ISO 30000:2009 addresses safe and environmentally sound ship-recycling management. A system certificate is not a ship survey or permission to operate a recycling facility.

01

Define the entire recycling operation

Describe ship acceptance, hazard assessment, dismantling, material storage, waste/recycling streams and contracted routes. Match these to the facility’s controlled activities and personnel. A scrap sale alone does not demonstrate control from acceptance to final disposal; ship-specific information must inform the work.

02

Connect the ship to the work plan

In a hypothetical vessel with a hazardous-material area, identify the location, affected work, competent people, control and downstream handling before dismantling. Incomplete information is a planning gap, not justification to assume no hazard. Address emergency arrangements and worker welfare alongside operational controls.

03

Check authorisation and assessment roles

The Hong Kong Convention entered into force on 26 June 2025; applicable facility authorisation and ship-recycling plans belong to the competent regulatory route. ISO 30000 certification does not replace them. Provide facility, activities, workforce, ship acceptance and control status. ISO 30003 sets ship-recycling certification-body requirements; verify issuer competence and any claimed accreditation for this exact scope.

04

Preparation and independent decision

ISO does not issue certificates. Verify the proposed issuer, standard and activity against any claimed accreditation scope. Consultancy cannot guarantee approval; the competent body evaluates evidence and makes the independent decision. The applicant implements the system and prepares procedures specific to its own operations and operating records. A certification enquiry to Kayra concerns actual activities, sites, application information, authority and impartiality risks; this role does not include designing or implementing the client’s system. A management-system certification body, other parts of the same legal entity and controlled entities cannot offer or provide management-system consultancy; separate contracts do not remove this restriction.

Sources and application limits

The vessel example is hypothetical. Flag, facility jurisdiction and actual ship obligations need separate official checks; no facility approval is claimed.