Guidance on safety in shipyards

  • Recommended Practice
  • Revision 2 - August 2025

This document provides comprehensive guidance on safety in shipyards, specifically for vessel dry docking or extended maintenance periods.

Contents

  • Glossary

  • Introduction

  • Shipyard pre-Qualification and Suitability Process

  • Scope of Work and pre-Planning

  • Kick-Off  Meeting and pre-Docking Phase

  • Shipyard and Vessel Operations and Control Processes

  • Health, Safety and Security Control Processes

  • Close Out and Handover

  • Appendix A – Example Tender Document

  • Appendix B – Generic Shipyard HSE Audit Questionnaire


Revision

  • Rev. 2 - August 2025
    General review and small revision
  • Rev. 1 - May 2018
    General revision including section on traffic management
  • Rev. - January 2013
    Initial publication