The audit process in the shipping industry
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Keywords
Auditing ; Shipping companies ; Marine industry ; Regulations ; On board and ashore ; System effectivenessAbstract
This document will analyse one of the vital processes whose purpose is to control the effectiveness of the system each
shipping company both on board and ashore is implementing in order to follow the
prescribed regulations. This process is called Internal Auditing. It will be
examined in the next paragraphs starting from the general definition through its
application in the marine industry where all aspects will be listed and described
highlighting the most relevant factors.