SUSTAINABILITY REVIEW - Maersk Supply Service

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HEALTH & SAFETY
AN INTEGRATED PART
OF OUR OPERATIONS
Safety is paramount for Maersk Supply Service and
an integrated part of our operations and how we do
business. Our goal is zero incidents, and we strive
to lead the industry in managing and mitigating the
hazards of offshore marine work.
Safe Job Analysis (SJA) and from office side include
minimum requirements for safeguards/barriers. As part of
the changed system, toolbox talks are mandatory before
performing any task. A toolbox talk is a walk-through of risk
mitigating actions including evaluation of safety risks.
Safety is the most critical item on our sustainability agenda
because it is essential to maintain our licence to operate.
Our sense of responsibility is reflected in our safety
culture, which is built up by employees at all levels – from
senior management to new cadets. High standards of
safety underpin employee wellbeing and reduce the risk
of accidents, costs of employee absenteeism as well as
business interruptions and delays, while helping to attract
and retain the best people.
Our customers expect rigorous safety procedures and they
assess safety performance when selecting their supply
vessel provider. Therefore we are constantly scrutinising
how we can take safety to an even higher level.
Individual responsibility
We believe in the power of individual responsibility. Our
crew members are expected to do anything within their
power to prevent incidents and accidents i.e. exercise their
Stop Work Authority in potential unsafe situations.
We give our employees the opportunity to learn more
about safety. In 2012 we launched a new leadership course
including safety for all captains and we offer e-learning
modules regarding risk management on our vessels.
Strengthening our risk management process
In 2012 we reviewed the management process for our risk
analysis. This enables us to strengthen our procedures.
With the new system we are implementing an improved
way of doing risk assessments, where we can do better
PHYSICAL INITIATIVE
We strive to provide a healthy work environment for all
our employees both onshore and offshore.
As it is important with exercise and proper food for our
seafarers we have launched a voluntary programme
to help them reduce obesity, fatigue and sickness,
and to improve endurance, fitness and general health.
The health programme, “Physical Initiative” has been
running globally since 2009. It provides a personal
programme for each seafarer with one-on-one counselling
to help meet the goals, and the seafarers can
report their results anonymously as Maersk Supply
Service only receives overall statistics. The Physical
Initiative pays each vessel a visit every third year.
The interest for the programme has been increasing
ever since the launch, and in 2012 the programme
covered approximately a third of our vessels. Due to
the interest and the obvious benefits for the crews it
has been decided to expand the programme to cover
100% of our vessels operations in Brazil in 2013.
Furthermore we have signed a three-year contract
with a Canadian company to help counsel the crew on
our vessels operations in Canada. We will continue the
effort in 2013.