Tag: ISO standards

Videotel is supporting the industry with its new ISO 50001 Energy Management Training Course

Maritime security should be regulated through an EU wide policy to avoid a costly plethora of national standards, says leading maritime security company GoAGT

DOLPHIN notation will be applicable from July 2014 International classification society RINA has acted to tackle noise pollution of the seas by developing a voluntary notation which will apply to vessels for which efforts have been made to mitigate underwater noise.Paolo Moretti, Head of the Marine Business Line, RINA Services, says, "Noise is the new pollution. The international community has raised concern that the underwater noise generated by commercial shipping may have negative consequences on marine life, especially marine mammals. RINA is tackling that with a new voluntary notation, DOLPHIN, which gives shipowners a clear option to specify commercial vessels which have implemented solutions to minimize radiated underwater noise."IMO has recently published MEPC Circ. 833 "Guidelines For The Reduction Of Underwater Noise From Commercial Shipping To Address Adverse Impacts On Marine Life" which sets out advice on design and operational solutions that may be adopted to reduce underwater radiated noise.The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has developed the (ISO/PAS) 17208-1 - Acoustics - Quantities and procedures for description and measurement of underwater sound from ships - Part 1: General requirements for measurements in deep water and ISO/DIS 16554 - Ship and marine technology - Measurement and reporting of underwater sound ...

Key industry stakeholders have praised newly accredited certifying body RTI for its unique "master mariner" approach

The IMO's Committee on Maritime Safety (MSC) held its 93rd Session (MSC 93) from Wednesday 14 through Friday 23 May 2014 under the Chairmanship of Mr Christian Breinholt (DENMARK) and his Vice Chair, Captain M Segar of SINGAPORE). 104 Member States attended the meeting during which a drafting group (DG) and two working groups (WG) were subsequently formed and chaired as follows:

The meeting of environmental services' heads from Gazprom's subsidiaries was held to summarize the results of the Year of Ecology in Gazprom.

Bowline Defence formally received its ISO 28000 certification scoped to ISO/PAS 28007:2012 from RTI Forensics at an awards presentation in London recently.

The new version of the worlds most popular ISO standard, ISO 9001 Quality Management, is now published as a Draft International Standard (DIS), for public review. The final standard is expected to be officially published in September 2015.

As more and more ships navigating piracy-prone waters turn to armed guards for protection, a new set of ISO guidelines for maritime security companies will help ensure the reliability and safety of this response.

Almost fifty percent of the shipping companies who took part in a maritime security survey carried out by GoAGT would only employ ISO/PAS 28007 certified companies