| Safety and Risk Management is a key factor in passenger vessel operations. Being aware of your potential risks and knowing how to effectively control them is extremely important for the safety of your crew and passengers. In fact, the Passenger Vessel Association has devoted significant resources and untold hours to developing programs and training tools that allow its members to consistently achieve excellence in this area. In addition, PVA and its Safety and Security Committee involve leading experts and professionals in the development of safety products designed for you and your company. As a PVA member, these tools are available to help you to identify opportunities to reduce or even eliminate risk-exposure.
Risk Management Guide
Developed by a team of the Passenger Vessel Association members and the U.S. Coast Guard staff, this guide provides you with a step-by-step means of assessing risk within your operation and helping you develop ways to reduce or even eliminate those risks – making your operation safer. Available to all members of PVA, if you would like to obtain a copy of this manual, contact Beth Gedney.
DVDs and Videos
Written, filmed and produced by members of the PVA Safety and Security Committee, with help from vessel and associate members, each video covers an important safety topic. Accompanied by a manual to assist you with your training, the products are an inexpensive member benefit that will greatly help you improve your safety training program.
A DVD or VHS is available on the following topics:
- Firefighting
- Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls
- Personal Safety for the Crew Member
- Line Handling
- Introduction to Life Saving Equipment
Roger Murphy National Marine Safety Award
This award is named in honor of Past President Roger Murphy, the founder of the PVA Safety and Security Committee and is given annually to a deserving employee of a PVA member, as recognition for demonstrating, enhancing or contributing to the overall safety of their company or organization and the passenger vessel industry.
The winner, together with their employer, will be recognized at the PVA Annual Convention at MariTrends each year and an award is given courtesy of the Passenger Vessel Foundation.
Roger Murphy National Marine Safety Award Rules
Roger Murphy National Marine Safety Award Application
Public Documents
Sample Safety Management System
When the International Safety Management System became mandatory for all international vessel operators, the U.S. Coast Guard drafted a sample plan for small vessel operators. All operators may find some parts of this sample plan useful in their operation (This is a 196 page word document). | 
