A major factor in preventing collisions
and groundings is an investment in the
crew. The Swedish Club has a rating
system for ship managers called Ship
Management Evaluation (SME). This
rating system measures the operator by
analysing the answers to 20 questions
that are related to the operation, safety
and training of the crew onboard the
vessels. Tanker and cruise ship managers
score the highest in this rating system,
and it is interesting to see that the col-
lision and grounding frequency is also
very low for them.