The purpose of IACS guidance is to assist ship operators in meeting the requirements of the ISM Code with respect to PSC, certification, training, SMS failures, shipboard maintenance and others.
| Item | Item Description | Date |
| 1 | IACS Procedural Requirement No 8 : Procedure for Responding to Port State Control
| Nov. 2001 |
| 2 | IACS Procedural Requirement No 9 : Procedural Requirements for ISM Code Certification
| May 2005 |
| 3 | IACS Procedural Requirement No 10 : Procedure for Training and Qualification of ISM Code Auditors
| 2000 |
| 4 | IACS Procedural Requirement No 17 : Reporting by Surveyors of Deficiencies relating to Possible Safety Management System Failures
| June 2006 |
| 5 | IACS Procedural Requirement No 18 : Transfer of Safety and Security Management Systems Certification
| Jan. 2008 |
| 6 | IACS Recommendation No 26 : List of minimum recommended spare parts for main internal combustion engines of ships for unrestricted service
| Nov. 2006 |
| 7 | IACS Recommendation No 27 : List of minimum recommended spare parts for each type of auxiliary internal combustion engine driving electric generators for essential services on board ships for unrestricted service
| Nov. 2006 |
| 8 | IACS Recommendation No 30 : List of minimum recommended spare parts for essential auxiliary machinery of ships for unrestricted service
| Nov. 2006 |
| 9 | IACS Recommendation No 71 : Guide for the development of Shipboard technical manuals
| Sep. 2000 |
| 10 | IACS Recommendation No 74 : Guide to managing maintenance
| Sep 2018 |
