Ferry

 Safety  

International  and  Domestic  Perspectives,  Challenges,  and  

Opportunities  
 Topics  

•  Historical  overview  of  safety  in  ferry  operations  

•  Effective  risk  management  and  regulation  
•  Experience  of  NYCDOT  Staten  Island  Ferry  in  managing  risk  
•  Considerations  for  underwriting  and  loss  control  assessment  
•  Your  comments  
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 Safety  in  Ferry  Operations  

1987   2014  

Herald  of  Free  

Sewol  
Enterprise  

ACCIDENTS   FATALITIES   Southeast  Asia  +  Africa  

100+  
  11,500+   ≈  70%  
US  ACCIDENTS   US  FATALITIES   US  ANNUAL  PAX  MILLIONS  

1   11     130+   2  
 Effective  Risk  Management  and  
Regulation  

Identify  
Hazards  
Inspect  
Review  and  
Adjust  
Assess  Risks    
+   Audit  
 
Implement  
Decide  on   Enforce  
Controls  
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 NYCDOT  –Staten  Island  Ferry  

•  No   such   thing   as   a   risk-­‐free  

marine   operation   –   managing  
risk  is  what  vessel  operations  is  
all  about.  

•  Types   of   risks   include:   human,  

mechanical,  tides  and  currents,  
weather  conditions…  

•  Safety  Management  Systems  are  

put   in   place   to   control,   manage  
and  mitigate  risk.  

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 NYCDOT  –Staten  Island  Ferry  

Inherent  Risks  

Mechanical  
Human  Error   Environmental   Unknown  
Failure  

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 NYCDOT  –Staten  Island  Ferry  

ISM  Code  is  foundation  but  PVA  

Gold  standard  to  manage  risk  
and  AWO  models  too  

Safety  Management  
System  (SMS)  

Controls  to  ensure  safety,  establish  

Say  what  you  do,  do  what  you  say,  
safeguards  against  identified  risk,  
and  prove  it  
and  continual  improvement  
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 NYCDOT  –Staten  Island  Ferry  

History  with  Risk  Management    

 
•  2003  incident    
•  Review  of  Ferry  Operations  &  Report  
•  Implementation  of  Report  Recommendations  
•  Implementation  of  Safety  Management  
•  Training,  employee  buy-­‐in,  management  commitment  
and  resources  
•  Outcomes    

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 Key  Factors  for  Underwriting  and  
Loss  Control  Assessment  

N/M  =  ratio    
 
N  =  loss  
M  =  complementary  events  –  positive  outcomes  

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Key  Factors  for  Underwriting  and  
Loss  Control  Assessment  

Loss  

-­‐Successful  evolutions  
-­‐Evidence  of  dynamic  SMS  
 
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 Your  comments…  

For  more  information-­‐  

•  www.imo.org  
Bill  Mahoney,  Director   •  www.ntsb.gov  
Safety  Management  Systems,  LLC   •  www.uscg.mil/pvs/SPV.asp  
wmahoney@smsllc.com   •  http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/CFR-­‐2010-­‐
title33-­‐vol1/CFR-­‐2010-­‐title33-­‐vol1-­‐part96  
•  www.interferry.com  
•  www.passengervessel.com  
•  www.americanwaterways.com  
Captain  James  DeSimone,  COO   •  www.erikhollnagel.com/books/safety-­‐i-­‐and-­‐
NYC  Department  of  Transportation   safety-­‐ii.html  
Staten  Island  Ferry  Division   •  http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/ferrybus/
jdesimone@dot.nyc.gov   staten-­‐island-­‐ferry.shtml  
•  www.smsllc.com