Policies
AET Shipmanagement policy on health, safety and environment
Policy:
Our policy is to strive for excellence in all our activities including health, safety and environmental matters to achieve our safety objective of “ZERO INCIDENTS AND ZERO SPILLS.”
Commitment and objectives:
We are committed to giving priority to health, ensuring safety at sea, prevention of human injury or loss of life, prevention of pollution, avoidance of damage to the environment, in particular to the marine environment and to property, the preservation and conservation of our environment, and to continual improvement in health, safety and environmental performance.
Our health, safety and environment management system objectives are to:
• provide for safe practices in ship operations and a safe and healthy working environment
• establish safeguards against all identified risks
• continuously improve the health, safety and environment management skills of all personnel ashore and
aboard ships, including preparing for emergencies related to both safety and environmental protection
• take necessary steps towards the conservation and preservation of the environment appropriate to the
nature, scale and environmental impacts of our shore based and shipboard activities and services
To achieve all of the above, we shall:
• ensure that the ships and services we operate and provide are in compliance with mandatory rules,
regulations, legal requirements, applicable codes, guidelines recommended by the International Maritime
Organisation, flag administrators, classification societies and the maritime industry’s standards and best
practices to which we subscribe
• provide the necessary resources, organisation and training
• communicate this policy to the public, other interested parties and all persons working for and on behalf of
the company
• periodically review the health, safety and environment management system, its set objectives and targets to
ensure continual improvement
• expect all our employees and contractors to strictly adhere to this policy at all times
Group Vice President, Shipmanagement
1 July 2011