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Not an easy task but a suitable one for a strong standards. A long list of regulations and standards

Thome ship shore team working hand in hand!
we need to comply with!
Our company vision is not just a statement on How do we manage that? Well a good starting

the wall; rather it is a common commitment to do point is our HSSEQ system which is there to help
the right things so well that we will be respected us provide a consistent performance, compliance
and admired by our dear customers and our and service excellence to our customers. In

customers’ customer; our competitors as well as addition, let us never forget that our HSSEQ
all other stakeholders we engage with in our system primarily helps us ensure an accident

conduct as a quality ship manager.
and incident free operation in how we manage
our business!
Throughout Thome Group of Companies we

also know that the foundation for a world class The Thome HSSEQ system exits for the safety
superior performance as a third party ship of us all.

manager is strongly linked to our ability to We can still further improve our quality and
maintain an impeccable safety and quality safety performance in Thome and we need to

performance throughout our organisation.
continue the joint efforts to improve.
The Thome Human Element concept ensures Let us look at a few of the factors which will

our focus and constant strive to improve our influence the strength of a strong safety culture
company safety and quality performance and our in Thome;

slogan is well known to all: “We do it safely or ■ Our attitude to risk and risk management
not at all’.
■ Our behaviours and our understanding of the

The best organizations in the world put safety concept of safety barriers
at the top of their list – so does Thome. Not ■ Time pressure or perceived time pressure

because we are following a smart PR campaign ■ Design of vessels and equipment and how
but because “doing it safely or not at all” is good we interface with the hardware
business sense and the way we want things to
■ Fatigue

be done!
■ Communication
We believe that investments in a strong
■ The awareness of HSSEQ procedures and

company culture of safety, quality and service policies and follow them!!
excellence is an investment that gives us, as our We have dedicated this year in Thome as a

customers, a competitive edge and stronger year to push for 100 % compliance to our
business results. Taking good care of ourselves procedures and policies. Whether we like it or not

and each other is key!
we still have too many incidents and accidents
Accordingly safety and running a quality which to some degree always hold an element of

operation must prevail in everything we do. We ‘lack of compliance to our HSSEQ procedures’
expect everyone in Thome to contribute 100% to and human error. So we need to improve our

our objective of zero accidents and zero pollution, safety and quality performance further.
regardless whether it is a fleet group manager, Therefore, we ask everyone in their offices as

master of a VLCC, a bosun on our bulker fleet or well as on board our managed fleet, to ensure
a crewing executive in our office!
they are fully aware of the parts of the Thome

We are all committed in a shared responsibility HSSEQ system and procedures which pertain to
to do it safely or not at all!
their particular area of responsibility so you all

proactively get a solid understanding of the rest Doing things right, the first time, every time
of the Thome HSSEQ system via Ocean and “think before you do” is a strong driver for
Manager.
improved safety performance! The Thome

HSSEQ system we use is based on international If we all know our HSSEQ system and
conventions and industry best practices. It has its understand how to assess risks and eliminate or

solid roots in the ISM, MLC, SOLAS, MARPOL, mitigate these through the use of safety barriers,
STCW, IMDG & ISPS as incorporates we as a team and company will have come a very

requirements from ISGOTT, TMSA2 and best long way towards realizing our Company vision:
practise from ICS. It complies with DNV To be one of the very best global providers of

ISO9001, ISO14001 and OHSAS108801
ship manager services.

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Issue 36: March 2014