Cefic Workshop
Good Practices for Ship Vetting
Brussels 12 October 2011
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SOLVAY: Responsible Care® Global Charter
A serie of challenges :
Overall eco-efficiency of products
Knowing our chemicals & Product
stewardship
Recycling initiatives
Partnerships
Products for a cleaner environment
Health at work
Occupational safety and technical
safety
Plant management systems
Emission reductions & energy
efficiency
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SOLVAY: Safety of Transports
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SOLVAY: Management Tools - Indicators
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SOLVAY: Chartering & Vetting Ocean Going Vessels
Dry Bulk
Abt 300 vessels fixed per year
Port State Control
Check vessels on Equasis
Two detentions within last 3 years => No Fixing
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SOLVAY: Chartering & Vetting Ocean Going Vessels
 Liquid Bulk (Gas Bulk)
Abt 120 vessels fixed per year
 Chemical Distribution Institute
For Own Fixtures and FOB vessels
Check and Download CDI active report
Screening, Rating and Decision
Feed-Back to Shipowner
Keep history
No CDI => No Fixing
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SOLVAY: Safety And Quality Assessment Clause
OWNERS AGREE THAT ALL VESSELS PERFORMING UNDER THIS
CONTRACT SHALL HAVE BEEN INSPECTED BY ACCREDITED
INSPECTORS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTION
INSTITUTE (CDI) SHIP INSPECTION SYSTEM IN THE THIRTEEN (13)
MONTH PERIOD PRIOR TO THE VESSEL BEING OFFERED TO
CHARTERER, OR THAT ALL VESSELS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR
INSPECTION UNDER THE CDI SYSTEM UPON CHARTERER'S
REQUEST.
IN EITHER EVENT, OWNER WILL ENSURE THAT THE RESULTING
INSPECTION REPORT IS MADE AVAILABLE IN FULL TO CHARTERER
UPON REQUEST. OWNER AGREES TO MODIFY OR CORRECT ANY
SAFETY OR OPERATING ITEMS OR PROCEDURES FOUND BY
CHARTERERS AS DEFICIENCIES.
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SOLVAY: Experience
Vetting needs to be centralized
In house experts / ressources
Traders / FOB Buyers
«Majors approved» / «CDI approved»
Make sure CDI active report accessible to SOLVAY
Commercial «pressure» / Stock situation
Fleets improvement but....
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SOLVAY: CDI RATINGS
 A: CDI Inspection report is cleared.
 B: CDI inspection report is cleared but some
items needs to be followed up.
 C: Comments required from owners.
 D: CDI report contains items of serious concern.
 E: CDI report does not comply with the
acceptable standard.
 X: No CDI report available.
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SOLVAY: CDI Reports Rating 2009/2010
Rating
D
Rating C
7%
Rating B
49%
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Rating E
1%
Rating
X
Rating
A
 456 Reports assessed in
2009/10
 84% directly acceptable –
(A & B rating)
 16% posed a problem
C : 7 % required additional
confirmation/info from Owners
D & E : 3 % Not acceptable
standard
X : 6% No CDI report available not possible to assess the risk
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