Without a Document of Compliance (DOC) there will be no operating a vessel. Furthermore, Document of Compliance is only valid for the specific ship type it was issued for. ISM Code states in its section 13.1 that "the ship should be operated by a company which has been issued with a Document of Compliance or with an Interim Document of Compliance, relevant to that ship", meaning that if one is planning on starting a shipping company, or perhaps expanding their existing opera
