F TOP QUALITY MANAGEMENT POLICIES OF COSCO:
Safety Promptness High-Quality High-Efficiency
F GUIDELINES FOR SAFETY TRANSPORTATION:
Intensively implementing the guiding principles proposed by the CPC 17th National Congress, following the Scientific Development Outlook and national overall plans and requirements, and upholding the concept of development safety; Based on the consistent improvement of safety management system, the objectives of "accident, hazard or pollution-free" and the guidlines of "prioritising safety, prevention and comprehensive management", strengthening supervision and building accountability, eliminating accident-prone factors and improving systems and mechanism, adopting more broad approaches and innovative methods to maintain long-lasting work safety across the Group.
F TRANSPORTATION SAFETY INITIATIVES:
The COSCO GROUP has, by implementing ISO 9000 Quality Management System, ISO 14001 Environmental Management System and SHSAS 18001 Occupational Safety and Health Management System, established its comprehensive management system. Since 1998, the COSCO GROUP has begun comprehensively implementing ISM Rules. According to the standards and requirements set out in the comprehensive management system, all procedures involving the GROUP?s decision-making and operation should be conducted in strict compliance with the procedures of management system. In the fields of safeguarding transportation safety, all departments and subordinates under the GROUP Head Office, by implementing such procedures as decision-making scheme design, development strategy and plan management, vessel purchasing and out-of-service management, transportation management, emergency disposal, computerized management, comprehensive management system process control and risk evaluation etc., guarantees the management imposed on logistics, transportation production, vessel dispatching, commercial business, dock, safety, vessel technology, communication and navigation, crewmen and vessel safeguarding and an orderly and close safe transportation and production loop has been formed so as to guarantee the benefits of both customers and the GROUP.
F OBJECTIVES FOR SAFE OPERATION:
Stopping the occurrences of vessel sinking accident and accidents resulting in heavy personal injuries and deaths, machinery damage, pollution and fire as well as preventing all heavy accidents involving liabilities and decreasing all kinds of common accidents. Keeping more than 98% of the whole vessels under safety control; controlling the rate of casualties of employee during work within 0.1?; keeping the rate of accident of vehicle transportation within one accident for every one million kilometers; safety rate of carrying major project transportation items reaching 100%; keeping the rate of vessel detention within 0.3% and eventually realizing the ideal goal of ?non-accident, non-damage and non-pollution?.
F IMPLEMENTATION of ISM CODES & ISPS REGULATIONS:
P COSCO?s Perforance in ISM:
Up to October 31, 2003, COSCO Container Lines, COSCO Bulk Carriers, COSCO Qing Dao, COSCO Xia Men, COSCO Hong Kong, COSCO Poland have already passed the yearly SMS examination of the company in the Five-Starred Red Flag and Convenient Flag; COSCO Guang Zhou, COSCO Da Lian and COSCO Singapore have passed the yearly SMS examination of the company in Convenient Flag. Of all companies there are 466 vessels under service with 466 vessels holding SMC. 30 vessels were given the initial examination, 73 vessels the interim examination and 353 vessels the interior examination. Through an efficient operation of the safety management system, most vessel and land employees saw a remarkable increase in their awareness of law and safety and standardized management and vessel operating skills. The safety management documentation system has been continuously self-improving and self-perfecting. Based on the adoptions of safety management system and ISO 9000/2000 quality management system, OHSA 18000 occupational safety and health management system and ISO 14000 environmental management system are also introduced to establish a comprehensive management system which plays an important role in guaranteeing the safe operation of the whole COSCO GROUP.
P COSCO?s Performance in ISPS:
A. At present, 50% of the vessels have been equipped with the Automatic identification System.
B. The product of vessel safeguard alarm system invented and manufactured by Qingshan Electronics Company has been authenticated by CCS.
C. "Shang Cheng", "Qing Jiang" and "Grand View" of COSCO, "Heng Shan"of Guang Dong Ocean, "Man Hai" of Cosco Bulk Carriers, "Wu Sheng Hai" of Qingdao Ocean have been granted with the ISPS Certificate.
D. About 500 persons have participated in the trainings held for COSCO's guards and vessel guards. |
