Having goods shipped by sea does not make you a candidate here
Having your goods carried by sea does not automatically make you a candidate under this heading; the party that operates or owns the ship is the candidate.
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Maritime and Shipping
In maritime and shipping, what decides is not shipping your goods by sea but being the party that operates or owns the vessel. Having your goods carried by sea does not automatically make you a candidate here; the party that operates or owns the ship is the candidate.
- Candidate ISO standards
- 0
- Non-ISO programmes common in this field
- 4
- Last verified
Most commonly confused in Maritime and Shipping
Maritime is assessed separately from Logistics' general record set
Ship operation is subject to its own international safety and environmental regime; it is not questioned in the same set as road or air transport.
Candidate ISO standards
No verified candidate standards are mapped to this sector yet.
Non-ISO programmes common in this field
These are not ISO standards; each has its own scheme owner, issuing body and rules. Whether they are candidates is decided by activity and buyer requirement.
- SOLAS
- MARPOL
- STCW
- ISM Code
Frameworks & audits for this sector
Green AwardCertification
Green AwardGreen Award is a certification and incentive program for ships, established in 1994, issuing separate three-year certificates for ship and office.
TMSAFramework
Tanker Management and Self-AssessmentTMSA is one of OCIMF's four Management Self-Assessment titles: tanker companies assess their own safety management systems against KPIs.
CDIAudit methodology
Chemical Distribution InstituteCDI is a Dutch non-profit foundation that runs marine, terminal and packed-cargo inspections for the bulk and packaged chemical supply chain.
SIREAudit methodology
Ship Inspection Report ProgrammeSIRE is OCIMF's Ship Inspection Report Programme; its current version, SIRE 2.0, produces tanker inspection reports held in a risk-assessment database.
RightShipRating
RightShipRightShip is a commercial maritime risk platform; its Safety Score benchmarks a vessel's past performance and its vetting outcome is buyer-specific.
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"Maritime and Shipping." Certifidex, FutureTechnologies. Last verified 23 August 2026. https://certifidex.com/sectors/maritime-and-shipping