NABCB Accredited Inspection Bodies
21 knots Design and Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
Address Unit no. 1101, Lodha, Supremus B Wing, Lodha Business park II, Kolshet Road, Thane – 400607, Maharashtra, India
Contact Person Mr. Nitesh Ranvah
Designation CEO
Tel +91 +91 9967613005
Fax
Email ID nitesh.ranvah@21-knots.com / tpi@21-knots.com
Website www.21-knots.com    
Accreditation Cert. No. IB 166
Valid From 11 Dec 2025
Valid Upto 10 Dec 2028
Accreditation Standard ISO/IEC 17020:2012
Type of Inspection Body Type A
Scopes of Accreditation
IAF Scope / Field of Inspection and Specific Item(s) Stage and Range of Inspection(s) Inspection Requirement(s) Standards / Regulations / Methods / Procedures
Number identification with year of publication Title

IAF Scope 17
Basic Metals and Fabricated Metal Products

    Structural Shapes – Plates, Coils, Bars, Rods, Sections, Wires, Ferrous Alloys, structural Steels, Ferrous & Non-Ferrous & Alloy Metals    
Stagewise / Final inspection / Vendor Assessment BS EN 10083-1:2006 BS EN 10087:1999 General requirement on hygienic and sanitary practices to be followed by all food business operators applying for licenses. Steels for quenching and tempering Free cutting steels – semi-finished products, hot rolled bars and rods

BS EN 10095:1999
BS EN 10084:2008
EN 10028-1:2017;
EN 10028-2:2017;
EN 10028-3:2017,
EN 10028-4:2017,
EN 10028-6:2017,
EN 10028-7:2016
ASME Section II – A, B, C, D:2023
ASME Section II – A, B, C, D:2023
Heat resisting steels and nickel alloys Case hardening steels

General requirements and definitions; Weldable non-alloy and alloy steels; Flat products made of steels for pressure purposes; flat products for pressure purposes made of stainless steels, including austenitic creep resisting steels.
Ferrous Materials;
Non-Ferrous Materials;
Welding Rods, Electrodes & Filler Metals; Properties.

Pipes

Tubes



Pipe Fittings

Castings



Forgings

Anodes

Pressurized and unpressurised Vessels & Piping











Tanks



Structural fabrication

Heat Exchangers

Stagewise / Final inspection / Vendor Assessment

Final inspection / Vendor Assessment



Final inspection / Vendor Assessment

Final inspection / Vendor Assessment



Final inspection / Vendor Assessment Stagewise

/ Final inspection / Vendor Assessment Stagewise

/ Final Inspection / Vendor Assessment Stagewise

/ Final Inspection / Vendor Assessment

Stagewise / Final Inspection / Vendor Assessment Stagewise

/ Final Inspection / Vendor Assessment

API 2B:2021

IS 17875:2022

OISD-GDN-219 : 2004

IS 3601:2006 (R2022)

IS 1161:2014

IS 1879:2010

IS 1030:1998 (R:2022)

IS 2644:1994 :(R:2022

) IS 2004:1991 (R2012)

DNV RP 401:2021

NACE SP0387-2006

ASME Section II – A, B, C, D:2025

ASME Sec VIII, Div 1: 2025

ASME Sec IX:2025

ASME B 31.1:2024

ASME B 31.3:2024

API 6A 21st Edition Addendum 4 Update, Nov 2024;

API 16A:2017(R2023)

IS 803: 1976 (R2022)

IS 10987: 1992 (R2022)

IS 800 (2007)

IS 10470 : 1983 (R2020)

IS 10746 (Part 1) : 1983 (R2019)

IS 11714 (Part 15) : 1986 (R2024)

IS 4503 : 1967 (R2023)

ASME Sec VIII, 2023

Structural steel pipes Stainless steel seamless pipes and tubes for general service Guidelines on field inspection, handling & testing of casing pipe & tubing

