International Safety Management (ISM) Code. Certificates Accordance With ISM

            International Safety Management (“ISM”) Code means the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention. 
             Ships should have ISM certification on board, in accordance with the ISM Code: copy of the Document of Compliance (“DoC”) issued to the Company and the safety Management Certificate (“SMC”) issued to the ship. The SMC is not valid unless the operating Company holds a valid DoC for that ship. The type of ship
indicated on the SMC should be the same as indicated on the DoC. The Company’s particulars indicated on the DoC and the SMC should be the same.  

ISM Consists of : -


i) General objective, application, functional requirement
ii) Safety & environmental policy & SMS
iii) Company responsibility
iv) Designated person
v) Masters responsibility
vi) Resources & personnel
vii) Developments of plans for shipboard operation
viii) Emergency preparedness
ix) Report & analysis on non conformities, accidents & hazardous occurrence
x) Maintenance of ship equipment
xi) Documentation
xii) Company verification, review & evaluation
xiii) Certification, verification & control



DOCUMENT OF COMPLIANCE(DoC)

> A Company owning or operating a ship to which this Regulation applies shall hold a Document of Compliance.
>The document of compliance shall be issued by the Authority to a Company that complies with the requirements of Chapter IX of SOLAS and the ISM Code.
 >The Document of Compliance shall be issued for a period not exceeding five years.
 >The document of compliance shall only be issued following verification that the Safety Management System of the company complies with the requirements of the ISM Code and determination of objective evidence proving that:
(a) A Safety Management System has been effectively implemented; and
(b) The Safety Management System has been in operation for at least three months; and
(c) A Safety Management System has been in operation for at least three months on board at least one ship of each type operated by the company.
 >The document of compliance shall be subject to annual verification within three months before or after the anniversary date to confirm the effective functioning of the Safety Management System. 
>The master of a vessel keep on board a copy of the Document of Compliance and shall, when requested, produce it for verification. 

SAFETY MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE(SMC)

>The Safety Officer shall issue a Safety Management Certificate to each ship to ensure that the company and its shipboard management system operate in accordance with the approved safety-management system.
>The Safety Management Certificate shall be issued for a period not exceeding five years.
 >The Safety Officer may delegate the evaluation of evidence of:
(a) Compliance with the ISM Code; and
(b) Maintenance of a Safety -Management System, to an organization recognized by the Authority as being capable of carrying out such evaluation, or the marine administration of another Contracting Government.
 >The Safety Management Certificate shall be subject to at least one intermediate verification to confirm the effective functioning of the safety management system and that any modifications carried out since the previous verification comply with the requirements of the ISM Code.
 >The Safety Officer may withdraw the Safety Management Certificate if there is evidence of major non-compliance with the approved Safety-Management System



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