Notwithstanding the provisions of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, as amended, with regard to communication of an intervention, port State Authorities are requested, in order to expedite communications, to additionally convey information, related to port State control interventions, to those flag State inspection services – Head Offices – listed in annex 1 or to the inspection services acting as representatives of flag States, when available.Ĥ Effective 29 February 2008, Member States are requested to directly update their respective information as contained in annexes 1 and 2, and as outlined in paragraph 3 above, in the Global Integrated Shipping Information System (GISIS), using the reporting facilities of the Contact Points module. Organization and methods of work, as MSC-MEPC.1/Circ… General matters, as MSC-MEPC.2/Circ… Casualty-related matters, as MSC-MEPC.3/Circ… Port State control-related matters, as MSC-MEPC.4/Circ… Survey and certification-related matters, as MSC-MEPC.5/Circ… National contact points for safety and pollution prevention and response, as MSC-MEPC.6/Circ… Human element-related matters, as MSC-MEPC.7/Circ… In order to facilitate the identification and retrieval of information circulated by means of joint MSC-MEPC circulars, from now on such information will be disseminated through the following circular series: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Provide addresses, telephone and fax numbers and electronic mail addresses of inspection services acting as representatives of flag States in case of port States interventions and Provide information on any changes or additions to the annexes 2 The present circular is an updated version of MSC-MEPC.6/Circ.9, and contains information received by the Secretariat up to the date of this circular and consists of the following annexes:Īnnex 1 - amalgamated list of national inspection services – head offices (originally MSC/Circ.630), national inspection services – local offices (originally MSC/Circ.630), inspection services acting as representatives of flag States for port State control matters and responsible authorities in charge of casualty investigation (originally MSC/Circ.542), as well as the Secretariats of Memoranda of Understanding on Port State Control andĪnnex 2 - list of national operational contact points responsible for the receipt, transmission and processing of urgent reports on incidents involving harmful substances including oil from ships to coastal States. NATIONAL CONTACT POINTS FOR SAFETY AND POLLUTION PREVENTION AND RESPONSE *ġ The Maritime Safety Committee, at its sixty-seventh session (2 to 6 December 1996) and the Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its thirty-eighth session (1 to 10 July 1996), approved the issuance of a new circular combining the lists of addresses, telephone and fax numbers and electronic mail addresses of national contact points responsible for safety and pollution prevention.
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