The analysis of hazardous events during tankers operations

Shipping companies make use of safety management systems that result in better safety for workers, vessels and cargo. At present, in spite of mandatory use, these systems do not result in the considerable increase of the safety level. One of the reasons can be the lack of feedback between ship designers and the operators who are the crew of the vessel. Results of detailed analysis of hazardous events can be a correct feedback on the way to improve the safety level. Only a systematic analysis of these events enables identification of a safety onboard detection system, the detection of system faults and taking steps to minimise the risk level in the work system. The data concerning hazardous events are kept in many existing safety management systems, but “no systemic” way of presenting the hazardous events allows taking considerable steps to improve safety. To prove the above mentioned condition, the analysis of hazardous events in the BP Shipping company was carried out on the basis of the bulletins delivered to the crews of BP vessels. Only when the data from bulletins are properly processed, is it possible to take steps toward improving the safety level onboard that is, for instance, an improvement of the communication system and the identification of the most dangerous areas on-board the ships that can be different on different types of the ships. Referring to the analysis of the hazardous