Safety & Security
Safety & Security
Safety and security for all
Safety always comes first at Stena. Its proactive, systematic work aims to ensure a safe and secure environment for everyone.
Offering a safe and secure environment for employees, customers and freight is of utmost priority for Stena. In addition, some of the Group’s operations are sometimes carried out in harsh environments on board vessels, at shipyards, construction sites or drilling rigs. Therefore active efforts are underway to create a strong safety culture and a high level of safety awareness in its operations.
Our ambition
Increasing safety & security
- Zero work-related injuries
- Zero accidents
- Strong information security resilience
Policy
The Group-wide policies concerning safety and security are the Safety and Security Policy and the Information Security Policy. In accordance with the Safety and Security Policy, all Stena employees are required to contribute to a proactive safety culture and are encouraged to actively participate in various initiatives and ongoing training.
In addition to Group-wide policies, there are also business-specific policies adapted to the needs and circumstances of the various companies. Safety issues are always top of the agenda in the maritime operations and, as a minimum, Stena complies with the national and international conventions that regulate the safety of human life at sea.
Stena also has a Group-wide crisis team with overall responsibility for coordinating emergency measures in the event of crises affecting all or several parts of the Group.
GOALS AND RESULTS
Stena aims to provide a safe environment for all employees and the goal is for no work-related injuries or accidents to occur. Proactive work to achieve this goal is underway in all parts of the business.
Relevant key safety performance indicators, including LTIF (Lost Time Injury Frequency), are followed up regularly by the management and board of directors of each business operation. See table here for LTIF data. The Annual Report includes additional key safety performance indicators.
RISKS
All business units annually analyse and report their risks to Stena AB. Below is a summary of the business unit’s most significant risks in the area of Safety & Security.
Record-breaking safety in turbulent times
Working on board vessels carries inherent risks, even under normal conditions. In 2024, growing global unrest, with attacks on ships in the Red Sea and a shadow fleet evading sanctions, has not contributed to an overall safer working environment for crews on the world’s merchant ships.
Consequently, it was therefore particularly pleasing that Northern Marine Group (NMG) went a full year without having a single lost time accident in 2024. The last such accident happened on 8 October 2023. The last time 365 days passed between such accidents was almost ten years ago, in 2015.
This outcome is the result of NMG’s long-standing efforts to build a strong safety culture in the company and on board the vessels. The company’s LTIF (Lost Time Injury Frequency) has therefore been lower than the industry average for a long time. It is recorded as 0 in 2024.