Analysis of health, safety, environmental and quality management in a network of port operators

• Main Author: Turunen, H. (Hanna)
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Oulu 2014
• Subjects: Industrial Engineering and Management; Arktis*
• Online Access: http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201402121085

The Barents area has vast natural resources that are for the most part still untapped. Global warming and improvements in technology have recently made it easier to access those resources. This has created growth in the areas of production and business life. High level of health, safety, environment and quality management enables Finland to compete efficiently in the growing market for the novel logistics solutions. The University of Oulu has created the HSEQ Assessment Procedure in cooperation with large companies and their interest groups. The Assessment Procedure is originally created for process industry and offers benefits like comparable data on the assessed company’s management, reduction of overlapping external audits and spreading of know-how along and between supply chains. So far it has been used mainly in the process industry. This thesis studies it’s applicability for a network of port operators. The study explores the HSEQ Assessment Procedure, its use and main principles. A review of related Finnish and international legislation and the functions of ports were performed. The empirical part of research is based on three port operators of one Finnish port. Their level of health, safety, environment and quality management was evaluated and compared with the requirement level of the Assessment Procedure. As a result it can be noted that the HSEQ Assessment Procedure can be well adapted to be used in port companies and its implementation could be beneficial. This means that further research of the applicability of the Assessment Procedure is encouraged. Having been tested on the port operations, the Assessment Procedure can be utilized for the other business areas. Thus the Assessment Procedure could even become a nationwide practice. Barentsin alueella kuten muillakin arktisilla alueilla on valtavat suurelta osin vielä hyödyntämättömät luonnonvarat. Ilmaston lämpeneminen ja teknologian kehitys ovat viime aikoina mahdollistaneet pääsyn noihin luonnonvaroihin. Sen myötä alueen tuotannollinen ja ...