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HORIZON FROM THE BRIDGE

‘directed’ to take a specific action that is likely documenting, and trending the causes of
to be more costly. accidents and near misses.
The International Union of Marine Insurance – Assist clients with the investigation of a
(IUMI) should consider whether there is any variety of types and sizes of incidents.
scope to improve existing arrangements, includ- – Allow the analysis of losses regardless
ing a system where the ‘overall claims lead’ in of whether they are related to safety, the
the H&M market can be identified quickly by environment, human element concerns,
all stakeholders and facilitate earlier dialogue security, reliability, quality, or business
between interested parties. losses. THE FUTURE IN FOCUS
An Education Steering Group/Committee on Sal- – Support Class-related activities such
vage Contracts, Services & Operations should as ABS Safety, Quality and Environment
be established, with an independent chair and (SQE) notation, as well as the International
cross-industry representatives. Increasing depth
All the above efforts to reduce delays in salvage of analysis
operations and pollution prevention must bring
all the above stakeholders to the dialogue table
in a mutually acceptable process for concluding
salvage agreements.
Source: Skuld

THE INVESTIGATION OF MARINE
INCIDENTS Increasing level
of learning
The marine industry experiences incidents that
range from major accidents to near misses.
These incidents should be investigated since
many flag administration regulations require it,
and international agreements, such as the IMO
“International Safety Management Code”, man-
date it, and industry initiatives encourage it. In
addition, an incident investigation is a process Increasing scope
designed to help organisations learn from past of corrective actions
performance and develop strategies to improve
safety.
Contrary to popular belief, an accident inves-
tigation interview aims not to find who is guilty
and who can be blamed but to discover the truth
Human error,
about what has happened. Once that is known, External factor
measures can be implemented to stop it from
happening again.

Root cause analysis
According to ABS, the Marine Root Cause Anal- Task control issues
ysis Technique provides an effective and efficient
approach for investigating marine incidents of
any magnitude. ABS developed the MaRCAT
methodology by customising and combining the
best techniques available and by proving and Process control issues
improving the overall approach during numerous
investigations. The MaRCAT approach to inci-
dent investigation caters to the unique needs of
the marine industry, including human element, Managment control issues
machinery and engineering, structural, and secu-
rity concerns. The objectives of the ABS MaRCAT
approach are as follows: The Net Zero Navigator is a conceptual liquid
– Provide ship operators with a technique hydrogen carrier that uses NASA-inspired
to guide incident investigators while con- Organizational control issues technologies to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions.
ducting root cause analyses, identifying,
By supporting advanced vessel concepts like this,
ABS is pioneering the maritime energy transition. www.eagle.org/marine
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