MEMBER ALERT Shipowners Claims Bureau, Inc., Manager One Battery Park Plaza 31 st Fl., New York, NY 10004 USA Tel: +1 212 847 4500 Fax: +1 212 847 4599 https://www.american-club.com American Club Member Alert – August 17, 2022 1 AUGUST 17, 2022 GOOD CATCH UPDATE: ANIMATIONS – HUMAN FACTORS: SYSTEMIC FAILURES Systemic failures are defined as failures that occur in a predictable fashion from causes that can be eliminated by an effective safety management system (SMS) and other relevant factors. The SMS is not a fixed set of instructions, but a living system that evolves and must be regularly updated in order to be kept current with changes in rules, regulations, policies, equipment, technology and working practices. In this context, your Managers are pleased to present the latest animation instalment of the Club’s Good Catch initiative: • Human Factors: Systemic Failures available in English, with new and traditional Mandarin subtitles. To access the Mandarin translations, click on the three vertical dots in the lower right-hand corner of the screen. A box, as seen in the example below, will appear. Click on “Captions” and the options for the translations will appear. As a reminder, all Good Catch alerts and animations are posted at the Club’s website at: https://www.american-club.com/page/good_catch Your Managers recommend that Members take note of this information and be guided accordingly.