Steel tubes for mechanical and general purposes Steel tubes for structural purposes Malleable cast iron pipe fittings

Carbon steel castings for general engineering purposes – specification High strength steel castings for general engineering and structural purposes-specification Carbon steel forgings for general engineering purposes- specification



Ferrous Materials; Non-Ferrous Materials; Welding Rods, Electrodes & Filler Metals; Properties. Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code – Rules for construction of pressure vessels Welding, brazing & fusing qualifications Power Piping

Process Piping Specification for Wellhead & Christmas Tree Equipment Specification for Drill Through Equipment Code of practice for design, fabrication and erection of vertical mild steel cylindrical welded oil storage tanks Code of Practice for design, fabrication, testing and installation, of under-ground/above-ground horizontal cylindrical steel storage tanks for petroleum products Code of Practice for General Construction in Steel Structures Specification for air cooled heat exchangers Specification for shell and tube type marine heat exchangers Specification for steel tubes for heat exchangers Specification for shell and tube type heat exchangers Rules for construction of pressure vessels

IAF Scope 18
Machinery and Equipment



















































      Compressor
DG set (Prime Mover) -Mechanical
Valves
   
Final Inspection / Vendor Assessment

Final Inspection / Vendor Assessment

Final Inspection / Vendor Assessment


API 619 (R2024)

API 672 (R2024)

ISO 8528 (BS7698):

2018 part 1
Part 3
Part 5
Part 6
part 10
part 12
IS 9890 : 1981 (2013)

ISO 6002:2021

ISO 10631:2021

IS 10605 : 1989 (R2020)

IS 10989 : 1984 (R2020)

IS 11699 : 1986 (R2018)

IS 11791 : 1986 (R2018)

IS 12992 (Part 2) : 2023

IS 13095 : 2020 (R2024)

API 594: 2022

ISO 17292 : 2015
Rotary compressors

Integrally geared centrifugal air compressors

Reciprocating internal combustion engine driven alternating current generating sets



Application, ratings and performance Alternating current generators Generating sets

Test methods

Measurement of airborne noise Emergency power supply to safety services

Specification for general purpose ball valves

Industrial valves — Bolted bonnet steel gate valves

Metallic butterfly valves for general purpose

Steel globe valves (Flanged And Butt Welded Ends) for petroleum, petrochemical and allied industries





cast or forged steel check valves (Flanged Or Butt Welding Ends) for petroleum, petrochemicals, chemicals and allied industries

Steel plug valves for petroleum, petrochemical and allied industries

Diaphragm type valves for general purposes

Safety Relief Valves – Spring Loaded – Testing

Butterfly Valves for General Purposes

Check valves: Flanged, Lug, Wafer, abd Butt-Welding

Metal Ball valves for petroleum, petrochemical and allied industries.

      Material Handling Equipment – hoisting appliances, cranes, lifting equipment

Drilling and Work over Rigs    
Inspection/testing of components/ Load testing only

Final Inspection / Vendor Assessment
I
IS 14473 (Part 1) : 2016

ISO 9927-1 : 2013 (R2021)

IS 3177 : 2020

IS 4137 : 2015

API4F:2023

API 7K:2015

Cranes – Inspections: Part 1 – General Electric Overhead Travelling Crane and Gantry Crane for all applications — Code of Practice Code of practice for heavy duty electric overhead travelling cranes Specification for drilling and well servicing structures Drilling & well servicing equipment

IAF Scope 19
Electrical and Optical Equipment

















































      Cables












Motors








Transformers











Battery Charger/UPS



Panels Alternator/Generator Circuit breakers  
Final Inspection / Vendor Assessment











Final Inspection / Vendor Assessment











Final Inspection / Vendor Assessment























Final Inspection / Vendor Assessment



Final Inspection / Vendor Assessment

Final Inspection / Vendor Assessment

Final Inspection / Vendor Assessment

IS 10242 (Part 3/Sec 10) : 2023

IEC 60092-350:2020

IS 10242 (Part 3/Sec 12) : 2023

IEC 60092-352:2005

IS 10810 (Part 1 to 64) : 1984 (R2021, 2022) IS 11967 (various parts)

