While there are plenty of examples of how safety management can be implemented incorrectly, I’d like to share with you an example of how to do it right, from scratch.
Last fall we contracted with American Tugs, Inc. in Puerto Rico, to develop and implement a safety management system. Not just any safety management system, but a Towing Safety Management System (TSMS) which would meet the requirements laid out in the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) for 46 CFR Subchapter M. Here’s how we did it: