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Subject: Good Marine Practice Author: Michael Doyle [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 09:03:15 03/30/02 Sat My young practice is developing in the workboat [uninspected] segment of the US market. By way of establishing standards in this virtually un-regulated market, it is necessary to reference the ambigous term "good marine practice". The US towing industry has instituted The Responsible Carrier Program [RCP]which is a safety management system similar to an infant ISM. The RCP has provision for internal and external auditing. These standards are helpful in the survey of towing vessels, however, the fishing industry has no accepted similar program or standards. Fortunately, the US Coast Guard has referenced the Torremolinos Convention as "accepted guidelines" for fishing industry standards. On the down-side, it is difficult to apply international standards to a generally un-sophisticated and independantly operated industry. My intent is include reasonable international standards under the "good marine practice" standard. I am also a panel member/sub-group leader of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers [SNAME], Ad Hoc Panel 12 [Fishing Vessel Safety]. I intend to include proposed standards under the forementioned term during the SNAME work as well. In both survey practice and SNAME work, it is necessary to become expert in the area of "good marine practice" or "accepted industry standards", and I would like to respectfully solicit insight, reference material and/or corrospondence from the members regarding these terms. With Kind Regards, Michael [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]