AMO Currents - Maersk Line Limited ships achieve safety milestones

AMO Currents - Posted: January 23, 2009

Maersk Line Limited ships achieve safety milestones

The M/V LTC John U.D. Page, one of two ammunition prepositioning ships operated by Maersk Line Limited (MLL) in the Military Sealift Command Prepositioning Program, marked a safety milestone as the ship's crew celebrated seven years of operation without a lost time accident.

The sister ship of the M/V Page, the M/V SSG Edward A. Carter Jr., the other MLL-operated ammunition prepositioning ship in the MSC program, has been operating for six years with a lost time accident. The Page and Carter are among seven MLL owned or operated ships that have been operating for at least six years without a lost time accident, including the USNS Effective (seven years), and USNS Impeccable, M/V CPL Louis J. Hauge, M/V Maersk Rhode Island and M/V Maersk Tennessee (six years).

A lost time accident (LTA) is defined as an accident resulting in a crew member sustaining an injury requiring him or her to miss at least one shift, and the number of LTAs occurring onboard a ship serve as a maritime industry standard for measuring safety performance. The prevention of LTAs through constant care, awareness and safety education is key to MLL's company-wide safety program, "Drive to Zero." The program's name is derived from its stated goal of ensuring shipboard safety by striving to eliminate all accidents.