1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-fourth
session (7 to 16 May 2008), and the Marine Environment Protection
Committee, at its fifty-eighth session (6 to 10 October 2008), noted
that the Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventy-fourth session
(30 May to 8 June 2001), considered the issue of reporting near-misses
and how to promote a no-blame culture and issued MSC/Circ.1015 to
encourage reporting of near-misses.
2 The Committees further noted that guidance was
required:
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.1 to encourage reporting of near-misses so that
remedial measures can be taken to avoid recurrences; and
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.2 on the implementation of near-miss reporting
in accordance with the requirements of section
9 of the ISM Code with respect to reporting of hazardous situations.
3 Accordingly, in order to encourage the reporting
of near-miss occurrences and promote a safety culture, the Committees
approved the guidance as set out in the annex.
4 Member Governments and international organizations
concerned are recommended to bring this circular to the attention
of all parties concerned.