Classification society RINA has launched a ferry safety initiative. The Asset Integrity Management scheme covers a fire risk identification and[ds_preview] mitigation service, a series of training courses for crews and shore staff which focus on teamwork and behaviour in a crisis and a service to identify and mitigate the risk of any single failure impacting the ship and its operations severely.
There is also a focus on condition-based monitoring and enhanced and targeted planned maintenance and a bacteriological risk assessment and mitigation service. All of the components are brought together under one Best Management scheme to monitor and follow up the component parts in operation. »We are bringing the disciplines used in offshore industry into passenger ship operations,« explains General Manager Marine, Paolo Moretti.
The company’s package of initiatives builds on its recent work with major cruise and ferry operators to extend tailored risk management services to the industry. The first company to use the new package is Grimaldi Lines which will implement the measures on the 954-passenger ro-ro pax vessel »Florencia«.
