Maritime Cook Islands

IMSAS

Cook Islands successfully completed an external audit in March 2015 under the International Maritime Organization’s IMO Member State Audit Scheme (IMSAS) – transitional arrangement.  The audit was undertaken by two auditors drawn from Singapore and China, using the principles established under the Framework and Procedures for the IMO Member State Audit Scheme and the III Code.  The scope of the audit included the flag, coastal and port State obligations of the Cook Islands in relation to the applicable IMO instruments to which it is a Party.