Leader in safety and quality

For Concordia Maritime, issues concerning transport efficiency, safety, respect for the environment and employer responsibility go hand in hand in many ways. Both customers and employees, as well as society in general, benefit from safe transport, optimised flows and increased fuel efficiency.

Concordia Maritime operates in a strictly regulated and scrutinised industry. The regulations cover environmental and safety aspects, as well as technical and work environment areas. This regulatory control, together with our own internal work, contributes to the maintenance of consistently high quality.

In addition to our own controls, there are also comprehensive inspections and follow-ups from authorities and customers. We are subject to continuous quality inspections in the form of vetting by the oil and chemical industry, flag state annual inspections, published port state controls and the classification societies’ inspections.

The inspections include equipment and procedures for navigation, survival equipment, fire-fighting equipment, cargo handling systems, oil recovery equipment, procedures for crisis management, the ship's construction and its general condition.

Crew numbers, the crew's qualifications and employment conditions, the ship’s logbooks and certificates are also examined, mainly by auditing of processes and procedures.

Certification and internal control

As we purchase a large proportion of our daily operational work from external service suppliers, our sustainability efforts are largely reflected in the work carried out in their respective operations. We work together continuously to develop sustainable working practices and improve our sustainabil-ity performance.

In the area of ships and ship management, NMM's certification includes ISO 9001 (quality), ISO 14001 (environment), ISO 50001 (energy) and OHSAS 18001 (health and safety). The certification is aimed at continuously reducing the total environmental impact of operations. Work on safety and environmental issues is regulated within NMM by a Group-wide SHE (Safety, Health and Environment) policy, which contains minimum re-porting standards and requirements in a number of areas such as incidents and accidents, and absences due to illness and occupational injuries.

For further information, see www.nmm-stena.com.