HSE
Across the globe. Around the clock. Reliably
VS Shipping is committed to rendering its customers safe, punctual, and quality service at cost-effective rates. By promoting an active safety culture among company personnel, both in-house and on-board, VS Shipping. and its technical manager, are firmly committed to providing reliable quality services to their clients, whilst concurrently ensuring consistent protection of the environment.
In this respect VS Shipping has established, implemented, and maintains a documented Health, Safety, Environmental, and Energy management system, which complies and is certified in accordance with ISM Code, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 standards. The principal objective is to ensure flawless operations with zero accidents and zero pollution. Moreover, VS Shipping’s principal objective is to continually ascertain the fleet’s optimum operational efficiency, while ensuring full compliance with current and upcoming international and national rules and regulations, as well as charterers’ requirements.
On the human capital side VS Shipping’s rigorous recruitment and hiring procedures ensure that its crew is of the highest quality and ability. VS is dedicated to integrating training, education & development into the culture aboard our vessels to ensure that safety will ceaselessly be the top priority.
Safety of human life and the protection of the environment are primary concerns of the company, and high-quality personnel, equipment and procedures are essential to ensure that every voyage is a safe voyage:
The use of illegal drugs and alcohol abuse is prohibited aboard the vessel.
We encourage personnel to update their knowledge and understanding, and up-grade their qualifications and develop their careers.
We are committed to protecting and preserving resources, preventing pollution, and continually improving management.
We are committed to providing a safe workplace ashore and afloat and encourages all employees to identify potentially unsafe conditions or practices and to undertake corrective measures.
We are will always meet applicable shore side and at-sea environmental regulations and requirements including those of the flag administrations, port states and international conventions.
We will consider environmental issues in all design and development projects. VS will cooperate with maritime organizations and government, trade, and industry associations to achieve the highest standards of safety and environmental protection.
