Flag News, June 2009

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Welcome to the June 2009 edition of Manta Maritime's Flag News.

The following links can be used to download news and other information that was published last month by the Flag Administrations popular with luxury yachts. For news of Flags not listed here please contact us.

This information can be used to meet the Flags’ requirements for management companies and yachts to receive regular updates and M-Notices.

The following links are valid at the time of publishing.

UNITED KINGDOM
MIN 347 (M+F): Navigation: Standard Marine Communication Phrases (SMCP)
Information on the use and availability of the IMO's Standard Marine Communication Phrases (SMCP). This replaces the previously published Merchant Shipping Notice M.1252: Standard Marine Navigational Vocabulary (SMNV)

MGN 387 (M+F): Guidance on the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Port Waste Reception Facilities) Regulations 2003 and amendments
Additional sewage requirements to those in the relevant existing UK Statutory Instruments. Also included is information on the introduction of an hourly fee for the issue of a Port Waste Exemption certificate, together with an explanation of the exemption process.

MGN 390(M): Construction Standards for Offshore Support Vessels and Other Special Ship Types
Guidance for the construction and operation of special ship types (e.g. offshore supply vessels) for which the provisions of SOLAS 1974/88, MARPOL 73/78 and ICLL 66/88, as implemented in United Kingdom legislation, may be inappropriate and from which they may therefore be partially exempted on the basis of compliance with various IMO resolutions.

MGN 394 (M+F): Local Supplier of Fuel Oil Registration
S.I. 2008/2924, The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Regulations 2008, requires that local suppliers of fuel oil must register with the Secretary of State. Contact details for registering and making an annual declaration by the local supplier of fuel oil are provided.

Press releases for 01 – 31 May 2009
52 press releases on various subjects.

BERMUDA
No news this month

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
No news this month

CAYMAN ISLANDS
No news this month

GIBRALTAR
SIN 020: Ship Security Officer (SSO) training and certification
Information on the incorporation of SSO training and certification into the STCW Convention and Code, and how these requirements are applied by the Gibraltar Maritime Administration (GMA).

SIN 021: Gibraltar Maritime Administration - fees restructuring
Information on the increase in the GMA's fees (approx. 4% p.a.).

SIN 022: Guidance for Owner/Operator when proposing to put a ship in lay up
Guidance information from the GMA for Owners and Operators who are considing laying-up their ships, including provisions for advising Class and Flag.

ISLE OF MAN
MSN031: Locking of doors in escape routes
Clarification of The Isle of Man Ship Registry’s interpretation of the safety/security conflict created by the security requirement to secure escape route doors and the safety requirement to have them available for escape and access in an emergency.

MARSHALL ISLANDS
MN 2-011-31: Ship Security Plans and measures to avoid, deter or delay piracy attacks
Requirements for SSPs to include security measures to protect against terrorism, piracy and armed robbery that at a minimum meet internationally accepted Best Management Practices (BMP) and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (MI) requirements.

MN 2-013-3: Maintenance, inspection, and repair of oily water monitoring and control systems and oil filtering equipment
A reminder of the MI Administration's commitment to enforcing the strict requirements of MARPOL Annex I in terms of overboard discharges of oil or oily mixtures.

MN 7-038-2: Minimum Safe Manning Requirements for Vessels
The MI Administration’s policy on the principles of safe manning addressed by IMO Resolution A.890(21). This document applies to ships and yachts, and includes the minimum manning scales.

MSA 21-09
H1N1 (Swine Flu) Update

MSA 22-09
ONI Special Advisory – Suspicious activity in the Indian Ocean

MSA 23-09
Authorized LRIT Conformance Test ASPs

MSA 24-09
Voluntary Speed Resrictions - Cashes Ledge

MSA 25-09
Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean Transit Reminder

MSA 26-09
Piracy Spreads to Red Sea

ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
Circular GEN 006 - Publications required on St. Vincent and the Grenadines registered vessels (rev. 1)
A list of all the publications and documents that must be carried onboard vessels registered in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Circular STCW 003 - Guidelines for keeping a safe watch on board
Guidelines on how to keep a safe watch in accordance with international requirements. This comprehensive document addresses fitness of duty, navigational watch, hours of work, handing over the watch, navigation with a pilot onboard, at anchor, and all other aspects of maintaining a safe watch.

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