SIRE 2.0: Enhancing Tanker Safety With Proactive Oversight and Leadership Focus

SIRE 2.0 represents a significant shift in tanker safety oversight, moving from a compliance-driven audit to a proactive tool that focuses on crew behavior, onboard culture, and leadership ethos. This new approach goes beyond traditional snapshot assessments to provide real-time insight into how a ship functions as a living system. By observing how safety protocols are understood and enacted by the crew, SIRE 2.0 aims to uncover authentic safety behaviors and create opportunities for early improvement, ultimately enhancing vessel performance and safety.

The alignment between SIRE 2.0 and existing safety frameworks such as the ISM Code, ISPS Code, and Maritime Labour Convention is crucial. SIRE 2.0 deepens the application of these codes by directly observing how they function in day-to-day shipboard practice. By focusing on leadership performance, crew comprehension of safety protocols, and behavioral indicators like situational awareness, SIRE 2.0 transforms these codes from document-based requirements into living management systems that are actively practiced onboard.

Furthermore, SIRE 2.0’s risk-based vetting approach allows for tailored inspections based on vessel-specific risk profiles, leading to more contextualized decisions by charterers, oil majors, and vetting departments. By gathering and analyzing data across fleets, the system also enhances training and competency development, offering tailored programs that respond directly to observed challenges. Additionally, SIRE 2.0 provides a new lens for measuring Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance, offering quantifiable indicators of crew wellbeing, leadership accountability, and workplace safety, which may become integral to ESG reporting in the future.

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