TMSA - Σύστημα αξιολόγησης για την ασφάλεια στην θάλασσα και την προστασία του περιβάλλοντος & περιβαλλοντική διαχείριση (environmental management) στις ναυτιλιακές εταιρείες
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Abstract
As part of the tanker inspection procedures for the creation of the SIRE database, in 2004 the TMSA (Tanker Management and Self-Assessment) program was introduced. The aim is to transform the already implemented International Safe Management Code (ISM Code) into a new form of Management Practice that tanker management companies are required to implement.
The TMSA program complements the IMO Conventions and Codes and aims to encourage self-assessment and to promote continuous improvement to enhance the safety of merchant shipping and achieve accident-free operations. The implementation of IMO conventions and codes is achieved by companies that create an effective security management system (SMS) that covers both ship management procedures and shore management procedures. An effective SMS is also essential for companies to achieve HSSE excellence.
TMSA encourages companies to evaluate their own SMS against defined key performance indicators (KPls) and provides a minimum expectation (Level 1) and three additional levels of increasing best practice guidance that a company may wish to apply to SMS for improve ship management safety performance.
Companies can compare their SMS against KPls in each factor and decide if they have achieved a certain level in that factor and, therefore, provide a clear, objective picture of performance. Importantly, TMSA levels help the company identify gaps in current performance and in areas where performance can be improved.
The first period of self-evaluation delimits the level of the Management Company and the upcoming self-evaluations demonstrate the progress. In the present work, the factors and performance indicators as well as the best practices that compose it are briefly presented. It is also based on how companies implement an environmental management system as defined by factor 10 of the TMSA program.