Controlled work
Risk reviews, permits, inspections, and supervision guide daily execution.
Quality, Health, Safety & Environment
QHSE is built into every yard activity
Baku Shipyard applies structured quality assurance and practical HSE controls to protect people, preserve assets, reduce operational risk, and deliver work that can be confidently inspected, certified, and handed over.
Documented quality
Records and certificates support traceability from material receipt to delivery.
People first
Safety culture depends on planning, awareness, reporting, and visible leadership.
QHSE systems
Policy and assurance areas
QA
Quality Assurance
Quality Policy
Baku Shipyard places strong emphasis on quality assurance in shipbuilding and offshore fabrication. As the first shipyard in the country to obtain ISO 9001:2015 accreditation, Baku Shipyard is certified by ABS for Design, Development, Construction, Testing & Commissioning, Conversion, Upgrade and Repair of Ships and Mobile or Stationary Offshore Units, as well as the Fabrication of Marine/Offshore Steel Structures.
The Quality Division of BSY has developed a comprehensive Quality Management System to monitor quality statistics, keep traceability under control, support project delivery, and promote improvement through process approach and risk-based thinking.
Inspection planning
Inspection and test plans define quality gates from incoming materials through fabrication, assembly, outfitting, and final acceptance.
Traceable documentation
Quality records, class documentation, certificates, non-conformance tracking, and handover packs are controlled through disciplined document flow.
Continuous improvement
Lessons learned, root-cause reviews, and corrective actions help improve reliability across projects and recurring production activities.
HSE
Health, Safety & Environment
HSE Policy
Baku Shipyard is committed to achieving excellence in safety performance at its workplaces. Everyone has the right to stop unsafe work, with a shared goal of zero accident, zero loss, no harm to people, no damage to property, and no harm to environment.
Employers shall ensure that workplaces, machinery, equipment, and processes under their control are safe and without risks to health. Employees are expected to protect themselves and those around them, cooperate with safety obligations, and report situations that present imminent risk or danger.
Safe work control
Permit-to-work, toolbox talks, risk assessments, PPE discipline, and supervision keep high-risk yard activity under control.
Health and wellbeing
Health protection, emergency readiness, welfare awareness, and safe workplace conditions support people working across the yard.
Emergency preparedness
Response drills, incident reporting, environmental controls, and readiness checks strengthen resilience during routine and critical operations.
Aim and objectives
Baku Shipyard shall achieve its HSE target through clear priorities, management accountability, good communication, positive health and safety culture, and practical environmental awareness across daily operations.
- No operation has priority over HSE.
- HSE is a line management responsibility and extends throughout the organization.
- Manage HSE like Quality, Cost, Production, and Schedule.
- Maintain clear communication across all work fronts.
- Promote positive health and safety culture and behavior.
- Demonstrate environmental awareness through improved technical and operational solutions.
Drug and alcohol policy
Baku Shipyard LLC supports the long-term wellbeing and health of employees by providing a safe working environment. This policy is seriously threatened when any employee or contractor uses alcohol, drugs, or substances during working hours, reports for work under influence, or possesses, distributes, or sells such substances in the workplace.
- Use of alcohol, drugs, or substances during working hours is prohibited.
- Reporting for work under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or substances is prohibited.
- Possession, distribution, trading, or offering drugs or substances for illegal use within the workplace is a direct contravention of company policy.
- Violations are subject to disciplinary procedure up to and including termination of employment.
- Employees taking regular prescribed medication shall report the type of medication to the site medical facility.
- Disciplinary action may be taken against employees failing tests or refusing to participate without a suitable reason satisfactory to the company.
Health and Safety Environment Process Approach
BSY applies the Plan-Do-Check-Act method to implement, maintain, and control its Occupational Health and Environmental management system. BSY management has adopted a process approach to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of its management system, meet customer requirements, and achieve customer satisfaction.
QHSE certificates
Certificates and approvals
Certificates are controlled with issue details, effective dates, expiry dates, scope notes, and downloadable document records for clients, auditors, and project teams.
ISO 9001:2015
Quality Management System
Shipbuilding, ship repair, fabrication, and yard support services.
- Issuing body
- ABS
- Effective date
- 07 Aug 2023
- Expiry date
- 26 Aug 2026
ISO 45001:2018
Occupational Health and Safety Management
Safe execution of production, workshop, dry dock, and site operations.
- Issuing body
- ABS
- Effective date
- 04 Apr 2025
- Expiry date
- 04 Apr 2028
ISO 14001:2015
Environmental Management System
Environmental controls for industrial and maritime yard activities.
- Issuing body
- ABS
- Effective date
- 04 Apr 2025
- Expiry date
- 04 Apr 2028
Flag entitlement certificate
Azerbaijan State Flag Certificate
Floating dock "28 May" owned by Baku Shipyard LLC is entitled to fly the flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
- Issuing body
- State Maritime and Port Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan
- Effective date
- 30 Apr 2024
- Expiry date
- 30 Apr 2029
International Maritime Convention Requirements
Certificate of Conformity
Certificate No. 022-25/XVI confirming conformity with international maritime convention requirements.
- Issuing body
- State Maritime and Port Agency under the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of the Republic of Azerbaijan
- Effective date
- 03 Jun 2025
- Expiry date
- 03 Jun 2026
RMRS Classification Certificate
Classification Certificate
Classification certificate for floating dock operations under RMRS requirements.
- Issuing body
- Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RMRS)
- Effective date
- 24 Jun 2024
- Expiry date
- 30 Apr 2029
Certificate of Firm Conformity
RMRS Certificate of Firm Conformity
Certificate No. 25.44.01.01034.140 confirming company conformity for ship construction, offshore structures, machinery, piping, electrical and automation works under RMRS requirements.
- Issuing body
- Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RMRS)
- Effective date
- 12 Jun 2025
- Expiry date
- 03 Jun 2026