during these drills, and act out the scenario of trying to locate and re- trieve someone. Marine Matters recently spoke
with Errol Francis, vice-president operations for Canfornav Inc., about the company’s firefighting-at-sea standards. In addition to an invitation to view a weekly fire drill aboard the Bluewing during cargo discharge at Redpath in Toronto, we also had the opportunity to interview the ship’s master, Captain Lysenko Oleksiy. Francis spoke about Canfornav’s
standards regarding fire safety and emergency preparedness. We re-
ceived these comments. “Canfornav places a very high pri-
ority on providing a safe and secure working environment for the crew on aboard our vessels,” he said. “Compliance that goes beyond mandatory regulatory requirements when it comes to safety standards. “Crews are vetted and trained
ashore and familiarized with company policy and regulatory requirements before they set foot on the vessel. In order to achieve and maintain a high standard of safety, our crew management train- ing centres are in the process of
upgrading to ISO equivalent qual- ity management systems to ensure crews receive the best training pos- sible ashore and continued training on board. “The International Convention on
Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (or STCW) 1978 sets qualification standards for masters, officers and watch personnel on seagoing mer- chant ships. STCW was adopted in 1978 by conference at the Interna- tional Maritime Organization (IMO) in London, and entered into force in 1984. The Convention was signifi-
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