IRS surveyors target smaller flags

摘要

As shipping rules and regulations tighten, an independent class society believes, that it has found a neat way to solve the problems of smaller flag states whose vessels are often targeted and detained by port state authorities.rnMiami, USA-based International Register of Shipping (IRS), duly authorised by 18 flags including Panama to perform surveys, audits and to issue certificates on their behalf, has a global network of surveyors who work with shipowners that face possible breaches of port state control.