Tag: ISO standards

BIMCO and the international association for the marine electronics industry, CIRM, have sent the first proposal for an industry-wide standard for software maintenance to IMO for consideration. Absence of an industry-standard brings an increasing risk of incidents on ships, delays and costs to shipowners and cyber security problems, BIMCO notes.

ShipServ announced that it has earned ISO 27001 certification by QMS for its information security management system, that helps to combat cyber security threats. Implemented in 2013, ISO 27001 is one of the most recognised global standards, that demands best practice for information security management systems.

Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (UK) Ltd, a subsidiary of ClassNK classification society, has become an accredited Certification Body. The accreditation was granted by the UK national accreditation body UKAS and covers the certification of companies applying the ISO9001 Management Standard.

More and more companies and organizations integrate sustainability and social responsibility into their management systems. There are however no clear guidelines on how this can be done in the best way. The work now begins with an ISO IWA with guidance on how an organization can include social responsibility in their management systems.

Draft amendments to ISO 3874 and ISO 1161 have been developed to solve the problem of container loss during transportation by sea, a matter which is currently being on the agenda of recent sessions of the IMO Subcommittee on containers and goods.

After a constructive audit by Lloyd’s Register, Aspida has successfully completed the transition as per the new ISO 28007-1:2015.

The Republic of the Marshall Islands has informed those companies with vessels under its flag that “effective 1 January 2016, companies shall engage only those PMSCs that are certified to the new ISO 28007-1:2015 standard by a UKAS authorised certification body”.

The revised ISO 9001:2015 for Quality Management was published on September 23rd, 2015 after being approved unanimously by 75 member countries.

LR has nominated Shipdock Amsterdam ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007

The European Commission decided to consult the EESC on the Joint Communication For an open and secure global maritime domain