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2016 Assessor’s Meeting | Posted by QACE on 2016/01/19

The Assessor’s Meeting was held at the QACE office on the 11th and 12th January 2016, planning the 2016 Assessment year.

From the left Captain Hartmut Nickel (Assessor), Klaus Grensemann (Chairman), Dean Tseretopoulos (QACE Director), Sarup Gur (Assessor), Alima Kamara (Administration Officer), Tim Ho (Assessor), Mike Jennings (Assessor) & Des Gutteridge (Secretary General).

CRS Individual Recommendations | Posted by QACE on 2016/01/10

QACE presented CRS with their Certificate of Compliance, after their Individual Recommendations meeting on 17^th November 2015.

Thanks to the President | Posted by QACE1 on 2015/11/30

QACE, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Klaus Grensemann, thanks Svein Flogeland-Gathe for his two year Presidency.

ClassNK Individual Recommendations | Posted by QACE on 2015/11/19

QACE presented ClassNK with their Certificate of Compliance, after their Individual Recommendation meeting on 5^th November 2015.

Des Gutteridge’s New Job Title | Posted by QACE on 2015/11/18

Klaus Grensemann; Chairman of QACE Board of Directors, congratulates Des Gutteridge on his new job title, as QACE Secretary General.

Not this time | Posted by QACE on 2015/10/07

QACE attends the 2015 Lloyd’s List Awards ceremony at the National Maritime Museum as finalists for the prestigious Safety Award.

QACE Executive Secretary, Des Gutteridge discussed ‘unfortunately its not to be this year. The award would have been an important recognition of the important phase in 2015 in QACE establishing its secretariat, international capabilities and requirements. The most important objective for attending the event however has been achieved; in continuing to raise the industries awareness regarding the work that goes on in the assessment and improvement of the eleven major classification societies, recognised by the European Commission.

National Maritime Museum

The Lloyd’s List Global Awards 2015 | Posted by QACE on 2015/07/14

QACE is delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted as a finalist for the Lloyd’s List 2015 Safety Award.

The award will go to an organisation with an exceptional commitment to improving safety standard within the shipping industry.

The award ceremony will take place in London on 1^st October 2015.

QACE entry for Lloyds List award

6 Month News Update | Posted by QACE on 2015/06/23

2015 has been an eventful year for QACE; so much so we thought we’d share this with you:

January: QACE welcomes its new team members with the appointment of QACE Assessors Tim Ho, Mike Jennings & Captain Hartmut Nickel, together with Administration Officer, Alima Kamara.

January: QACE publishes its new Quality Management System policies and procedure available at qace.co

February: QACE posts its new ISO 9001:2008 certification.

February: QACE provides the first of annual inputs to the development of the marine quality IACS QSCS standard.

May: QACE completes EU assessment compliance actions early.

May: QACE presents at the GREENSeas event in Athens.

May: QACE successfully establishes Tri-Party Agreements with the Recognised Organisations and Accredited Certification Bodies establishing control of the audit and assessment process.

QACE at GREEN4SEA Forum 2015 | Posted by QACE on 2015/05/15

Klaus Grensemann, gave his feedback on the role of QACE towards sustainable shipping during the 2015 GREEN4SEA Forum.

The presentation can be seen here https://youtu.be/EnmrWanCUWY

QACE Publishes it’s 2014 Annual Report | Posted by QACE on 2015/04/23

QACE publishes the 2014 Annual Report including sections on the QACE work plan, observation activities, main findings and recommendations.

As a result of QACE observations of audits in 2014, Annex C of the the report, outlines five Collective Recommendations for 2015.