Refers to: Ship-owners, Operators, Masters and Managers Action Date: Immediate We are pleased to inform you that, effective immediately, PHRS Technical Circulars are now publicly accessible through our e-app platform. You may view them at the following link (no registration is required): https://eapp.phrs.gr/Home/Publications The circulars are organized by year of issuance to facilitate easy navigation. Within the “TECHNICAL CIRCULARS” folder, you can also use the “Filter By” field in the upper-right corner of the screen to search for a circular by its title or a part of it. These Technical Circulars serve as a valuable resource for ship-owners, managers, operators, PHRS…

We are pleased to share the appreciation letter we received from Panama Flag Administration regarding PHRS’s outstanding performance in Paris MoU evaluation list for the period 2015-2017. The fact that Phoenix Register of Shipping is the first Greek Classification Society to enter the High Performance Rank, did not go unnoticed by Panama Flag Administration,  the world’s largest Flag Administrations with a total fleet of over 8.000 vessels.   Such recognition keeps us inspired to continue our ever- ending work regarding the safety of human life at sea and the protection of the marine environment.

Στις 20 Νοεμβρίου ο Οργανισμός διοργάνωσε την ενημερωτική εκδήλωση / ανοιχτή συζήτηση "Επιθεωρήσεις σκαφών αναψυχής: το παρόν και το μέλλον" στην αίθουσα εκδηλώσεων του Ιδρύματος Ευγενίδου. Στην εκδήλωση, πάνελ ομιλητών αποτελούμενο από στελέχη του Οργανισμού συνομίλησε με το κοινό για θέματα σχετικά με την προετοιμασία μιας επιθεώρησης, τα απαραίτητα δικαιολογητικά που πρέπει να υποβληθούν, την διενέργεια της επιθεώρησης καθώς και για καίρια ζητήματα που απασχολούν όλους τους εμπλεκόμενους στον χώρο των σκαφών αναψυχής. Ιδιαίτερη αναφορά έγινε και στο νέο θεσμικό πλαίσιο επιθεωρήσεων σκαφών σε συνδυασμό με τις αναβαθμισμένες υπηρεσίες που παρέχει ο Οργανισμός στον τομέα της πιστοποίησης. Την ημερίδα τίμησαν με…

NL 204/19|Panama Maritime Administration - Mandatory Annual SSAS Test Company Security Officers (CSO) of companies operating Panamanian flagged vessels are reminded that PMA, as from January 1st, 2018 requires to carry out a mandatory annual SSAS TEST  through the online platform in use from PMA, according to MMC-133 and the  new MMC-371. In case of vessel changes name, it will be necessary to schedule a new SSAS TEST, through the platform, in order to verify that the new name was programmed properly. The Administration urges Companies, Company Security Officers (CSO), Ship Security Officers (SSO) and the Recognized Security Organization (RSOs)…

NL 205/19|IMO Guidance on preparing Ship Implementation Plan for 2020 Sulfur Cap Compliance At its latest Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 73), IMO approved, among others, the guidance on the development of a ship implementation plan outlining how the ship may prepare in order to comply with the required sulfur content limit of 0.50% by 1 January 2020 (IMO 2020 sulfur cap) under MARPOL Annex VI. IMO's 2020 Sulfur cap, which will take effect from 1 January 2020, requires that ships must run on fuel containing no more than 0.5% m/m of sulfur, unless having scrubbers installed. Namely, the options available for…