Identify. Correct. Assist.
SECAT provides a team of experienced, well-trained professional mariners
to mitigate your risk and improve your environmental compliance.
Environmental Compliance Training
Led by highly experienced shipping professionals with over 120 years’ combined experience in vessel operations, compliance management, and international maritime environmental protection matters, our team offers:
- Compliance Auditing on-board or in-office
- Training Services in Compliance culture
- Incident Management Services
- Advisory Services
- Oil record Book review and implementation of E-ORB
- Representation Services
- Policy Development Services with best practices
- Environmental Compliance Reports
- Audit/Incident Reports
- Independent Investigation of incidents or internal reporting
- DOJ Environmental Compliance Program (ECP) services
Third-Party Auditors
Our team of independent compliance auditors have a background in Marine and Engineering with 25 years of compliance auditing experience.
- ISO 14001 certified
- Conducting audits during sailing periods on the vessels
- Identifying, if any, minor or major discrepancies of Compliance
- Onboard training
- Decades of experience developing compliance programs
Court Appointed Monitor Services
- Specialized in MARPOL and U.S. laws
- We asses existing compliance programs, cooperatively develop improvements to existing programs, and planning strategies for implementing a working relationship between the various parties involved in an effective environmental compliance program (ECP)
- We review audit reports, such as those prepared by 3rd Party Auditing teams (TPA)
- Prepare and discuss reports and provide feedback on company environmental performance
- Lead Compliance Training sessions
Compliance is an All-Team Activity
Keys to Preventing Violations:
- Compliance requires strong communication and trust between shipboard staff and shore staff. Personnel must be able to share issues, challenges, and needs without fear of criticism or punishment.
- Compliance comes naturally when building an effective “compliance culture” in which all hands understand that violating compliance requirements is simply not acceptable as part of the seafarer’s ethic.
- Shore staff must work with crew to provide the resources needed for compliance and regulatory requirements.
- They also must be aware of indications of compliance risks and avoid creating undue pressure that incentivizes non-compliance.
- Finding the root cause of violations or other incidents is critical to organizational learning – to find out not only what happened, but why it happened, and what the ship manager could do to avoid repeat incidents, notwithstanding human errors and mistakes.
“Don’t find fault, find a remedy.”
-Henry Ford