Working with good industry friends, the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) and the Workboat Association, IIMS is pleased to announce the publication of the International Workboat Code of Practice, extending to 122 pages. The publication is designed to assist those involved in operating, building and surveying workboats with some best-practice industry guidance.
The International Workboat Code of Practice is a Good Practice Guide, created in collaboration between the International Marine Contractors Association, the International Institute of Marine Surveying and the Workboat Association. Continue reading “IMCA, IIMS, and the Workboat Association join forces to launch the International Workboat Code of Practice”
Audits, audits, audits. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, they are a necessary requirement in many sectors of the modern maritime world, as we all know. We welcomed the four strong UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) External Monitoring team to Murrills House on 2 September for our annual Certifying Authority audit. You may recall that one of the most significant activities we have successfully undertaken this year was to extend our DNV ISO 9001:2015 scope to bring the IIMS Certifying Authority into certification – yes, yet another audit! The day long audit passed without incident, and I am delighted to say we have been given a clean bill of health by the MCA with no major findings to report and only a handful 
Three little, but often misunderstood words – safety management system, or SMS for short – have been everywhere in the maritime news recently. Yes, SMS seems to be the current buzz phrase of the day! I have seen an alarming increase in incident and accident reporting that references SMS failures and non-adherence as the primary causes.
I have picked up this story to share simply because it is heartwarming. These days, we bash our kids for spending too much time in front of their gaming machines or whiling away endless hours on social media. But clearly this is not for 15-year-old Archie Law, who rescued two men who fell from an inflatable toy boat off the Isle of Skye in Scotland, after spotting them drifting in Broadford Bay. He took his own boat out to help and rescue them.
Oh, the ingenuity of it all. Whatever next? On-water golf, it seems!