Title Page

  • Conducted on

  • Yacht

  • Prepared by

  • Location

  • Captain

  • Chief Officer

  • Chief Engineer

Yacht certificates

  • Certificate of registry yacht & owner details correct?

Yacht certificates continued

Yacht Certification

  • All required yacht certificates are in C&N Connect and correctly issued/endorsed?

Other certification

Lifting equipment

  • Register of lifting appliances, load test and annual thorough inspections list equipment and correctly maintained?

  • Records of thorough inspections by a competent person & load testing available and correct?

  • Load testing next due

Overside working tracks

  • Pre installation test documentation available

  • Installation test documentation available?

  • Annual thorough examination carried out?

  • 5 year load test next due

Life rafts

  • Annual service certificates available & details correct?

  • Expiry

Personel lifts

  • Lift service reports

  • Lift load test next due

Pasarelle & side ladders

  • Load test next due

  • Intermediate & lower rails provided? (Cayman Islands only)

Diving bottle &/or BA bottle re charge

  • Is the compressor having an annual test to verify air quality and verify safety devices?

  • Air quality test expiry

Crew certification & contracts

  • Crew certification matches the operational manning matrix / minimum safe manning document

  • Do all crew have an SEA with them?

  • Are senior officers aware of the operational manning matrix?

  • Are crew qualifications checked and confirmed with CNI if needed prior to offering employment?

  • Are crew qualifications reviewed against the minimum safe manning/ operational manning requirements

  • All original certificates are onboard?

General ISM compliance

Safety management system

  • Is the captain aware of his overriding authority and where this is stated in the SMS?

Reporting, surveys and auditing

  • Monthly report properly completed and sent to CNI every month?

  • Safety meetings held (max 6 weeks between) and in correct format?

  • Quarterly safety officer inspections carried out?

  • Are accidents, near misses, defects and non conformity reports correctly reported and closed?

Surveys, inspections & audits

  • Have all surveys inspections and audits been held at appropriate intervals?

  • Last port state control, company internal, flag and class survey audit reports available?

  • Access to class society records is available onboard

  • Can crew explain the scope and planning required for surveys, inspections and audits?

Safety

  • Are fleet circulars made available to all crew?

  • Are flag notices, guidance and required publications available onboard?

  • Is Flag law and procedure manual & captains guide available onboard?

  • Are the captains standing orders available and signed by all crew?

  • Is there a roster of working/resting hours for in port or at sea operation (ILO Table)

  • Are records of hours of work/rest maintained in accordance with ILO?

  • The muster list is maintained and covers fire/abandon ship/man overboard?

  • Is the muster list available in the crew area and at the gangway?

Permit to work

  • The permit to work system is implemented onboard

  • Are all permit to work types in use?

  • Are risk assessments consulted as part of the process?

  • Are the permits correctly opened, authorised and closed on completion?

Familiarisation

  • Are familiarisation forms available for all crew members?

  • Have crew been refamiliarised if they have been employed for more than 2 years?

  • Have crew been trained and the training recorded in the equipment familiarisation log?

  • Are guests given a familiarisation on joining the yacht?

Drills & emergency response

  • Are drills following the CNI matrix?

  • Are the drills reported in the specific drill report form or in the safety meeting, are the reports adequate?

  • Is the emergency response manual available on the bridge, are crew familiar with the checklists used as part of the drill?

Shipboard plans and associated records (check yacht & company details up to date, reviewed & corrected and where required approved)

  • Emergency towing plan

+400 GT Shipboard Oil Pollution Prevention (SOPEP) or <400GT Oil Pollution Prevention Plan

  • Ship interest contacts & SOPEP equipment list correct?

  • Annex II contacts maintained up to date?

+400 GT Non Tank Vessel Response Plan (NTVRP) US waters only

  • Applies?

  • Is the plan available?

  • Does the officer responsible understand the purpose & use of the plan?

  • Are the Qualified Individual (QI) details available?

  • Have QI contact drills been carried out before entering US waters?

  • Are the checklists, yacht masters guide and emergency procedures understood?

+400 GT Shipboard Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP)

  • Applies?

  • Does the officer responsible understand the purpose of the plan?

  • Is the records correctly filled out?

  • Have energy saving measures been recorded?

Garbage management plan

  • Includes latest amendments, (E-Waste & location/cubic capacity)

  • Garbage record book in form accepted by flag, up to date and entries made as per MARPOL?

  • Is the cubic capacity of the storage & of each bin type included in the plan?

  • Are garbage receipts obtained and filed for garbage landed?

Recovery from the water (migrant/shipwrecked crew etc. rescue)

  • Does the plan follow the IMO guidelines & CNI template?

  • Is the plan made yacht specific?

Logbooks required

Official log book

  • Is the Official Log Book maintained correctly (in accordance with flag instructions)

Other deck department log books

  • Compass error log book

  • GMDSS radio logbook (incl. front pages; daily, weekly & monthly checks; communications)

  • Deck log book

  • Medical treatment log

  • Medicine register

Risk assessments The following are mandatory risk assessments for hazards identified by the company. They must be reviewed annually and referred to when issuing permits to work. [add text list of RA's]

  • Identification and entry into enclosed spaces

Walkround

  • H&S policy posed up in place accessible to crew?

Does MLC Apply?

  • Are all crew holding an MLC compliant SEA?

  • Is a copy of the MLC convention available to all crew?

  • Is the complaint procedure posted up & do crew understand this?

  • Are the 2 MLC insurance certificates posted up?

  • Do crew know who they can approach for confidential advice on MLC related matters?

  • Is the health & safety policy posted up?

  • Hours of work rest schedule posted up and follows ILO requirement?

  • SOLAS Fire & safety manual available to crew?

  • Are crew aware of SOP's and their purpose?

  • Are SOP's posted up with the relevant equipment?

  • Are the crew aware of their emergency duties as stated on the muster list?

  • Are passage ways, escapes etc. kept clear and un-obstructed?

  • Is all signage marking the position of fire & safety equipment in place?

  • Are garbage bins non combustible type in accommodation spaces

  • Are garbage bins labelled in the galley & crew areas?

Summary

  • Notes

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