The audit was conducted from 19 October to 1 November 2023.
Objective
The objective of the audit was to monitor how the company complies with regulatory requirements for risk and barrier management within the domains of electrical facilities, safety instrumented systems and technical safety. The audit also monitored installed lithium ion battery systems on the facility and the company’s handling of the risk that such installations entail.
In the audit, we also investigated whether previously identified non-conformities had been addressed in accordance with the company’s feedback to us.
Result
A total of six non-conformities were identified within the following systems and areas:
- Follow-up of barriers
- Maintenance programme
- Work in and operation of electrical facilities
- Electrical facilities
- Passive fire protection
- Fire alarm system
We also observed two factors that we have chosen to categorise as improvement points. These concerned:
- Risk reduction, overall assessment and assessment of uncertainty
- Registration of faults in safety-critical equipment
Previous non-conformities
Concerning non-conformities that we identified previously, we found that the following from audits in 2016 of electrical facilities, technical safety, barrier and maintenance management on Maersk Invincible had not been fully addressed in line with the company's feedback to us:
- Non-conformity in respect of electrical installations. (Reason: Lack of lamp test on essential equipment (starting air compressor main/emergency generator)).
- Non-conformity in respect of work in and operation of electrical facilities. (Reason: We continued to observe a lack of labelling of high-voltage cable installations (HV cables) for cable ducts and field cables.)
What happens now?
We have asked Noble to report by 31 January 2024 on how the non-conformities will be addressed and for their assessment of the improvement points observed.