Antigua and Barbuda - List of recognized organizations

Recognized organizations

Title 5(17) of the Schedule included in The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention, 2006) Regulations, 2012 provides that: (a) "The Classification Societies, members of the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS), which are recognised by ADOMS and with which there is in place an agreement and provided that ADOMS has satisfied itself as to their capability as required by Regulation 5.1.2 of the Convention, are recognised by ADOMS as recognised organisations for the conduct of inspections and the issue of certification in accordance with these regulations" and (c) "The recognised organisations referred to in sub-paragraph (a) shall have the authority defined in the agreement between them and ADOMS and shall, in particular, have power to require the rectification of deficiencies that its surveyors identify in seafarer’s working and living conditions and to carry out inspections in this regard at the request of Port State Control." In ADOMS's 2015 report on the Maritime Labour Convention (2006) the following organizations were authorized to conduct inspections for the purpose of the MLC, 2006:

AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING
BUREAU VERITAS, S.A.
Det Norske Veritas (DNV) and Germanischer Lloyd (GL), as merged
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping (LR)
NIPPON KAIJI KYOKAI
REGISTRO ITALIANO NAVALE

List Sources

Title	Document date	Download

Antigua and Barbuda Maritime Labour Convention (2006) Report 2015 Introduction	31-DEC-2015	Download