Tag: remote surveys

The IMO Sub-committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments (III) 10th session was held from 22 to 26 July 2024, where various issues were discussed.

As part of a joint development project (JDP), ABS approved a range of ship repair and retrofit work processes for remote survey at Qatar Shipyard and Technology Solutions.

AMSA recently announced it will no longer accept any remote survey from an RO for a ship detained in Australia.

IACS will actively participate in the forthcoming 8th session of the Sub-Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments (III 8), which will meet remotely from 25 to 29 July 2022, suggesting amendments to IMO resolutions to provide guidance on the use of remote audits and surveys.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Tokyo MoU announced a Remote PSC inspection practice that took place in the MoU region’s PSC inspections in different countries and ports, from April 2021 until the end of the year.

To ensure all IACS Members have uniform guidance and requirements on remote surveys, IACS considered essential to develop minimum common requirements for the implementation of remote surveys.

Technological enablements are disrupting the shipping industry. This, in the future, may feel like it happened fast, but behind the scenes, there is a slow, almost quiet but powerful momentum changing little by little the fundamentals of how we do business, argues Mr. Nicolas Mitsotakis, Co-Founder, M2Intelligence.

As a result of social distancing requirements during the pandemic, remote surveys and inspections for the certification of materials and components have been successfully used and have proven to be a helpful alternative to on-site surveys.

Mr. Nicolas Mitsotakis, Managing Director M2INTELLIGENCE, Executive Director EPIDAURUS SA suggests useful tools and solutions to move forward with failures regarding communication between ship and shore.

Lloyd’s Register and Inmarsat announced an industry-first collaboration between a satellite communications provider and classification society to provide a connectivity solution that will address challenges experienced during remote surveys.