Company Operational Manual COM 2.13 MOC decision Checklist for onboard modification	Doc No.: COM 2.13 Revision: 1 Date: 15 Oct 2024 Issued by: DPA Approved by: MD

Change	If the answer to any question is “No”, change is to be controlled by the MoC system	Yes	No
Ship/Facility Mode	Is the new mode of operation equivalent to a previous mode of operation that was managed successfully?
	Is the present crew familiar with this mode of operations?
	Have all shore and shore-interface modifications for the new mode of operation been carried out before?
	Does mode change require modification to procedures and manuals?
New equipment or software	Does the new equipment have same performance, functional, material, maintenance, control systems and dimensional specifications as old equipment?
	Are the existing procedures applicable to this new equipment?
New hazardous cargoes/ hydrocarbon/ chemical	Does new cargo/hydrocarbon/chemical have similar properties to previous in terms of:
	Fire and explosion
	Toxicity
	Corrosiveness
	Reactivity
	Spill response
	Physical properties (boiling and freezing points, thermal expansion, decomposition, vapour pressure)
	Chemical compatibilities with other cargos/materials handled?
Handling new cargoes/ material	Are existing equipment and crew skills adequate for safe handling, loading or unloading of the new cargo/material?
	Are the procedures for handling new cargoes/materials available?
Personnel	Does the crew candidate meet the competencies, training, education, and experience requirements for the position?
	For organisation changes ashore (eliminating positions, restructuring, etc.) do reporting relationships, job responsibilities, work load, etc., remain unchanged?
Contractors	Changes to contractors working in areas or activities so designated by company or regulation, should be subject to MoCs, unless the contractor change is a “replacement-in-kind”. A positive answer to all the question below is a good indication of replacement-in-kind.
	Have contractors worked with company before?
	Are contractors familiar with company regulations and personnel?
	Have contractors worked with this type of ship/facility before?
	Have contractors worked with this type of equipment before?
	Have contractors worked in this location before?
	Have contractors been qualified (competency, financial, insurance, billing) by the company before?
	Will there be company resources to properly monitor and supervise the quality of the work and the safety of the contracted personnel?
Corrective action request/Hazard analysis recommendations	Changes initiated as a result of a non-conformance, corrective action, incident investigation hazard analysis, etc., can have the potential to affect onboard and shore operations and as such should be evaluated via the MoC system.
	Is the change a replacement in kind?
	Is the type of change exempt from the company’s MoC program?
New regulations, procedures, standards, registry	The preliminary impact analysis may take the form of a gap analysis to identify the new requirements proposed and how the new requirements change the current ways. This type of change almost always requires an MoC to comprehensively identify potential impacts and develop an implementation plan.