Maaskant Shipyards Earns ISO 9001:2008 Certificate
Posted by Eric Haun
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Maaskant Shipyards (Stellendam), part of Damen Shipyards Group, has received certification from Bureau Veritas for aligning its quality and management systems with internationally recognized standards.
A certificate of approval for the ISO 9001:2008, management standards was presented to the yard by Bureau Veritas on October 17, 2014.
Bureau Veritas spent four days at the Maaskant yard undertaking their final review and certification of the quality assurance system, and the yard’s managing director, Frits van Dongen, reports that the feedback was excellent. He emphasizes that the methods Maaskant has developed through this quality system will help the shipyard with increased productivity and work efficiency, something which will make it even more competitive.
“We believe this certification equips us to develop even better systems in terms of improving the efficiency of all the processes that need to be performed when delivering first class ships according to a customer’s needs and expectations,” van Dongen said. “We believe that this will provide predictability and added security for our customers and suppliers.”
With the award of the ISO 9001:2008, the next goal for Maaskant Shipyard will be achieving ISO 14001 certification, Damen said.