Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas
has set up a web-based system which will help shipowners to cut
certification time for the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006
dramatically. Bureau Veritas said the system is needed because some
shipowners are leaving it until late to seek the necessary MLC
certification.An addition to the services available to Bureau Veritas’ clients
through the individual private section of its Veristar Info website will allow owners to create and clone the Declaration of Maritime Labour
Compliance (DMLC) Part II, the main compliance document needed, across
their fleets and to submit fleet-wide documents easily for review and
certification.Boris Gruden, MLC Implementation Leader for Bureau Veritas, said, “Shipowners have to have MLC documentation in place and certified by a Recognised
Organisation (RO) before August 20 this year or risk detention of their
vessels. Some have not even begun to work on this yet. They need to work with their flag states to have the norms for their fleet set out in a
document DMLC Part I. Then for each ship they have to prepare a DMLC
Part II which must be reviewed and certified by the RO, usually class.
The DMLC Part II is built on the requirements set out by the flag state
and is ship specific but most of it is the same for all ships in any one fleet. We have built a system to automate the process for the owner and to speed review. It is web-based, simple and quick. And owners need it
right now because the deadline is looming.”Bureau Veritas is recognised as an RO for MLC implementation by leading flag states. Gruden said, “We have planned ahead for this to make life easier for owners and have
trained a major workforce of auditors in MLC. They are ready to move,
and with this new web-based software they can work even faster, so
owners needing MLC approval can come to Bureau Veritas assured of speedy service. The deadline is close so they need to act now.”
WORLD SHIPPING
03 June 2013 - 20:14
Bureau Veritas Slashes MLC Compliance Time
Bureau Veritas has set up a web-based system which will help shipowners to cut certification time for MLC 2006 dramatically.
WORLD SHIPPING
03 June 2013 - 20:14
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