: 1988 (R2023)

IS 14493 (various parts)

: 2020 IEC 61156-1 : 2009

(R2023) IS1554-1988 – part 1, 2 (R2020)

IEC 60092:2025

IS7098-2011

IS 14255:1995

IS 13730:2018; IS 398:2021;

IS 9968:1988, 2002 IS694:2010

IS 7098:1988, 2021 IS 1554:1988

IS 10242 (Part 3/Sec 1) :2023 IEC 60092-301:1980 IS 14377 : 1996 (R2017)

IS 15429 : 2004 (R2019) IS 15999 (various parts) : 2023

IEC 60034-20-1: 2002 IS 4029 : 2010 (R2024)

IEC 60034-30-1 IEC 60034-1

IEC TS 60034-31 IS 10028 (various parts): 1985 (R2021) IS 1180 (various parts) : 2014 (R2019, 2021)

IS 13956 : 1994 (R2019) IS 18444 (various parts)

: 2024



IS11171 :1985 (R2016) IS 12021:2015

IS 2705 Part 1 to 3, 1992

IEC 61558 (various parts):2021

IEC 60076, 2020

IS 16242 (various parts)

: 2014 IEC 62040(various parts) : 2008 (R2024)

IS 12292 : 1988 (R2021) IS 16894 (Part 1 to 4) :

2018 IEC 62485-1 : 2015

(R2024) IEC 61439:2024

IEC 60034:2022 IEC 62271:2025 SER IEC 61633 / 1995 IS/IEC 60898-2002

IEEE 45
Electrical installation in ships – Part 3 Equipment – Section 10 General construction and test methods of power, control and instrumentation cables for shipboard and offshore applications

Electrical Installation in Ships- Specification Part 3 Equipment Sec 12 Choice and installation of electrical cables Methods of test for cables

Specification for radio frequency coaxial cables Multicore and Symmetrical Pair / Quad Cables for Digital Communications Specification for PVC insulated (Heavy Duty) electric cables Electrical installation in ships

PVC Insulated (Heavy Duty) Electric Cables Aerial Bunched Cables for working voltages upto and including 1100 Volts Winding wires

Aluminium Conductors for Overhead Transmission Purposes Elastomer-insulated cables Polyvinyl chloride insulated unsheathed and sheathed cables/cords

Crosslinked polyethylene insulated PVC sheathed cables PVC insulated (heavy duty) electric cables Electrical Installation in Ships – Part 3 Equipment Section 1 Generators and Motors

Specification for three – Phase induction motors for fans used in air – Conditioning and ventilation Storage, installation and maintenance of DC motors – Code of practice

Rotating Electrical Machines

Guide for testing three phase induction motors Efficiency classes for single-speed, three-phase, cage-induction motors Rotating electrical machines – basis for the efficiency classes

Guideline of technical and economical aspects for the application of energy-efficient electric AC motors Code of practice for selection, installation and maintenance of transformers

Outdoor Type Oil Immersed Distribution Transformers Upto and Including 2500 kVA, 33kV Testing transformers – Specification

Transformers Dry-type power transformers

Control transformers used in switchgear and controlgear for voltages not exceeding 1000 VAC Current transformers

Safety of isolating transformers for general applications and power supply units incorporating safety isolating transformers for general applications Medium Power transformers

Uninterruptible power systems (UPS)

Specification for lead suboxide (Lead Oxide) for lead – Acid storage battery Safety requirements for secondary batteries and battery installations Design, construction, and testing of low-voltage switchgear and control panels AC generators for reciprocating internal combustion (RIC) engine driven generating sets High Voltage Switchgear and control gear

Guide for short-circuit and switching test procedures for metal- enclosed and dead tank circuit-breakers Electrical accessories – Circuit breakers

