scope:

This document provides a single, sector-specific management system standard that allows implementing a safety and sustainability management system for commercial shipping on inland waterways. The document is tailored toward navigation on the inland waterways, including but not limited to rivers and lakes. It applies to freight, cruise, ferries and passenger vessels larger than 24 meters in length on the inland waterways and the land-based operation supporting the ship.

Excluded from this document:

This document does not replace or include requirements specific to other management system standards, such as those for quality (ISO 9001), occupational health and safety (ISO 45001), environment (ISO 14001), and energy (ISO 50001) or risk management (ISO 31000).

As this standard is closely connected to the International Safety Management code (ISM), it can be implemented on Sea going vessels. However, this standard will not replace any requirements established by the ISM code or any statutory / classification requirements.