Issue 26 - HSEQ
Essentials of Integrated Management Systems
Issue 26 - HSEQ
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Bulletin Articles
Safety culture and the human element
The shipping industry is run by and for people. Human behaviour needs to be managed at all levels, ranging from ordinary seafarers to regulators developing national and international regulations. It is vital for a safe and viable shipping business to effectively manage the human element.
ResourceThe hallmarks of a good HSEQ manager
For a company HSEQ policy and management system to succeed it needs to be everyone’s policy and system. If the choice is to have someone at the helm of HSEQ, particularly as the management representative, then that individual needs to be everyone’s HSEQ Manager.
ResourceEditorial (26)
Throughout these three series of Alert! bulletins we have written a lot about health, safety and wellbeing, but not so much about environment and quality which, combined, make up the acronym of HSEQ, yet each of these can affect the safe operation of a ship and the safe and timely delivery of its cargo. Add to that the increasing problem of security, then we have the essentials of an Integrated Management System (IMS).
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