International Safety Management

With the entry into force, on 1 July 1998, of the 1994 amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, which introduced a new chapter IX into the Convention, The International Safety Management (ISM) Code was made mandatory.

The Code’s origins go back to the late 1980s, when there was a mounting concern about poor management standards in shipping. Investigations into accidents revealed major errors on the part of management and in 1987 the IMO assembly adopted resolution A.595(15), which called upon the Maritime Safety Committee to develop guidelines concerning shipboard and shore-based management to ensure the safe operation of ro-ro passenger ferries.

The ISM Code evolved through the development of the Guidelines on Management for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention, adopted in 1989 by the IMO assembly as resolution A.647 (16), and the revised Guidelines, adopted two years later as resolution A.680 (17), to its current form, the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention (International Safety Management (ISM) Code), which was adopted in 1993 as resolution A.741(18).

The objectives of the Code are to ensure safety at sea, prevention of human injury or loss of life, and avoidance of damage to the environment, in particular to the marine environment and to property.

GNMTC’s Safety-management objectives are to:

· provide for safe practice in ship operation and a safe working environment;
· establish safeguards against all identified risks;
· continuously improve safety-management skills of personnel ashore and aboard ships, including preparing for emergencies related both to safety and environmental protection.



GNMTC’s Safety Management System has been developed to ensure:

· compliance with mandatory rules and regulations
· that applicable codes, guidelines and standards recommended by the Organization, Administrations, Classification Societies and Maritime Industry Organizations are taken in to account

The Company has authorized the Safety & Quality Manager, Eng. Said Zentani as the Person to be responsible for ensuring the overall compliance with Safety Management System.

The responsibility and authority include monitoring the safety and pollution-prevention
aspects of the operation of each ship and ensuring that adequate resources and shore based
support are applied.