In the wake of the Conception tragedy and NTSB recommendations the CG is seeking input: [image] Notice of proposed Rulemaking: Safety Management Systems for Domestic... The Coast Guard is evaluating the potential use of Safety Management Systems (SMSs) to improve safety and reduce marine …

We did the passenger vessel drills about twice per season. Once during USCG inspection with no passengers aboard. Obviously, a vessel with overnight passengers will have more log entries. In the passenger trade I was in, there was no night watch or roving patrol. The USCG tried to implement requir…

“Only aware of three fatalities”?? Apparently you are new to this industry or?

I have worked for several passenger boat companies, only one did not keep a detailed log book.

Next step is a list of required entries. Even pre-SMS some ships had few pages in a binder with an example of all required entries. It was helpful in getting new third mates up to speed with minimum of hand-holding. Better for the new third too.

Experience in the industry? I received my first license in the 70’s and I’m still sailing. How about you? Although I have not been involved in the particular passenger trade that I mentioned for many years, some of the boat owners and captains are old friends. When there is a serious incident I hea…

For vessels that navigate by eye alone the SMS can reflect that. Something general along the lines of keeping the boat a “safe distance from hazards” or the like. The process by which coastwise vessels are navigated has evolved over time to reflect lessons learned and changing technology. Instig…

As you have pointed out numerous times, passage validation is paramount to safe navigation, reducing the watch keeping workload by highlighting dangers ahead of time. The fact that it is being omitted in “chart plotter navigation”, where operators spend their increased sitautional awreness on facil…

Since 1997 some US small passenger vessels have been required to have ISM base SMS and the USCG provided a pretty good template. This is not a new concern. When STCW was enacted in 1997 (?) any US flagged small passenger vessel on international voyages with more than 12 passengers had to have a SMS.…

I think it’s likely that those dive boats could benefit from a more formal navigation process. The point I was trying to make is that if good procedures are in place than a SMS is not a reason to change. Your post does show one advantage of codifying procedures is it causes them to be seen in a n…

I doubt in the case of the Conception that the one crew sleeping in the passenger open berth compartment was assigned to do so as a way to comply with the roving watch requirement. We won’t know until trial. The passengers on the diveboats I operated slept in private cabins and it never occurred to …

CG proposes SMS for all domestic pax vessels

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CG proposes SMS for all domestic pax vessels

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