Quantum Compliance System Announces Maritime Compliance System Product

Ypsilanti, MI - Quantum Compliance Systems, Inc. (Quantum), in partnership with DNA Maritime LLC, is pleased to announce the release of Maritime Compliance System (MCS). This new product allows company and ship officers to be certain their ships are in compliance with state and national laws, and ISM and MARPOL regulations.

MCS ensures environmental regulatory compliance by combining state-of-the-art knowledge and risk management techniques with easy-to-use information technology. This means that ship officers, shore supervisors, and company QSE staff can monitor their fleet's environmental performance at the ship level: real-time, anytime, anywhere.

“Recent studies have estimated that ocean-going ships produce at least 15% of the world’s NOx (more than all of the world’s cars, busses and trucks combined), between 2%-3% of greenhouse gases, and between 3%-7% of global SOx output . . . And because some 70% of shipping traffic is concentrated along coastal shipping lanes within 250 miles from land, in the US alone, 40 ports and an estimated 87 million people are in areas where emissions from ocean-going ships have significantly contributed to levels of air pollution that violate air quality standards for health and safety.” (D. Neef, April 2009, 18th International Emissions Inventory Conference) Statistics like these are focusing more attention on the maritime industry, and will result in more environmental regulations on the local, federal, and international level. Trying to track the necessary data and complete the multiple reports using stand-alone solutions will become unmanageable. However, with today’s advanced onboard systems, MCS can acquire all the necessary data so ship officers, shore supervisors, and company QSE staff can monitor, track, and report on environmental performance in key areas such as:
· Air emissions · Ballast water management
· Sewage · Personnel issues
· Bunker and oil · Garbage
· Bilge and wastewater · Vessel General Permit (VGP)
More at

http://www.qcs-facts.com/products/datasheets/MCS%20Brochure%20092009_Final.pdf