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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION POLICY
Environmental Aspects & Objectives
 Pacific-Gulf Marine, Inc., as a Responsible Corporate
Citizen, is committed to conducting business in a manner consistent
with the safeguarding of the health and safety of personnel, as
well as protection of the environment. In this spirit, it is the
policy of Pacific-Gulf Marine to:
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Operate
vessels under its management in a safe, seaworthy and mission
capable manner.
Provide a safe and healthy working environment
for all employees.
Strive to improve safety of life at
sea and protection
of the environment by..
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At a minimum,
maintaining all safety, lifesaving, environmental
protection and firefighting equipment in accordance
with the applicable international and statutory requirements.
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2
Providing environmental
protection and safety awareness training to all employees.
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3
Encouraging all
personnel to act in a safe manner, minimizing the
possibility of injury, loss of life, damage to the
environment or damage to property.
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Comply with all relevant environmental
legislation and regulations concerning the protection of our
environment.
Prevent the discharge
of oils, garbage or other hazardous substances into the environment.
Establish safeguards against all identified risks to ships, personnel, and the environment through a process of risk assessment and mitigation.
Establish and
monitor progress towards environmental protection objectives
and targets.
Strive for continual
improvement in all aspects of health, safety and environmental
protection.
Maintain and test
contingency plans for safety and environmental protection.
Support all employees
in their efforts to ensure the vessels are operated and navigated
in a safe manner consistent with the practices of good seamanship. |
All employees of Pacific-Gulf Marine, Inc. are required
to comply with the policies set forth in the company’s Management
Systems Manuals, as well as all applicable national and/or international
statutes and requirements.
PGM’s ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
PROGRAM: HOW ARE WE DOING?
A recap of PGM’s Environmental Management
System achievements in calendar year 2009 includes the following:
- Continued implementation of an Environmental
Awareness course for shipboard officers, in conjunction with
the American Maritime Officers Union
- Continued implementation
of an Environmental Awareness course for unlicensed crewmembers,
in conjunction with the Seafarers International Union.
- Replacement of chemical
products in general use onboard our vessels with more environmentally-friendly
products in each of these product types: hand cleaners,
machining and tapping fluids, and general degreasers.
- Increased the number of vessels in our fleet with Oily Water
Separating (OWS) equipment capable of operating at 5 Parts Per
Million (PPM), exceeding the regulatory requirement of having
less than 15 PPM.
- Continued implementation
of a material recycling program for used batteries at PGM’s
Offices.
- Continued implementation of a material recycling program for
used electronic equipment at PGM offices.
- Continued reduction
of paper consumption at PGM’s Offices
by printing and copying utilizing duplex function.
- Trial program for introducing additives to the fuel oil system
with the intent of increasing combustion efficiency, thereby
reducing stack emissions, has been extended for further research
on one vessel.
- Procurement of a fuel mill for installation onboard one vessel
with the intent of promoting more efficient combustion and reducing
sludge accumulation.
- Continued implementation of National Pollution Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES) Vessel General Permit (VGP) onboard training for
all crew members.
- Initiated energy consumption assessments on board our vessels
to identify fleet wide best practices.
- Continued training of Environmental Management System for shipboard
Officers at the Annual Training Conference.
PGM is committed to pollution prevention with
an emphasis on source reduction and will continue to closely
monitor our progress in meeting all of our environmental objectives & targets,
stay tuned for further developments in 2010.
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