Commercial vetting is carried out for a reason. The reason
is not always clear to those subject to yet another ship inspection. The
premise and indeed reason for these commercial vetting inspections is to more
closely assess the chances of reliable transportation of products and goods by
sea. Assessment of this reliability will be based as much upon commercial
issues as regulatory adherence. Observation and scrutiny of not just equipment
but the operatives and supervisors of shipboard operations is undertaken. This will indicate in much more detail than
observation of regulatory adherence alone, the chances of safe, efficient and
incident-free voyages. This is the reason for commercial vetting.
Accordingly, inspections are more scrutinizing and include
an assessment of human elements, not seen in the more regulatory oriented Port
State or Flag State, or Classification Society inspections. The course will refer to tanker inspections such
as SIRE and CDI as well a dry cargo ship inspection questionnaires.
Your expert trainer has 32 years in the maritime industry.
He has overseen shipping operations as a seagoing officer, Master, vetting
inspector, cargo expediter, risk assessor, charterers’ representative and
latterly as trainer, educator and researcher. His work has not only taken him
around the world but into the hub of various high level international projects.
Your trainer started his seagoing career with the BP Tanker
Company in 1980 as a deck cadet and rose to the rank of Chief Officer, having
attained his Master Mariners Certificate of Competency. As a junior officer, he added to his seagoing
experience by sailing on dry cargo ships.
With BP he worked extensively on crude oil, refined product, fuel oil
and LPG tankers and enjoyed world-wide trading patterns.
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