NAUTICAL SYSTEMS The many, far-reaching and ever-expanding regulatory regimes affecting the marine and offshore industries present a significant compliance challenge to asset owners and operators, a challenge in which noncompliance can bring severe and costly penalties. As a result, compliance management is a crucial element of operational sustainability. ABS developed a set of tools offering complete capabilities to plan, execute and document all compliance work processes. In January, we delivered a major release of our ABS Nautical Systems (NS) Enterprise fleet management software and a new business intelligence module, NS Insight. Along with updates and evolutions to its well-known NS Voyage Manager, NS Autologger and NS Health, Safety, Quality, and Environmental (HSQE) Manager modules, the system also offers the industry’s most comprehensive compliance solution for many regulatory mandates, including the EU’s MRV, the U.S. Coast Guard’s Subchapter M and IMO’s Data Collection Services (DCS).
NOTABLE NS IMPLEMENTATIONS AND AWARDS CROSBY TUGS SELECTS NS WORKBOAT SOFTWARE FOR SUB M COMPLIANCE
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n 2018, Crosby Tugs selected the ABS Nautical Systems (NS) Workboat mobile compliance software to enable compliance with Subchapter M regulatory requirements. Crosby adopted NS Workboat across its fleet of tugboats, to record compliance data and generate safety reports on tablets or smartphones while crew carry out routine operations. Crosby leveraged NS Workboat pre-built ISM data sets including: planned maintenance jobs; meeting, inspection and drill jobs; and the inspected equipment list; to rapidly implement its Subchapter M compliance plan. NS Workboat provided a hub for all compliance-based data and the fleet calendar view for improved compliance plan tracking and management.
“Our team at Crosby was searching for a complete software system for our Subchapter M compliance. The NS workboat system was a perfect fit for us. We are excited to work with this software going forward.” WADE SAVOY CORPORATE DIRECTOR, QHSE, CROSBY TUGS
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