Germanischer Lloyd and HELMEPA have recently released a publication titled "Ship's Manual: Voluntary Guidelines for the Safe Management of Vessels and the Prevention of Marine Pollution".
The publication is based on a similar publication by HELMEPA from 1992, which was produced with the aim to assist member companies to develop the Safety Management Manual for their vessels, just one year before the adoption of the ISM Code at the International Maritime Organization. The objective of the publication is to become a valuable tool for the continuous training of officers onboard ships as well as the adoption of best practices on a broad range of shipboard operations and maintenance works and of methods to respond to emergencies. Retaining its initial structure, the Ship's Manual was revised and significantly enriched to cover new requirements and operations of vessels. Conference on Port State Control in Athens, show a significant number of deficiencies on the code's requirements, a fact that makes this publication ever more relevant. At their presentations at this conference, the Secretary of Paris MoU, Richard Schiferli and the Head of Activities Europe of the United Coast Guard, Capt. John Koster noted that the Ship's Manual, "comes at an appropriate time" to assist with the compliance to ISM Code, on which weaknesses have been identified.
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