Safety, Quality & Security

Basic Safety Policy

A safe working environment is and shall always have the highest priority.

SOCIBER has a goal of zero personnel injured on board the dock or the dry docked vessel.

We understand that individual care is crucial for a collective safe environment and that safety has to do with professionalism and most of all, a responsible attitude.

Works carried out on board must comply with safety preventive measures necessary to avoid and impede the occurrence of accidents.

Ship’s crew will obey instructions issued by the Accidents Prevention Department surveyors, who will carry out continuous surveillance and inspections to verify the fulfillment of safety instructions.

Quality Statement

SOCIBER’s Quality Policy states the shipyards commitment towards a continuous improvement in the way we achieve the requirements of our strategic partners, being them our customers, employees, subcontractors and suppliers.

To better achieve the level of quality demanded by our strategic partners, we have combined our focus on customer-driven results with the procedural discipline of the International Standards Organization (ISO) 9001, choosing to standardize our core processes and procedures, submitting them to the discipline of the ISO registration process, reinforced by periodic audits that will complements our focus on continuous improvement in everything we do.

For that purpose SOCIBER has submitted its processes and procedures, to ABS Quality Evaluations and achieved ISO 9001:2008 Standard Certificate Nº 43058.

Security

Even before the tragic events of September 11th, SOCIBER had a strong Facility Security Plan in place that was approved by the Chilean Maritime Authority. In recent years SOCIBER instituted extensive new measures to enhance the security of our employees, and that of our customers' crews and vessels while in dry dock or moored alongside.

All vessels at SOCIBER are protected twenty four hours by enhanced interior and perimeter lighting, camera surveillance and monitoring. Additional measures include 100% badge ID check of ALL persons entering the Floating Dry Dock, training of security personnel, employee security awareness training, and an improved and more comprehensive Facility Security Plan.

In accordance with the previous, on May 2004 SOCIBER Ltd. was granted with the International Ship and Port Facility Security – I.S.P.S. Code Certification delivered by the Chilean Maritime Authority.