It is VALLES STEAMSHIP (CANADA) LTD.'S policy that it's Safety Management System is central to the management process and to thereby ensure that each part or function meets the customer's (i.e. Owners and Charterers) requirement's;

The Safety Management System is designed with the following objectives in mind :-

• To satisfy the Company's own objectives in attaining and maintaining the desired safety standards by providing for safe practices in ship operation and a safe working environment, and;
  
  
• To meet the Owner's and Charterer's need for confidence in the ability of Management to deliver a consistent level of quality and safety as well as a - continous improvement of safety management skills of personnel ashore and aboard ships, including preparing for emergencies related both to safety and environmental protection, and
  
  
• To try to establish safeguards against all identified risks by complying with mandatory rules-and regulations, applicable codes, and by taking guidelines and standards recommended by the IMO, Administrations, Classification Societies and maritime industry organizations into account.

This will be achieved by the implementation of documented systems which provide objective evidence that the Safety & Environmental Protection systems are operating effectively.

The documented Safety Management System is defined and illustrated in:-

LEVEL1 Company Policy Manual

LEVEL2 Company Procedures Manual

LEVEL3 Safety Management Manual, Volume II, (SMM (Vol. II) ).

SMM (Vol. I) (Masters Manual) and Company Circulars
OPA-90 Federal and State Response Plans, (where applicable)
MARPOL 73/78 Response Plan, (SOPEP Manual)
Bridge Management Manual
OPA-90 Training Manual
SOLAS Training Manual
Company Contingency Plan
Equipment Instruction Manuals