Refers to: Ship Owners / Managers/ Operators, PHRS Surveyors / Representatives     Action Date: Starting on 1 July 2024 By this message we would like to inform you regarding the amendments to IBC Code, Chapter 2, paragraph 2.9.2.1—Survival Requirements Adopted by: MEPC.345(78) Summary: Amendment considers additional openings that may be excluded from contributing to progressive flooding if the final waterline is above their lower edge. These are (1) quick-acting or single-action type hinged watertight access doors with open/closed indication locally and also at the navigation bridge that are normally closed at sea, and (2) hinged watertight doors permanently closed at sea.…

Refers to: Ship Owners / Managers/ Operators, PHRS Surveyors / Representatives     Action Date: On or after 1 July 2024/2029 By this message we would like to inform you regarding the amendments to MARPOL Annex I, Regulation 43A— Special requirements for the use and carriage of oils as fuel in Arctic waters. Adopted by: MEPC.329(76) Summary: New regulation 43A of MARPOL Annex I has been adopted to prohibit the use and carriage of heavy fuel oils (HFO) in Arctic waters. Heavy fuel oils (HFO) are listed in MARPOL Annex I, Regulation 43.1.2 and include: 1.         crude oils having a density at…

Refers to: Ship Owners/ Managers/ Operators of Liberian Vessels, PHRS Surveyors / Representatives Action Date: Immediate By this message we would like to inform you regarding the Liberia Marine Operations Note 02/2024 – Inventory of Hazardous Materials and Ready for Recycling. The purpose of subject Technical Circular is to inform all interested parties that the Liberian Registry has issued Marine Operations Note 02/2024 which supersedes Marine Operations Note 06/2023, regarding “Inventory of Hazardous Materials and Ready for Recycling”. The following changes have been included under Hazardous Materials Survey and Certification: •           From 1 April 2024, all surveys under The Hong…

  Refers to: All VesselsAction Date: 1st Sept. - 30th Nov. 2016 PHRS would like to inform that, according to the Press Release of July 28th 2016, Paris Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control will launch a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC,2006). The aim of the CIC is to verify that the minimum standards for working and living conditions have been implemented on board. This inspection campaign will be held for a period of three months, commencing from 1 September 2016 and ending 30 November 2016. The ship’s procedures and measures that…

Refers to: Managers / Owners, PHRS Surveyors / Representatives Vessel Type: All Vessels Action Date: January 18th, 2017   The 2014 amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 will come into force on 18 January 2017. The changes relate to financial security and are as follows.   Standard A2.5.2 – Financial SecurityThis standard requires a financial security system to be provided to assist seafarers in the event of abandonment. The standard defines abandonment as: when the shipowner fails to cover the cost of the seafarer’s repatriation; or when the shipowner has left the seafarer without the necessary maintenance and support;…