Industry Improvement Projects - These are projects that SOCP takes on for the betterment of the U.S. maritime industry. They are projects having the potential to improve efficiency, training, reliability, and safety within the maritime industry. SOCP facilitates dialogue between its members and organizations having the ability to address and effect change regarding issues of concern. Issues can cover regulations, safety, profitability, competitiveness, the environment and other topics that membership deem important to address. In this area, SOCP members test and evaluate new products and technologies that are of interest and may have applications within their operations to improve efficiency, productivity, safety, training and reliability.
Members choose the products and technologies to be tested and evaluated.
In addition, members volunteer to use the products and technologies on their vessels and within their organizations for a designated trial period. Feedback and evaluations from the testing are shared with the SOCP membership so they can determine potential applications within their organizations. SOCP members determine the products that would be most valuable to them and assist in their development and production. Revenue generated by SOCP product sales comes back to SOCP and is used in SOCP programs as members' see fit.