Barber Ship Management has entered into a fleet security agreement with DNV.
On 1 July, the new Inter-national Ship and Port facility Security (ISPS) Code agreement implemented by IMO will come into effect. To meet the Code requirements, Barber has entered into a fleet agreement with DNV, involving the security-certification of more than 100 vessels. This is the most comprehensive agreement of its kind for DNV to date.
"Many shipowners will have serious problems in meeting the ISPS deadline," says DNV customer service manager, Petter Mowinckel. But he confirms Barber should not experience any problems.
"Barber has security personnel working on these issues all the time, and started implementing the new regulations right away."
The Barber vessels will not be part of the bottleneck of ships scrambling at the last minute to meet the 1 July implementation deadline, since Mowinckel expects to have finished inspecting them well ahead of time.