Question 43

What are the various statutory Certificates carried on board oil tanker, and their validity?
Mention the Conventions, under which they are issued, giving the reference of their Conventions.
Explain Harmonization of Statutory Certificates under the SOLAS 74/88 Convention.
If a period of a statutory Certificate has just expired and a port is having inadequate survey facility,
state the actions you will take, as per the provision stated in the Protocol of 1998 relating to the
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974.

Statutory certificates carried on Oil Tankers ~ Their Validity & related Conventions

Certificate Reference / Reg Restriction

SOLAS
Cargo ship safety construction
Reg I/12 Cargo Vessels > 500 GT
certificate
Cargo Ship Safety Equipment
Reg I/12 Cargo Vessels > 500 GT
Certificate
Cargo Ship Safety Radio Certificate Reg I/12 Cargo Vessels > 500 GT
Protocol 88 Reg
Cargo Ship Safety Certificate Cargo Vessels > 500 GT
I/12
Passenger Vessels
Safety Management Certificate (ISM) Reg. IX/4 ISM
Cargo Vessels > 500 GT
Code 13.7
Document Of Compliance (ISM) Reg. IX/4 ISM
Cargo Vessels > 500 GT
Code Reg 13.2
International Ship Security certificate Reg. XI-2/1.12 ISPS
Cargo Vessels > 500 GT
(ISPS) code Reg. A/19.2
Ship Security Plan ISPS A/9 Cargo Vessels > 500 GT
MARPOL ANNEX 1
IOPP Certificate Reg. 7.1 Cargo Vessels > 150 GT
MARPOL Annex IV
ISPPC sewage Reg 5 > 400 GT or carry + 15
ppl
Annex VI
IAPP Cert Reg 6.1 >400GT
EIAPP Cert Nox Tech Code Engines >130kW
Int Energy Efficiency Certificate Reg 6.4 >400GT

Load Line Conv 66

ILLC >24m In Length
International Tonnage Conv 69
Int Tonnage Certificate >24m In Length

AFS Convention
Int A-F Sys Certificate >400GT
Int A-F Sys Declaration >24m In Length &
 <400GT

STCW 78/95/2010
Certificate of Master , Officers &
Ratings
ILO Conventions
MLC & DMCL Part I & II >500GT
Cert Of Compliance for Accomodations
Medical Certificates
Load Test Certificates cargo gear

Liability Convention
Cert Of Insurance for Civil Liability for Carrying >2000 Tons of
Oil Poll Damage Oil as cargo

IHR Int Health Regulations

Ships sanitation control cert

Convention On the Law Of the sea

Certificate Of Registry Art 91 All ships

The international requirements introducing the harmonized system of survey and certification for the
SOLAS Convention were adopted by IMO at an International Conference on the Harmonized System of
Survey and Certification held in 1988

The harmonized system provides for:

A one-year standard interval between surveys, based on initial, annual, intermediate,

periodical and renewal surveys as appropriate;
A scheme for providing the necessary flexibility for the execution of each survey with
the provision that the renewal survey may be completed within three months before the
expiry date of the existing certificate with no loss of its period of validity;
A maximum period of validity of five years of all certificates for cargo ships;
A maximum period of validity of 12 months of the Passenger Ship Safety Certificate;
A system for the extension of certificates limited to three months to enable a ship to
complete its voyage (or one month for ships engaged on short voyages);
When an extension has been granted, the period of validity of the new certificate is to
start from the expiry date of the existing certificate before its extension.

The main changes to the SOLAS are that annual inspections have been made mandatory for
cargo ships and unscheduled inspections have been discontinued. Other changes refer to survey
intervals and requirements.
No more unscheduled inspections for harmonised system of classification for ships,
while annual surveys have been made mandatory
 At least two inspections are required to be executed of the ships bottom in a five
year period; maximum interval between the inspections has also been set at not more than
thirty six months.

A substantive harmonised system for merchant marine which credits a combined cargo
ship safety certificate to replace existing safety equipment, safety construction and safety radio
certificates

(e) If a ship at the time when a certificate expires is not in a port in which it is to be surveyed, the
Administration may extend the period of validity of the certificate but this extension shall be
granted only for the purpose of allowing the ship to complete its voyage to the port in which it is to
be surveyed, and then only in cases where it appears proper and reasonable to do so. No certificate
shall be extended for a period longer than three months, and a ship to which an extension is
granted shall not, on its arrival in the port in which it is to be surveyed, be entitled by virtue of such
extension to leave that port without having a new certificate. When the renewal survey is
completed, the new certificate shall be valid to:
(i) for a passenger ship, a date not exceeding 12 months from the date of expiry of the existing
certificate before the extension was granted;
(ii) for a cargo ship, a date not exceeding 5 years from the date of expiry of the existing certificate
before the extension was granted.
(f) A certificate issued to a ship engaged on short voyages which has not been extended under the
foregoing provisions of this regulation may be extended by the Administration for a period of grace
of up to one month from the date of expiry stated on it. When the renewal survey is completed, the
new certificate shall be valid to:
(i) for a passenger ship, a date not exceeding 12 months from the date of expiry of the existing
certificate before the extension was granted;
(ii) for a cargo ship, a date not exceeding 5 years from the date of expiry of the existing certificate
before the extension was granted.