Damen Shiprepair Brest (France) has received certification from Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) for aligning its quality and safety management systems with internationally recognized standards.
A certificate of approval for the ISO 9001:2008, management standards was presented by LRQA France at the shipyard premises on 26 November 2013.
Damen Brest’s Managing Director Jos Goris comments: “ We are proud to be awarded with the certificate, in particular since we started this process 11 months ago and only a couple of months after the ship repair activities started in second quarter of 2012. Damen Shiprepair Brest passed the 5 day audit without any non-conformity. ”
Mr. Goris continues: “ By adhering to these globally-recognized best practices, we are positioning Damen Shiprepair Brest as a professional and well organized ship repair facility with a high management focus on Safety, Quality, Reliability and Transparency. We are convinced that our valued customers will note the difference! ”
Future certification
“ Our next step will be to become ISO 14001 certified, but we will first give our staff some ‘recovery’ time from the audit for ISO 9001:2008. We have already started implementing several environmental procedures and it is our aim to further improve our environmental footprint in the years to come ”, adds Mr Goris.
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Damen, December 4, 2013