Whether you are dealing with recreational craft, passenger or cargo vessels, ISO standards help you enhance the safety, environmental performance, and efficiency of your marine technology, boats and ships.

Top standards

Ships and marine technology — Marine environment protection — Conducting and documenting in-water cleaning of biofouling on ships

Ships and marine technology — Specifications for the assessment of speed and power performance by analysis of speed trial data

Small craft — Watertight or quick-draining recesses and cockpits

Small craft — Windows, portlights, hatches, deadlights and doors — Strength and watertightness requirements

Small craft — Lithium-ion batteries

Ships and marine technology — Navigation and ship operations — Electronic inclinometers

Small craft — Stability and buoyancy assessment and categorization
Part 1: Non-sailing boats of hull length greater than or equal to 6 m

Insights

Personal protective equipment: Safeguarding workers in an evolving workplace

For workers in high-risk environments, PPE isn’t just a workplace formality – it’s a life-saving line of defence that prevents injuries and disasters every day.

Carbon footprint: Measuring and reducing our environmental impact

As pressure grows to reduce emissions and accelerate the transition to renewable energy, understanding a carbon footprint is no longer simply a sustainability exercise. It is becoming an important part of how organizations manage risk, build resilience and prepare for a changing economic landscape.

Sea port entrance framed to the right by the base of a modern-looking control tower.

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Shaping shipping

As technology advances and industry dynamics evolve, more and more maritime businesses are focusing their time, energy and resources on digitalization. Technological advances are expected to make shipping – and the whole supply chain – much more efficient for the more than 11 billion tonnes of goods that are traded annually by sea across the globe. This move will have numerous benefits for trading, safety, security and the environment, with ISO standards playing a key role in this process.