Bureau Veritas (“BV”), a world leader in testing, inspection, and certification services, has awarded its SafeGuardTM label to PACC Offshore Services Holdings Ltd (“POSH”) – a leading solutions provider for offshore energy operations – for its offshore accommodation vessel ‘POSH Bawean’ while operating at the Eastern Working Anchorage in Singapore as a holding facility for seafarers in transit.
‘POSH Bawean’ is the first facility in the South Asia offshore marine sector to receive the certification, which assures stakeholders that a business has implemented health, safety and hygiene standards that meet local and international guidelines, as well as global best practices, to restart safely amid COVID-19.
SafeGuardTM has been developed by Bureau Veritas to provide a framework and standard to help businesses across many sectors establish and manage adherence to health, safety and hygiene standards. It has been adopted by large operators in the hotel and passenger ship sectors in particular. However, within offshore and marine, it has broad applicability relevant to help ensure safer operations.
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David Barrow, Vice-President - Marine & Offshore, South Asia and Pacific, Bureau Veritas, said:
“Safety is an absolute at Bureau Veritas and even more so during the challenging and uncertain COVID-19 environment we operate in. Ensuring the safety and health of seafarers and offshore workers is critical to help ensure we keep our industry moving.
We are delighted to be working with POSH to support their enhanced protocols. Compliance with the BV SafeGuardTM systems gives all of their stakeholders extremely high levels of confidence as we move forward in uncharted waters. The best practices undertaken by POSH are setting extremely high standards. We are encouraging others to follow their approach.”
