CLASS NEWS 03/2021

Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia Flagged Vessels - IHM

Requirements for Vessels calling into the EU or United Kingdom.

27 January 2021

Applicability: shipowners, ship operators, ship prepared standard (non-vessel specific) covering letters
managers, ship masters, shipbuilders and Hong to be placed on board, alongside the Statement of
Kong, Singapore or Australia flagged vessels of Compliance issued by LR. These letters outline to Port
State Control Officers that the flag Administration
500GT and over calling at a port or anchorage in
supports its Recognised Organisations to conduct the
the EEA or UK.
IHM approval, verification and certification work.

Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia flagged vessels must For Hong Kong, Singapore or Australia flagged vessels
ensure they carry onboard an addendum to their IHM to be certified by LR:
Statement of Compliance if calling into the EEA (EU
countries plus Norway and Iceland) or Great
The respective covering letters are issued alongside the
Britaini (excluding Northern Irelandii).
Statement of Compliance as soon as your vessel(s) are
ready for certification. These letters can be accessed
The EU Ship Recycling Regulation (EU SRR) became via LR Class Direct and downloaded from the ship
applicable for all existing ships on 31 December 2020. It recycling section of the relevant country file.
requires vessels calling into the EEA and flying the flag of
a ‘third country’ (non-EEA) to have onboard an up-to-date
For Hong Kong, Singapore or Australia flagged vessels
Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM) and a Statement
of Compliance issued under the authority of the flag already certified by LR:
Administration against EU SRR. This also continues to be
the case if calling into the UK following its exit from the If you have not already been sent a copy of the letter(s),
EU (see Class News 01/2021). these can be accessed via LR Class Direct and
downloaded from the ship recycling section of the
relevant country file.
Lloyd’s Register (LR) can issue a Statement of
Compliance, however this cannot be under the authority
of the Hong Kong, Singapore or Australia flag For clarity, Great Britain is the area of the UK that
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Administrations. Each Administration has therefore excludes Northern Ireland.

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 Ship recycling is subject to the Protocol on
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Ireland/Northern Ireland.

For the purposes of ship recycling, Northern Irish ports

and anchorages are treated as EEA ports and anchorages.

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