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UNIT 1: Maritime Regulations

Conventions and Statutory Documentation

By Rosario Nuñubero Ferrúa

Do you have information about
maritime documentation?

What documents do you know

?

Why are they important?

 What are we going to learn
today?

.
At the end of the session, students will identify and describe
the different certificates to operate a ship by using appropriate
maritime vocabulary.
Why is it useful?

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Classification Societies and Certificates

What is the relationship between Conventions

and certificates?

Is there any relationship between classification

societies and ship documentation?

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 Classification Societies and Documentation

«Ships are built in accordance with rules and regulations of a Classification Society»

«Classification Societies issue the Certificate of Class for hull and machinery»

«Classification societies issue compulsory documentation for a ship to be registered in a flagstate

and belong to its fleet»

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 CONVENTIONS AND DISASTERS

Sinking of Titanic

Incident with Herald of Free Enterprise

Incident of Torrey Canyon

9/11/ 2001 terror attack in USA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_IQF1oPPHc

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 When did it happen?
Where did it happen?

What happened? How did it affect the

area?

What Convention was

created?
 CONVENTIONS AND DISASTERS

SOLAS Sinking of Titanic

ISM
Incident with Herald of Free Enterprise

MARPOL
Incident of Torrey Canyon

ISPS
9/11/ 2001 terror attack in USA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_IQF1oPPHc
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ACCIDENT/ WHERE WHAT WHEN HOW CONVENTION
EVENT
Sinking of Titanic

Incident with
Herald of Free
Enterprise
Incident of Torrey
Canyon

9/11/ 2001- Terror

attack in USA
ACCIDENT/ WHERE WHAT WHEN HOW CONVENTION
EVENT
Sinking of Titanic England Sinking April 14-1912 She struck an SOLAS
iceberg

Incident with Belgium Sinking March 6- 1987 Bow door was ISM
Herald of Free opened. There Convention
Enterprise were no
watertight
compartments.
Flood..
Incident of Torrey England First March 18- Ship grounded MARPOL
Canyon major Oil 1967 30 thousand
spill tonnes of
crude oil were
spilled
9/11/ 2001- Terror
attack in USA
 CONVENTIONS AND DISASTERS

SOLAS Sinking of Titanic

ISM
Incident with Herald of Free Enterprise

MARPOL
Incident of Torrey Canyon

ISPS
9/11/ 2001 terror attack in USA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_IQF1oPPHc
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 To comply with the
Statutory Documents
law

To comply with
Conventions

1. SOLAS Convention
2. International Convention for the prevention of pollution from ships - MARPOL
3. International Convention of Load Lines
4. International Convention on Tonnage Measurements of Ships
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-BoImBUPHQ
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 Certificates and SOLAS
Safety Equipment
Safety Construction Certificate
Certificate (III)
(II.1)

SOLAS Safety Radio Certificate

Minimum Safe (IV)
Manning Certificate
(V)

International Safety
International Ship
Management System
Security Certificate
Certificate
(XI)
(IX)

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PRACTICE
 The certificate is issued after verifying
 that all the radio equipment is in good
working condition

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 This certificate is issued as per the
requirements of SOLAS chapter II.
The certificate is valid maximum for 5
years. The class stamps the certificate for
annual endorsement each year.

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 This 
certificate is issued to the ship after verifyi
ng
 the operational readiness of all the safety
equipment on board.

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Practice: Safety Equipment Certificate
( ) EPIRB- SART- dye marker- flares
( ) magnetic compass – gyro compass- echo sounder
( ) liferaft- lifejacket – TPA
( ) master head – towing – all around- pillar- spherical
( ) blast – whistle
( ) notice to mariners – sailing directions
( ) pilot’s ladder- combination ladder

Fire safety systems

Link the information
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1.Life saving appliances
2.Navigational equipment
3.Pilot embarkation arrangements
4.Nautical publications
5.Lights and shapes
6.Sound signals
7.Distress signals
PRACTICE
Identifying Certificates
It certifies structure, machinery and Safety construction Certificate
equipment

It certifies life saving appliances, arrangements for Safety equipment Certificate

pilots, lights and shapes comply with regulations

It certifies radio installations on board and on Safety radio Certificate

life saving appliances.

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Safety management system certificate is
issued as per the requirements of SOLAS
chapter IX and ISM code..
PRACTICE
PRACTICE: DOCUMENT OF COMPLIANCE- Reading Comprehension

*It is issued by the administration after successful completion of initial audit or fulfilment or
interim DOC requirements.
* It is issued after at least three months of implementation of SMS at the company and at
least one ship in the fleet for which DOC is concerned.
*The validity of DOC, after initial audit is 5 years from the next date of expiry and it is
subjected to annual audit.
*If a Major NON Conformity is found in the audit, the DOC is withdrawn.
*The DOC is kept with the company and a copy is kept in all the ship under that DOC fleet.
ISM CERTIFICATE – Reading Comprehension

 It is issued to the ship of a DOC holding Company

by the administration.
Every individual ship must have a SMC which
ensures that it complies with the onboard Safety
Management Manual based on ISM.
If a company owns 25 oil tanker ships, then SMC is
issued to each ship with total of 25 SMC.
SMC is issued after successfully auditing the ship for
making sure that it is operating as per the SMS
based on ISM code. 
It is valid for five years.
 Certificates and Other
Conventions

MARPOL Annex 1- Reg.5 International Oil Pollution

Prevention Certificate

International Sewage
Annex 4- Reg.4 Pollution Prevention
Certificate

International
Convention of Load International Load Lines
Lines Certificate

International Convention
on Tonnage
Measurements of ships International Tonnage
Certificate

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Documentation
International Tonnage
Certificate

Document certifying the carrying

capacity of the ship.
Gross and net tonnage are
included.-
Port dues
Pilot dues
Stability calculations
Deck officers promotion

Importance

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Documentation

Certificate of Registry

A certificate stating the identity of a

ship and provides evidence of title
to the owner ship. It is issued by
the flag state

Importance

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PRACTICE

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PRACTICE
PRACTICE
SUMMARY: What are the statutory documents required under specific
maritime conventions?

Ship
documents
What have you learned?

Mention some ideas

a)___________________________________________
b)___________________________________________
c)___________________________________________
What is the importance of this topic?
a) __________________________________________
b) __________________________________________

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 What did I learn?

To identify the different certificates to

operate a ship.

To describe the components and

importance of documents.