Refers to: Ship Managers / Owners, PHRS Surveyors / Representatives Action Date: January 1st 2017 Amendments (03-15) to the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMSBC) Code will enter into force on 1 January, 2017, and may be implemented voluntarily since 1 January, 2016. The amendments include the following individual schedules with specific carriage requirements for the following Group B cargoes (cargoes which possess a chemical hazard which could give rise to a dangerous situation on a ship): Amorphous Sodium Silicate Lumps Boric Acid Wood Pellets Containing Additives and/or Binders Wood Pellets not Containing any Additives and/or Binders. (The…

Refers to: Ship Managers/Owners, Clients, PHRS RepresentativesAction Date: September 2017   Dear all, The purpose of subject newsletter is to inform all interested parties about the conduction of a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) from the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) jointly with the Tokyo MoU. The Black Sea MoU will also participate in the same CIC campaign. Please click here for the relevant Press Release for more details.   The CIC will focus on navigation safety, including Electronic Chart Display Information Systems (ECDIS).   The campaign will be held for three months, beginning on the 1st of September 2017 till…

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)…