Safety Survey Reports Out

Posted: September, 2010

In February Green-Jakobsen launched a Safety Culture Survey - a proposition to our clients and business partners to analyze the safety culture and performance of their company and benchmark the results against other shipping companies. In July we sent the reports to the three companies participating in this first survey. Subsequently they have had the opportunity to study it and consider their further reactions.

The report gives the companies a good foundation for the development of the company safety culture and shows the issues that need handling now, and the threats to conquer along the way. On the other side it also shows where to find the learning points and what opportunities to seize and build upon.

The survey covered the seafarers' perception on safety as manifested in the following dimensions: proactiveness, involvement, assertiveness, visibility and knowledge actions.  Three areas were specifically pointed to measure the level of safety culture maturity.  They were on 1) staff, superintendents and management ashore, 2) the shipboard management, and 3) the perception on personal safety behaviour.  Results were compared with attained average of all participating companies to get an overview of how the Company fared well in comparison to other players in the industry.

The participating companies have been very satisfied with the results, as this new tool enables them to be at the leading edge when it comes to building a strong safety culture. The surveys will be used actively in the companies for laying down future safety action plans - and also towards customers, typically oil companies, showing an active attitude towards safety. And the companies are eager to participate in the survey next year to see the effects of their safety culture initiatives reflected in the survey.

 Green-Jakobsen will launch another survey campaign in the autumn 2010.