May ISM be harmonised with other standards like ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and/or OSHAS 18001?

Organisations of all kinds are increasingly concerned about achieving and demonstrating sound safety, environmental, occupational health and quality performance.

The ISM Code focuses on the safe management and operation of ships and pollution prevention, ISO 14001 provides the elements of an effective environmental management system, the ISO 9001 series is designed to ensure that customer requirements for quality are met and OHSAS 18001 gives requirements for an occupational health and safety (OH&S) management system, to enable an organisation to control its OH&S risks and improve its performance.

These three standards together with the ISM Code are complementary in nature and two or more of these may be integrated in one management system.

Documents comparing the requirements of the ISM Code and the 3 standards may be downloded from the menu to the right. Two sets of guidelines have been developed; one for onboard ship and one for ship operating companies.