DNV has, together with Loyd’s Register, the American Bureau of Shipping, NK and the Russian Register, announced a common initiative to improve the safety of the surveyors on assignment. The five societies’ ambitions are to provide a safer workplace at all times for all surveyors.
The continued exposure of classification society surveyors to potentially unsafe working conditions when on assignment has been a catalyst to jointly develop this initiative. This push for safety might impact the shipyards, offshore platforms, manufacturers, and other third-party sites where the surveyors work.
Surveyors from different class societies have experienced being set up against each other when requiring improved safety standards. Under this new initiative, a refusal to work from one of the class societies due to an unsafe condition will represent a refusal from all five societies.
Per Linden, the global SHE coordinator in DNV Maritime, says: “Even experienced surveyors can be put under pressure to carry out their work in a potentially unsafe location. This initiative will make it easier for the individual surveyor to require improvements before entering a ship.”