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Company Oversight

Company Oversight. 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. Fleet Management, Ltd.

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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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