Oldendorff Carriers has completed the implementation of a certified Inventory of Hazardous Material (IHM) across the entire fleet. This development has been finalised ahead of the regulatory EU deadline of 31^stDecember 2020.

By identifying, recording and controlling hazardous materials onboard via IHM, we support our fleet to ensure crew safety, minimise risks and strengthen sound environmental practices through the vessels’ life cycle.

Looking beyond what it is mandated in the IHM legislation, we have entered into an agreement with GSR Services and NautilusLog to implement a fully-digitised solution for the IHM maintainance. A cloud-based application that removes the administrative workload from our crews and enhance our fleet’s efficiency to comply with IHM regulations.

The relevant materials are now idenftified at the beginning of the purchasing process. Right after an order is imported into the NautilusLog platform, it is evaluated by GSR Services. Relevant suppliers are granted access to upload and manage the requested documentation. When this operation takes place, the documents are reviewed and integrated automatically in the platform, becoming so available onboard and ashore.

To date, this administrative process has been manually undertaken by the crew. From now forth, the IHM procedure is automated and included within the management system onshore. Immediate benefits include the increase of records efficiency, reduction of human errors and the release of our seaferes from a very time-consuming task.

The development of this platform serves the IHM maintainance, but also sets the foundation for migrating other procedures. The overall scope is to automate processes that keep our seafarers overloaded with tasks while ensuring the enhacement of safety onboard and regulations compliance.