Quality assurance
Classification societies
NDE has for several years now been certified as a diving company by various classification societies. Certification by classification societies implies for NDE the right to implement IWS; In Water Surveys, which are the inspection of a vessel either for the extension of docking periods or after running aground. Camcorder recording is used in all the surveys and this allows a representative from the classification society to simultaneously monitor the implementation.
The classification societies the NDE is certified by are:
- ABS:American Bureau of Shipping; http://www.eagle.org/eagleExternalPortalWEB/
- DNV: Det Norske Veritas; http://www.dnv.com/
- Germanischer Lloyd; http://www.gl-group.com/en/index.php
- Bureau Veritas; http://www.bureauveritas.se/pages/home_frameset.htm
- Lloyd's Register; http://www.lr.org/