Managing a Liquefied Natural Gas Fleet’s Health, Safety, Security and Environment Assurance


Figure 1: The Seven Main Elements of Health, Safety, Security and Environment Assurance


Leadership Assurance Policies • Execution Resource management Planning Hazards management


Table 1: The Seven Main Elements and the 37 Sub-elements of Health, Safety, Security and Environment Assurance


1 Leadership


1.1 Management visibility 1.2 Proactive targets setting 1.3 Informed involvement 2


Policies


2.1 Policy contents and dissemination 2.2 Strategic objectives 3


Resource management


3.1 Roles, responsibilities and accountabilities 3.2 Advisers or management representatives 3.3 Resources 3.4 Competency assurance 3.5 Training 3.6 Contractors/third parties 3.7 Communication 3.8 HSSE committee and meetings 3.9 Documentation control 3.10 Checklists and critical operation 4


Hazard management


4.1 Hazard and effects management – general 4.2 Hazard and effects identification 4.3 Hazard and effects evaluation 4.4 Records of HSSE hazards and effects 4.5 Performance criteria 4.6 Risk reduction measures 5


Planning


5.1 Plans and initiatives – general 5.2 Critical facilities and equipment integrity 5.3 Procedures and checklists 5.4 Work/standing instructions 5.5 Management of change 5.6 Emergency response and planning 6


Execution


6.1 Critical activities and tasks 6.2 Performance monitoring 6.3 Records 6.4 Non-conformities and corrective actions 6.5 Reporting and investigation of undesirable effects 7


Assurance


7.1 Assurance activities 7.2 Assurance or audit plan and follow-up 7.3 Competency of internal and external auditors 7.4 Auditing contractors/third parties 7.5 Management review


HSSE = health, safety, security and environment. Rating the Surveyed Items Step 1


An in-depth study of: •


the latest studies/research (e.g. reports, papers, articles, statistics, etc.) on or related to HSSE assurance management in the maritime and various other high-risk industries;


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To enable the survey respondents to rate (i.e give an opinion on) a surveyed item (survey question/statement), for each of the surveyed items one or both of the following protocols were used:


• compare the current status against the minimum requirement; and/or • verify a surveyed item against the onboard/on-site objective evidences.


HYDROCARBON WORLD – VOLUME 6 ISSUE 1 • • • •


the 17 latest mandatory regulatory requirements applicable to globally trading LNG ships;


19 typical HSSE-assurance-related inspections, vetting and other initiatives imposed on/adopted by globally trading LNG ships;


the existing/active HSSE management systems used by the MISC Berhad LNG fleet (one of the largest owners/operators of LNG tankers in the world);


the MISC Berhad LNG fleet’s HSSE performances and standards for the last two financial years;


nine future (potential) human element and organisational factors related to HSSE assurance improvement initiatives that can be adopted by any LNG fleet; and


• a reflection on 21 years of personal LNG shipping (onboard/on-field) and academic experience and exposure.


Step 2


In the process of studying the above (step 1), the elements crucial to ensure effective HSSE assurance protocols and system implementation were critically analysed and summarised.


Step 3


Resulting from the above (step 2), seven elements or variables were identified as crucial for effective implementation of HSSE systems and assurance onboard any LNG tanker leadership, policies, resource management, hazards management, planning, execution and assurance. Figure 1 illustrates the links among these seven elements.


To ensure a clear existing status and situational awareness of the research area, a comparative study was carried out between the existing typical 36 HSSE protocols for an LNG tanker against the above seven HSSE elements. The comparative study revealed that the existing 36 HSSE protocols address on average only 68.6% of the seven HSSE assurance elements.


Synthesis of Survey Questionnaires


In order to obtain a fair distribution of data on various matters and activities related to HSSE assurance onboard an LNG tanker, all the above-mentioned elements were treated equally.


The characteristic features of HSSE-related matters and challenges experienced in LNG shipping and the practicality of conducting an effective HSSE assurance survey onboard an active LNG tanker were also noted during the synthesis of the research survey questionnaires.


Assessment Model Package


Taking note of all the matters discussed above, a structured and customised survey questionnaire (rapid assessment model) and its supportive documents were detailed as follows: seven main elements, 37 sub-elements and 252 survey questionnaires. Table 1 lists the 37 sub-elements under the seven main elements.


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