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Pacifica Shipping
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while formulating the company's Safety Management System, he gives priority to those sections which relate to procedures and practices for the critical shipboard operations of passage planning and navigation in confined waters.
Reply Text
Pacifica Shipping (1985) Ltd as noted in the report under 1.9.2 was, at the time of the vessel grounding, formulating a Safety Management System under the International Safety Management System. The Safety Management System is due for completion by 31 March 1999 some three years before the international requirement for implementation. Pacifica Shipping (1985) Ltd has implemented sections of its Safety Management System relating to passage planning and navigation in confined waters on all vessels operated by the company.
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