Naming and Shaming
The net is closing on those poor, hard done to, substandard ship operators.
There is increasingly nowhere left to hide. Perhaps they need to start their
own pressure group? Such victimisation will have a dreadful effect on their
profits and livelihood.
How are you meant turn a cynical profit when the European Commission comes out
with new rules to enhance and improve the safety performance of ships?
Their new online register to `name and shame' shipping companies, and their
respective shipping registries, performing poorly in port State control
inspections is to be included in the plans, while those with strong safety
records, will be publicly praised. Also companies and States which show up as
poorly performing will be subject to more intensive, co-ordinated inspections
in EU ports.
Finally charterers and passengers will finally have full access and knowledge
of safety records and performance. Vice-president Sim Kallas, responsible for
Transport, said: "Safety is the first priority for EU. We have seen the
devastating effects of maritime disasters like the sinking of the ferry Estonia
or the Erika or Prestige in terms of tragic loss of life and massive
environmental damage. As ever I am strongly convinced about the power of
transparency. We want to shine a light on the safety records of shipping
companies, flag states and certification organisations. More transparency in
this sector will showcase companies with a strong safety records giving them a
competitive advantage. The register will also put poor performers in their
spotlight so that with tougher inspection regimes and public pressure there is
every incentive for them to raise their game rather than face a ban from EU
waters."
The new EU wide system will rely on an advanced information tool to be known as
"THETIS" operated by the European Maritime Safety Agency(EMSA). THETIS will
track all safety inspections on ships carried out in ports in the EU and
provide a risk analysis, which will determine the frequency and priorities for
inspections by the competent authorities of member states. In addition, the new
regulations specify the criteria for assessing the risk profile of ships using
company performance and the flag state performance as appears in THETIS.
The veil is about to be lifted, and for some the sight may not be pretty.
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