SCI awards five-year ERS contract to IRClass

The Shipping Corporation of India has awarded a five-year contract for providing emergency response services (ERS) for 33 vessels to the Indian Register of Shipping. The classification society’s ERS is aimed at providing round-the-clock technical support by way of speedy assessment of impact/damage stability as well as longitudinal strength of any vessel involved in a major incident, for instance, grounding, collision or fire.