Document of Compliance (DOC) is issued to the company who is handling the ISM management of the ship to certify the compliance of the safety management to the ISM code

DOC is issued on two stages: firstly interim DOC is issued valid of not more than 12 months and then full term is issued upon satisfactory conduction of initial audit valid for not more than 5 years

DOC is subject to the followings audits:

Interim audit: prior to issuance of interim DOC certificate to verify that the ISM system is in place and the company has the potential to soundly implement it

Initial audit: scheduled within the interim certification period to very full compliance with ISM code

Annual audits: at the first, second, third and fourth anniversary dates of the interim audit with a window of 3 months before or after it

Intermediate audit: in the middle of the 5 years loop, but practically shall be carried out with the third annual audit

Renewal audit: at the end of the 5 years certification