As yet, this industry has not reacted to such certification with any commercial incentive (uncertified operators remain just as competitive as competitive as certified ones), and it is purely a unilateral process, with no financial gain.
WALLEM SHIP MANAGEMENT HK LTD ISO
Our commitment is further reinforced by the fact that Environmental certification to ISO 14001 is relatively new to the shipping industry, and it falls upon larger ship managers such as ourselves and a few contemporaries, to take the lead in such compliance. We remain committed to fulfillment of the standards set by ISO 14001: 1996, with special emphasis on the "continual improvement" that is required to be regularly demonstrated, in shipboard & office activities. A course on Loss Prevention and Environmental awareness is also held regularly at out Maritime Training Centre in India, and such training is regularly imparted to our shipboard staff by Marine Training superintendents sailing within our fleet.
EPD from the outset, to learn more about available educational literature to boost environmental awareness among our staff. Promoted to Deputy General Manager in the new joint venture COSCO Wallem Shipmanagement in Qingdao, China till 2009. In 1999, joined Wallem Shipmanagement Hong Kong office as a Technical Superintendent till 2005. Joined Wallem Shipmanagement in 1984, and rose to the rank of Chief Engineer. We have interacted with the Hong Kong Govt. Worked briefly with V Ships Monaco as junior engineer. Our compliance with the ISO 14001 standard has involved a substantial investment in training all executive staff in this office have attended environmental awareness courses held by the Business & Environmental Council (BEC) Hong Kong, and four executives have also successfully completed IEMA approval EMS Lead Auditor courses. It is with this intention that we acquired ISO 14001 certification in 2002, and went one step further in 2003, becoming the first ship managers to acquire OHSAS 18001 certification, for Occupational Health & Safety Management. The Wallem Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality Policy applies to all our employees in equal measure, without exception. We manage close to 100 merchant vessels of all types, ranging from oil/gas/chemical tankers and container ships to car carriers and reefer vessels trading worldwide, and remain acutely aware of our responsibility towards environmental conservation, both ashore and on the high seas.
The decision to acquire ISO 14001 certification was based on our proven track record as environmentally conscious ship managers, and our future goal to implement an office and fleet-wide Environmental Management System (EMS) that conformed to an internationally accepted standard. This was followed by certification to the ISO 9002:1994 and later ISO 19001:2000 Quality Management Standards. We were among the first in our industry to receive "Safety & Environmental Protection (SEP)" certification from Det Norske Veritas (DNV), as early as 1992. belong to the 101 year old Wallem Group, and have been ship managers and operators of repute for a number of years.