Compliance & Standards

Built to the standards that govern survey

Novatrace is an ABS Recognized Service Supplier for remote inspection, operating an integrated quality and safety management system aligned with IACS and ABS requirements.

Approvals

Approvals & certifications

We believe in being precise about status. ABS Service Supplier Recognition is granted; our ISO certifications are actively in progress, with the management system already built to meet their requirements.

Recognized

ABS Service Supplier Recognition (IACS UR Z17)

Recognized by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) as a Service Supplier (IACS UR Z17) for Remote Inspection Technique (RIT) including close-up survey, ultrasonic thickness measurement (UT), and hull gauging (including ESP).

In progress

ISO 9001:2015 — Quality Management

Quality management system built to ISO 9001:2015 requirements.

In progress

ISO 45001:2018 — Occupational Health & Safety

Occupational health and safety management built to ISO 45001:2018 requirements.

Verifiable credentials

Our ABS Recognized Service Supplier certificates

Novatrace holds three Certificates of Recognized Service Supplier issued by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), Charleston Port — covering our RIT close-up survey and hull-gauging service lines.

Effective
23 July 2026
Valid through
22 July 2029
  • Recognized Service Supplier Cert. No. 501038-7645100-011

    Remote Inspection Techniques (RIT) as an Alternative Means for Close-up Survey of Ships and Mobile Offshore Units

    Scope Use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV / drones) for general visual inspection and close-up survey on vessels.

  • Recognized Service Supplier Cert. No. 501038-7645100-013

    ESP Hull Gauging

    Scope Thickness measurement of hull structure on ESP / ESDC vessels and all other vessels.

  • Recognized Service Supplier Cert. No. 501038-7645100-014

    Hull Gauging

    Scope Thickness measurement of hull structure on non-ESP / non-ESDC vessels.

Each certificate is independently verifiable in the ABS Recognized Service Supplier database at ABSeCert.Eagle.org.

Frameworks

Standards our work is built around

The references below govern service suppliers, remote inspection, hull survey, and thickness measurement.

Reference Scope
IACS UR Z17 Procedural Requirements for Service Suppliers
ABS RIT Guidance Notes Guidance on the Use of Remote Inspection Technologies
IACS UR Z10.1 / Z10.2 Hull survey requirements — oil tankers / bulk carriers
IACS Rec. / ESP Code (IMO A.744(18)) Recommended procedures for thickness measurements
IACS Rec. 42 / UR Z7 Survey framework
IACS Rec. 47 Shipbuilding & Repair Quality Standard
IACS Rec. 87 Coating condition assessment
How to read our claims

Honest, verifiable, surveyor-led

  • We state status precisely. ABS Service Supplier Recognition (IACS UR Z17) is granted. ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018 are in progress — for those we say “built to … requirements” and don’t claim certifications we don’t yet hold.
  • Survey credit is surveyor-led. RIT can support classification-society survey credit subject to the attending surveyor and class rules. We support survey; we don't guarantee class approval.
  • Safety claims stay factual. RIT reduces the need for confined-space entry. It lowers exposure; it does not imply zero risk.
  • Scope is confined / enclosed space. Our operations are indoor marine and offshore inspection work.

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