REGULATION COMPLIANCE

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International Safety Management Code

The PURPOSE OF ISM CODE IS：

- To ensure Safety at Sea

- To prevent human injury or loss of life

- To avoid damage to the environment and to the ship

 

Safety Management System(SMS)

In order to comply with the ISM Code, each ship class must have a working Safety Management System(SMS)。EACH SMS CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS：

- Commitment from top management

- A Top Tier Policy Manual

- A Procedures Manual that documents what is done onboard the ship

- Procedures for conducting both internal and external audits to ensure the ship is doing what is documented in the Procedures Manual

- A guidance of ships maintenance and operations to keep all vessels well maintained and in safe operation

- A Designated Person to serve as the link between the ships and shore staff

- A system for identifying where actual practices do not meet those that are documented and for implementing associated corrective action

- Regular management reviews

First Steamship's vessels are inspected regularly by Bureau Veritas, and have received document of compliance by the above classification society.

 

ISO 9001:2000

ISO 9000 is a family of standards for quility management systems. ISO 9000 is maintained by ISO, the International Organization for Standardization and is administered by accreditation and certification bodies。SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS IN ISO 9001 INCLUDE：

- a set of procedures that cover all key processes in the business

- monitoring processes to ensure they are effective

- keeping adequate records

- checking output for defects, with appropriate and corrective action where necessary

- regularly reviewing individual processes and the quality system itself for effectiveness; and facilitating continual improvement

Bureau Veritas Quality International(BVQI) autided and certified the Management system of First Steamship to be in accordance with the requirements of ISO9001:2000。