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Company Oversight

Enhance safety and efficiency with Fleet Management, Ltd. offering crew, operational, and financial services to the marine industry. Explore oversight, hiring procedures, training, and operational standards to ensure top-notch performance.

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Company Oversight

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  1. Company Oversight

  2. Fleet Management, Ltd. • Operated 190 vessels at the time of the accident • Based in Hong Kong • Offices in Asia, North America, and Europe • Provides a variety of crew, oversight, operational, and financial services to the marine industry

  3. Fleet Management, Ltd. • On October 24, 2007, took operational control of the Cosco Busan • Contracted to provide trained crew and safety management system (SMS) for vessel operations

  4. Company Oversight – Consists of: • Hiring process and standards • Training • Procedures • Oversight

  5. Hiring • Recruited crew through personnel agency in China • Officers interviewed by telephone • Company matched candidates to vessel and positions according to license and experience

  6. Training – General • Established training center in Mumbai – variety of crew training programs • One is course in cultural differences and what it refers to as “power gradient”

  7. Training – Cosco Busan Crew • Sent supervisory engineer and port captain to train Cosco Busan crew in company SMS and vessel operations • Crew, with few exceptions, new to company and to each other • Little if any training provided before boarding vessel in Busan • Most training in vessel and company procedures conducted in voyage to Long Beach

  8. Procedures • SMS for vessel • Crew expected to follow SMS • Master primarily trained in SMS during voyage to Long Beach • SMS in English, crew language Mandarin Chinese

  9. Oversight • Crew and vessel too new for oversight to have taken place • Dispatches company personnel every 3 months to observe vessel operations • In accordance with SOLAS requirements, relies on internal and external SMS audits for feedback on vessel operations

  10. In Summary, Fleet Management: • Performed some activities that exceeded requirements • Performed others that did not meet safety expectations

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