Intertanko Vetting Seminar – London

ISGOTT 6 Revision Update

Ricardo Martinez – OCIMF Technical Advisor
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Process Followed

• Co-authors agree to update ISGOTT 5th Edition during 2017

– Terms of Reference agreed by co-authors February 2018
• Some 600+ comments received from member organisations
– Amendments and enhancements suggested included updates to;
• changes to regulations and standards
• OCIMF/industry best practice guidance documents; e.g. MTMSA, SIRE
• new equipment and changes in technology
• Safety management best practice updates; e.g. risk assessment, permits
to work, enclosed space entry and ship/shore safety checklist.
– New major revision items proposed included Human Factors
• Technical working groups established to manage reviews;
– Steering Group oversight through;
• Primary Working Group and
• Tanker Work Group and Tanker/Terminal Interface Work Group
– Total 54 ICS and OCIMF participants and 1 IAPH Member
• 30 member companies
• 2 Project Advisors (1 OCIMF & 1 ICS)
• Secretariat and Publications support inc.3 Technical writers
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Progress So Far

• February 2018 to May 2019

– Total of 7 technical workgroup sessions held for each
– Circa 75 F2F meeting days for all technical workgroups
– All comments provided at start have been considered
– Revised text prepared and peer reviewed by WG’s
• Transition from technical working groups to Review Group
– After WG07 meetings, opportunity for reorganisation to expedite
review of technical draft text
– Created more focussed work stream for review of draft text
– Review Group;
• Consisted of 22 participants from all co-authors and WG’s
• Review Group met twice for 5 days; Houston (June) and London (July)
• At end of July RG handed over reviewed draft to Publications teams
• Publication editorial review timetable remains challenging
– Delivery of ISGOTT6 draft to publications team for late summer 2019
• PTC and ICS Marine Committee approval target October 2019
• Requires completion of technical reviews of ISGOTT6 draft by July 2019
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ISGOTT 6 Review Group

Steering Group
(SG)

Steering Group
(SG)
Primary WG
(PWG)

Marine Terminal &

Tanker Interface WG
(MTTIWG) Review Group (RG)

Tanker WG NOTES:
(TWG) RG takes on responsibility for stewardship of review of I6
draft and handover to Publications Team, but also
• Undertake lead for general issues e.g. publication layout
• Interface on specialist topics e.g. HE
• Conduit for funding requests and special projects to SG.
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Remaining Work - Timeline

• August 2019 – Publications team undertake first editorial review

– Secretariat advisors consider editorial changes identified
• September 2019 - Edited draft considered by co-authors
• October 2019 – Co-author principal committees consider
– Agreement in principle to content and approve for final editing
• November 2019 – Secretariat review committee comments;
– Technical advisors review members feedback
– Additional editorial review by publications team
– Review by co-authors directors
– Review by co-author legal teams
• December 2019 - Handover to Witherby (publishers)
– Final layout changes/amendments
– Pre-production editorial
• Publication launch expected 2Q 2020
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Major Considerations

• Content and Layout

– Maintained the 4 Section Layout
• Part 1 – General Information
• Part 2 – Tanker Information
• Part 3 – Terminal Information
• Part 4 – Tanker/Terminal Interface
– Enhance alignment in Tanker & Terminal Sections
• Amalgamate information and references on safety management
• Consolidate technical information in the General Section; e.g. firefighting
• Significant upgrades to existing information and best practice
– Managing Hazards and Risks for Tanker and Terminal
– Enclosed Space Entry
– Fire fighting
– Security
– Marine Terminal Administration
– Ship/Shore Safety and Bunker Operations Checklists
• New guidance provided
– Human Factors
– Alternative and Emerging Technologies
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Major Changes 1

• Management of Hazards and Risks for Tanker and Terminal

– Previously ‘General Hazards for Ship and Terminal’
– Scope of Chapter changed to enhance alignment to current safety
management culture
• Improved safety management systems guidance – ISM Code alignment
• Risk assessment considerations and guidance enhanced on ‘Hierarchy
of Controls’
• Improved guidance around permit to work systems
• Improved guidance on safety management processes;
– LockOut/Tag Out
– Control of Hazardous Energy
– Simultaneous Operations
– Management of change in processes, systems and procedures
• Portable Electrical and Electronic Equipment
– Introductory guidance on site management and assessment of Portable
Electronic Products (PEP’s)
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Major Changes 2

• Enclosed Space Entry

– Chapter underwent significant evaluation to further enhance
– Changes evaluated against reported incidents and industry best
practice
• Human Factor influences
• Permits to Work
• Supervision and control of operations
• Responsibility and Accountability
– Consideration of additional tools and guidance to be provided via
supplementary online guides and information
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Major Changes 3

• Firefighting
– Major consolidation of information common to ships and terminals
into revised Chapter 5
– Terminal equipment and capabilities significantly modified to align to
NFPA guidance and industry best practice
• Security
– Ship and marine terminal guidance revised via expert group to
consider heightened security concerns
• Cyber security
• BMP guidance
– Improved alignment with now mature ISPS Code implementation
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Major Changes 4

