Lastly, companies must strengthen shore-based support, improve crew safety skills, carry out pre-job and on-the-job practical training for crew on the core capabilities required in confined space operations, and ensure that crewmembers are proficient in the inspection and use of safety equipment.
Companies also need to carry out regular operational drills, clarify operational prohibitions and procedures, and further develop crew professional quality and emergency response capabilities through ship inspections and simulation drills.
The CMSA expects that the publication of the warning notice will remind shipping companies of the need to ensure proper safety management, comprehensively investigate potential safety hazards in confined space operations, and improve the safety awareness and operational skills of their employees.