Recommended practice for electrical installation on shipboard

IAF Scope 20
Shipbuilding

      Newbuilding and Drydock Inspections

DP Assurance / FMEA

CMID
Marine Warranty Surveys

Helideck Safety Audits

Air Diving, Sat Diving
Vessel bunker survey
Vessel Safety audit
AHTS / PSV / MSV
Material Handling Equipment – hoisting appliances, cranes, lifting equipment Drilling and Work over Rigs



Material Handling Equipment – hoisting appliances, cranes, lifting equipment
Material Handling Equipment – hoisting appliances, cranes, lifting equipment DG Set

Material Handling Equipment – hoisting appliances, cranes, lifting equipment

Material Handling Equipment – hoisting appliances, cranes, lifting equipment

Electrical energy audit Tender Docs Reviews

   
Stagewise

/ Final Inspection / Vendor Assessment



Stagewise

/ Final Inspection Stagewise

/ Final Inspection Final Inspection

Final Inspection Final Inspection

Final Inspection Final Inspection



Final Inspection

Inspection/testing of components Final Inspection / Vendor Assessment



Inspection/testing of components

Inspection/testing of components

Final Inspection / Vendor Assessment Inspection/testing of components

Inspection/testing of components Audit

Review

IACS 47:2021; IACS UR7, Corr 1 – 2024;

IACS UR W13, Corr 1- 2012;

Classification Society Rules

IMO – SOLAS:2024

IMCA M166:2024

IMCA M167:2024

DNV ST-N001:2023; DNV ST-N001:2016

CAP 437 9th Ed., 2023 –

UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)’s Civil Aviation Publication IMCA D023:2014 and D024:2024

Charter requirements

ISO 13739:2020

ISO 20519:2021 IMO – ISM:2013

IMO – ISM:2013

API 2D, 7th Ed.

OISD-STD-189 : 2012

OISD-STD-174 : 2024

API RP 53:2018 (R2023)

IS 2760 : 1980 (R2020)

API 2C, 8th Ed.

DNV-OS-D101 and DNV-CG-0588 IS 4484 : 2013 (R2019)

DNV-ST-0378:2020

SEEMP:2023

Charter requirements

Shipbuilding and Repair Quality Standard UT thickness gauging for hull surveys Thickness tolerances of steel plates and wide flats UT thickness gauging

International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) regulations Code of Practice on failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA)

Guidance on the IMCA eCMID (Common Marine Inspection Document) system Marine Operations & marine warranty

Site specific assessment of mobile offshore units for marine warranty Standards for offshore helicopter landing areas



DESIGN (Diving Equipment Systems Inspection Guidance Note) for Surface Oriented (Air) Diving system; DESIGN for Saturation (Bell) Diving system Charter requirements; Classification Society Rules and requirements

Procedures and requirements for the transfer of bunkers to vessels Specification for bunkering of liquefied natural gas fuelled vessels

International Maritime Organization (IMO)’s International Safety Management Code International Maritime Organization (IMO)’s International Safety Management Code

Operation and Maintenance of Offshore Cranes

Fire safety

Well control

Blowout prevention Specification for steel chain slings

Offshore Pedestal-mounted Cranes

Verify test reports, calibration certificates, NDT results, QA records. Shipbuilding – Electrically welded stud link anchor chains and connecting shackles and swivels – Specification Standard for Lifting Appliances – Personnel Transfer Baskets Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan

Charter requirements; Classification Society Rules and requirements

following offices of 21 knots Design and Consulting Pvt. Ltd. are included under accreditation

Location

Address

Key activities performed

Thane (Main Office) Unit no. 1101, Lodha Supremus B Wing, Lodha Business park II, Kolshet Road, Thane – 400607, Maharashtra, India Top Management functions, Quality Management System functions, administration & accounts, other key activities.

Inspection contract review, Inspection planning & execution, Inspection personnel authorization & assignment, Issue of inspection reports / certificates.
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