Dromon Bureau of Shipping

Dromon Bureau of Shipping

Industry	Shipbuilding
Genre	Classification Society
Founded	2003
Key people	Andreas Nicolaou, MD
Services	Classification
Website	www.dromonbs.com

Dromon Bureau of Shipping is an International Classification Society, providing classification and statutory certification services to ships and other marine structures, based on International Conventions, Rules and Regulations.
DBS maintains a Quality Management System applicable to Classification of Ships and Vessels / Statutory Marine Certification Services. The System has been assessed and registered by NQA against the provisions of BS EN 9001:2008.

Authorisations

Dromon Bureau of Shipping is authorized by the below-mentioned Flag Administrations to act on their behalf to conduct surveys and issue certificates in accordance with the International Maritime Organization Resolution A.739(18) and International Conventions, Codes as well as National Requirements pertaining to ship safety and the prevention of marine pollution:

• Georgia (Maritime Trsansport Department of Georgia)
• Moldova
• Sierra Leone
• Tanzania
• Togo

Maritime Transport Department of Georgia was created in 1992 by the President's Degree. The department was under the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Georgia. Since 2002 the department was reformed as Independent National Maritime Regulatory Authority and it is now a Legal Entity of Public Law and is now under direct supervision of the President of Georgia. At present, MARAD was transformed to parts of United Transport Administration -Maritime Transport Department and subordinated to Ministry of Economics and Development.

Major International Conventions and Codes relevant to surveying and certification

• International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships (TONNAGE)
• International Convention on Load Lines (ILL)
• International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)
• Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREG)
• International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL)
• International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention (ISM Code)
• International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS Code)
• Code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes(BC Code)
• International Grain Code (Grain Code)
• Anti-fouling
• Cargo Gear, ILO Convention 152

Ship Surveying

Dromon applies IMO MSC.208(81) for exclusive surveyors and auditors.

Location

Surveyors are available in Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Jordan, Romania, Syria, Turkey, U.A.E.

See also

Classification Society
Marine Surveyor
Naval Architecture
International Maritime Organization

References

International Association of Classfification Societies
International Maritime Organization