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Implementation Of The Ism Code To Agencia Maritima De Servicios, C.A. (Amarserca), Oswald Jose Vargas

World Maritime University M.Sc. Dissertations

This dissertation comprises a practical implementation of the International Safety

Management (ISM) Code to a Company which deals with vessel traffic services and

pilot boat services.

Day by day the shipping industry is pressed to raise their standards with respect to

the safety of life at sea, damage to property and environmental protection, especially

after a major accident occurs. However, it has been determined that in most of the

cases human elements and poor managerial decision have been the cause of the

accidents. Consequently, the ISM code was adopted with the same aim of

protecting life at sea, property and …