2. SIRE Programme Geoffrey Snow SIRE Programme Manager

3. The SIRE Programme Vessel Charterers Vessel Operators Port State Control Bulk Terminal Operators A Unique Tanker Risk Assessment Tool Capturing Physical Inspection Data On Over 7000 Tankers

4. SIRE Data Base to share ship inspection reports Each inspecting company using their own format and covering varied range of questions Launched in 1993 to Address Charterers Concerns regarding Sub-Standard Shipping System Revised in 1997 to Provide: Uniform Inspection Procedure Uniform Inspection Report Uniform Vessel Particulars Report Electronic Round the Clock Access

5. SIRE Programme

6. 1994 1996 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

8. SIRE 122 (113) report Recipient Companies 29 (26) report Submitting Companies 450 (400) regular VPQ submitting Companies Over 7200 (6600) ships in current database Statistics

9. SIRE Training for all inspectors in SIRE methodology 370 Fully accredited inspectors Reaccredidation Courses Harmonized VPQ with CDI WebSERM SIRE office ISO 9002 Accreditation SIRE Software Enhancements Cooperation with Equasis Recent Developments

10. WebSERM Ease of use for Recipients - particularly those many miles from London Big Improvement for retrieval times for reports, VPQ’s, comments. Replication servers for security Recent Developments

11. WebSERM

13. Accredited Inspectors access to VPQ’s

15. Harmonised VPQ

16. Runs on multitude of Windows Platforms. Import/Export facility to CDI Import of existing VPQ’s from v2.0.94 Prelude to web enabled VPQ Can be networked Advantages

17. The new look HVPQ

19. Export bug - fix in next edition - but there is a work around Need to load Microsoft Data Components on some machines Regional settings (United Kingdom - English) Reading the instructions Known problems

20. Using the internet to transfer files to us instead of dialing in. Total web version Next Stages

21. Ship Owners Comments

22. Owners Comments (Web)

24. SIRE email: Sire@ocimf.com Ship Owners Comments