Imperial Logistics holds first ever Safety Week for barge crews

Imperial Logistics has held its first ever Safety Week, as the latest element in its ongoing Safety Takes Us Home campaign - which seeks to raise safety awareness and strengthen safety culture among the crews of its major barge operations in Europe and South America. The first Safety Week was timed to coincide with “World Safety Day”, which took place on April – 28th. In Europe, a task force made up of 15 Imperial Logistics senior managers, QEHS (Quality, Environment, Health and Safety) team members and safety representatives visited around 75 of the company’s vessels while on their voyages, giving “toolbox talks” on subjects such as working aloft, tank entry and “Near Miss Reporting”. They also led on-board fire training using portable fire trainers, and Person Overboard training using dummies.