SMC (Safety Management Certificate)

Abbreviation: SMC

The ISM Code certificate issued to each individual ship after a ship-side audit — evidences that the ship's SMS is implemented + effective.

Regulatory detail & full definition

Safety Management Certificate is issued to each individual ship under the ISM Code after a ship-side audit. Valid 5 years subject to intermediate + additional audits. Together with the DOC, the SMC is the ship's ISM compliance evidence. Expired or invalid SMC is a PSC detention item.

Authoritative source: IMO — ISM Code ↗

International Safety Management Code
DOC (Document of Compliance)

Source: ISM Code

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SMC (Safety Management Certificate)

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