• Marine Terminal Administration

– Revised Chapter developed from prior ‘Terminal Management and
Organisation’ Chapter
– Refocussed around OCIMF Marine Terminal Information System
(MTIS) components;
• Marine Terminal Particulars Questionnaire (MTPQ)
• Marine Terminal Management and Self-Assessment (MTMSA)
• Marine Terminal Operator Competency Training (MTOCT)
– Improved emphasis around key principle of marine terminals
maintaining information and effectively communicating with users
• Terminal Operating Manual - for terminal staff
• Terminal Information Book – for attending tankers
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Major Changes 6

• Ship/Shore Safety and Bunker Operations Checklists

– Both checklists underwent significant detailed review and evaluation
– Changes implemented considered
• Concerns raised over evidence from complacent use of existing checklists
• Motivation to ensure the consistent and effective use of existing checklists
• Leveraging from other industry users and experts; e.g. airline industry
• Realignment of question set to;
– Provide checklist in process orientated layout; e.g. pre-arrival, pre-cargo
transfer, during cargo transfer etc
– Questions to require a definitive confirmatory action
– Questions to be more closely orientated to specific guidance in ISGOTT not
through additional guidance notes
– Bunker checklist and guidance enhanced to include alternative fuel
bunkering e.g. LNG
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Major Changes 6

Ship/Shore Safety Checklist – ISGOTT 5th Edition

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Major Changes 6

Ship/Shore Safety Checklist – ISGOTT 6th Edition

Part 1a.: Tanker: checks pre-arrival

Check Status Remarks

Ref

Pre-arrival information is exchanged (6.5,

1 ☐ Yes
21.2)
International shore connection is available
2 ☐ Yes
(19.4.3.5)
Transfer hoses are of suitable construction
3 ☐ Yes
(18.2)
Terminal information booklet reviewed
4 ☐ Yes
(15.2.3)
Pre-berthing information is exchanged
5 ☐ Yes
(22.3)
P/V valves and/or high-velocity vents are
6 ☐ Yes
operational (7.1.8.1, 7.1.8.2)
Fixed and portable oxygen analysers are
7 ☐ Yes
operational (2.44)
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New Additions 1

• Human Factors
– Input provided from expert group
– Provision of background understanding of factors influencing human
behaviour and guidance on measures to mitigate potential impacts
– Topics considered focussed on issues impacting ships and terminal
operations;
• Importance of well developed tasks and procedures
• Understanding of Safety Critical Task Analysis (SCTA)
• Identification of Performance Shaping Factors (PSF’s)
• Human Centred Design (HCD)
– Particular emphasis on the importance of leadership and how it
intertwines with safety culture.
• Leadership – has a direct influence and impact upon culture
• Culture – evolves from shared norms/perceptions driven by leadership
– Importance of leveraging from incidents/accidents/near missedes and
their lessons learned.
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New Additions 2

• Alternative and Emerging Technologies

– Provides an awareness of alternative and emerging technologies
• Clarifies what is/isn’t an alternative and emerging technology
• Provides an indicative list of technologies that may be considered
– Outlines a ‘due diligence’ process for evaluation considering
• Guidance on how to undertake a design concept analysis to assess the
alternative and emerging technology versus existing technology
• Need to ensure through design or engineering studies a minimum of
equivalency with the existing technology
• Outlines need for safety risk assessment methodologies
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ISGOTT – A Long History

IOTTSG
(International Oil Tanker & Terminal Safety Guide)
• 1st Edition circa 1968-70
 Produced by the International Oil Tanker Terminal
Safety Group
 OCIMF formed 1970
 Responsibility for IOTTSG given to OCIMF
• 2nd Edition 1974
 Produced by OCIMF

ISGOTT
(International Safety Guide for Oil Tankers & Terminals)
• 1st Edition – 1978
 Collaboration with ICS combining the Tanker
Safety Guide (Petroleum)
• 2nd Edition – 1984
 Co-author includes IAPH for first time
• 3rd Edition – 1988
 (3rd Edition Revised 1991)
• 4th Edition – 1996
• 5th Edition – 2006
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• Published 2006
– Will be approx. 14 years old on publication of ISGOTT6 Revision
• Co-authored between;
– Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF)
– International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and
– International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH)
• ISGOTT5 technical content in 26 Chapters;
– Circa 400 pages; approx 370 text/30 drawings and tables
• Chapters split into 4 Parts;
– Part 1 – General Information
– Part 2 – Tanker Information
– Part 3 – Terminal Information
– Part 4 – Management of the Tanker and Terminal Interface
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Terms of Reference
• Review and confirm target audiences, with particular consideration
to the publications scope
• Update list of relevant references to ISO standards and regulations
including but not limited to SOLAS, MARPOL etc
• Correct known anomalies within ISGOTT5 utilising input from data
held by the co-authors
• Make recommendations on layout of the document based on target
audience inc. content handling e.g. electronic/portable
• Enhance guidance on safety management processes e.g. Risk
Assessment, PTW and MoC.
• Enhance guidance on Human Factors processes to assess safety
critical tasks and measures to protect workforce
• Create opportunity for technological advances and guidance on the
evaluation and selection of emerging or alternative technologies
that will enhance the safety philosophy