk assessment as an endless procedure utilizing business learning mechanisms based on industry and company previous experiences.

An integration approach of hazardous processes risk estimation with evaluation of hazardous events consequences is provided to support Risk Assessor to estimate risks with accuracy (according to the Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seamen published by MCA, which is based on BS 8800 standard) and Risk Manager to implement plan of actions to reduce the consequences or the probability of occurrence (Risk management definition BS 4778).

RAP combines risk assessment with hazardous events analysis based on the following model:

A. Definitions and relationships

The relation between risk assessment and accident analysis is based on hazard the elementary unit of risk theory according to the formula

Another one-to-one link that may be established is

B. Functional specifications

Shipboard operations (procedurals, emergency or ad-hoc ships-controlled processes), possible non-controlled threats (scenarios) and aspects concerning environment are objects with risks. Risks must be identified and classified systematically before any risk assessment in order to support risk management. A hierarchical tree structure risk identifiers library must be implemented according to company’s risk management policy.

Any assessed operation may have more impacts regarding human health, security vulnerability, ship operations, or environmental contamination and consequently more than one risk assessments.

The following functional specifications and relationships are supported:

• Any operation may have more than one a types and risk assessments utilizing the corresponding risk matrix table
• Any operation assessment type evaluates the risk for one or more hazards
• Assessment types may be classified to subtypes
• Any operation may linked with general controls, references and attachments
• Any accident may be linked to one operation
• Hazards, controls and causes are classified as
  • PF (personal factors),
  • JF (Job factors),
  • UC (Unsafe conditions),
  • UA (Unsafe acts), and
  • R: Root (plan, compliance, Standard).
• Risk may be assessed for more than assessors
• Risk assessment history must be recorded.

C. System ready for use

Danaos@ssessor is ready for use providing a standard operations library as well as a detailed libraries for hazards (=causes) per type. Hereafter with minor changes (if required) the system may be immediately alive.

D. Risk assessment, Events, Risk management

The consequences of any hazardous event (accident, incident) in terms of its consequences are quantified. The related operation risk assessment may be reevaluated. Additional control may be suggested and risk assessment attributes (consequences, frequency) should be reviewed.

E. The system structure

In the following diagram, the internal structure of the system is presented. The architecture enables the link between the assessments and the accident that was occurred and therefore supports the risk management.

F. Presentation level

Risk assessments are consolidated and presented in a content form. A typical presentation with filtering capabilities is shown above. For example the percentage of operations assessed as substantial by a given assessor or all assessors’ and many other answers satisfying criteria combination will be provided. For support risk management a frequency and severity statistical report per hazard is provided.             <Previous