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Technical Notices
Belize Flag | MMN-23-001 Reporting on Port State Control Inspections and Detentions
The purpose of this IMMARBE notice is to bring this procedure to the attention of Ship Owners, ISM Operators and Recognized Organizations; and to set new requirements for the reporting procedures of every Port State Control Inspection/Detention to IMMARBE.
After a complete analysis of the performance of Belize’s registered ships, twenty (20) deficiencies identified as ground for detentions to be the most common deficiencies identified by PSC Officers (please refer to the MMC).
Preventive Actions
- Continue the enforcement of the Self-Inspection Program as per the latest revision of the MMN-19-006. (please refer to our Circular INSB Class Circular No PSC27/2023.)
- Submission of every PSC Inspection Report (Form A and B) regardless of the number of deficiencies found by a PSC Officer along with the rectification report using the form F-166-MCD-2022 (Form for Report Correction of Deficiencies (MCD Form)) and evidence of the rectification of each deficiency imposed to IMMARBE’s Technical Department (technicalservices@immarbe.com).
- Appointment of a General Safety Inspector for the performance of Flag State Inspection as per Technical Department requirements.
Corrective Actions
- All ships found with fifteen (15) or more deficiencies during a PSC Inspection not resulting in a detention will be subject to a General Examination by the Recognized Organization or a Flag State Inspection by a General Safety Inspector as per the Technical Department decision. All expenses resulting from this action will be absorbed by the owner/operator of the ship to be surveyed/inspected.
- All ships detained during a PSC Inspection will be subject to a General Examination and/or Additional Audit/Survey by the Recognized Organization in compliance with the Merchant Shipping Notice 0010 – Instructions to ROs on PSC Detentions & Surveys.
If the detention falls under the window period, relevant mandatory survey(s) shall be conducted at the detention port unless agreed with IMMARBE’s Technical Department to extend this requirement for the next port of call.
Reactive Actions
- All ships found with multiple detentions will be subject to disciplinary actions that may lead to a fine and/or deregistration of the registry.
- Any detained ship found with a deficiency as the ground for detention mentioned in this notice, will be immediately subject to disciplinary actions (fine) due to not complying with our Notice on the CONTENT with regards to the performance of Belize’s registered ships.
OFFENSE
Failure to comply with above actions will be considered an offense to this Administration and therefore, IMMARBE will not have any other alternative than to recommend disciplinary actions as per the Statutory Instrument 56 of 1999, Registration of Merchant Ships Disciplinary Regulations 1999.
Attachment:
MMN-23-001: Reporting on Port State Control Inspections and Detentions