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