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MSC-MEPC.6/Circ.10 31 December 2011 NATIONAL CONTACT E 4 ALBERT EMBANKMENT LONDON SE1 7SR Telephone: +44 (0)20 7735 7611 Fax: +44 (0)20 7587 3210 MSC-MEPC.6/Circ.10 31 December 2011 NATIONAL CONTACT POINTS FOR SAFETY AND POLLUTION PREVENTION AND RESPONSE* 1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its sixty-seventh session (2 to 6 December 1996) and the Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its thirty-eighth session (1 to 10 July 1996), approved the issuance of a new circular combining the lists of addresses, telephone and fax numbers and electronic mail addresses of national contact points responsible for safety and pollution prevention. 2 The present circular is an updated version of MSC-MEPC.6/Circ.9, and contains information received by the Secretariat up to the date of this circular and consists of the following annexes: - Annex 1 – amalgamated list of national inspection services – head offices (originally MSC/Circ.630), national inspection services – local offices (originally MSC/Circ.630), inspection services acting as representatives of flag States for port State control matters and responsible authorities in charge of casualty investigation (originally MSC/Circ.542), as well as the Secretariats of Memoranda of Understanding on Port State Control; and - Annex 2 – list of national operational contact points responsible for the receipt, transmission and processing of urgent reports on incidents involving harmful substances including oil from ships to coastal States. 3 Member Governments are invited to: .1 provide information on any changes or additions to the annexes; .2 provide addresses, telephone and fax numbers and electronic mail addresses of inspection services acting as representatives of flag States in case of port States interventions; and * In order to facilitate the identification and retrieval of information circulated by means of joint MSC-MEPC circulars, from now on such information will be disseminated through the following circular series: 1 Organization and methods of work, as MSC-MEPC.1/Circ… 2 General matters, as MSC-MEPC.2/Circ… 3 Casualty-related matters, as MSC-MEPC.3/Circ… 4 Port State control-related matters, as MSC-MEPC.4/Circ… 5 Survey and certification-related matters, as MSC-MEPC.5/Circ… 6 National contact points for safety and pollution prevention and response, as MSC-MEPC.6/Circ… 7 Human element-related matters, as MSC-MEPC.7/Circ… I:\CIRC\MSC-MEPC\6\10.doc MSC-MEPC.6/Circ.10 Page 2 .3 notwithstanding the provisions of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, as amended, with regard to communication of an intervention, port State Authorities are requested, in order to expedite communications, to additionally convey information, related to port State control interventions, to those flag State inspection services – Head Offices – listed in annex 1 or to the inspection services acting as representatives of flag States, when available. 4 Effective 29 February 2008, Member States are requested to directly update their respective information as contained in annexes 1 and 2, and as outlined in paragraph 3 above, in the Global Integrated Shipping Information System (GISIS), using the reporting facilities of the Contact Points module. 5 The lists mentioned above, as set out in the annexes 1 and 2, are revised and re-issued, as a hard copy, annually. However, the most updated version of these two annexes can be downloaded from GISIS Website at http://gisis.imo.org through its Contact Point module. This circular and its annexes are also available on IMO Website at http://www.imo.org and can be accessed through either "National Contacts" or "Circulars" links on the bottom of IMO homepage. 6 The only official version of the "List of national operational contact points responsible for the receipt, transmission and processing of urgent reports on incidents involving harmful substances including oil from ships to coastal States – Annex 2", to be used for ship inspection purposes, is the version updated and issued electronically on a quarterly basis. The quarterly date for this official version is specified at the top of each page of the above list (i.e. 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December). It is available on IMO Website and can be downloaded as stated in paragraph 5. It can also be downloaded as follows: http://www.imo.org/OurWork/Environment/PollutionPrevention/OilPollution/Pages/Shipboard- Marine-Pollution-Emergency-Plans.aspx (select "SOPEP National Operations Focal Points" on the right hand side of the given link). 7 Queries on the management of the data contained in the above-mentioned lists of national contact points should be addressed to: .1 regarding annex 1 of this circular: Maritime Safety Division 4 Albert Embankment Fax: +44 (0) 20 7587 3210 London SE1 7SR E-mail: [email protected] .2 regarding annex 2 of this circular: Marine Environment Division 4 Albert Embankment Fax: +44 (0) 20 7587 3210 London SE1 7SR E-mail: [email protected] *** I:\CIRC\MSC-MEPC\6\10.doc ANNEX 1 MSC-MEPC.6/Circ.10 CONTACT ADDRESSES OF RESPONSIBLE NATIONAL AUTHORITIES ANNEX 1 Flag State contact points for PSC matters, Casualty investigation services and Ships' inspection services (including Secretariats of Memoranda of Understanding on Port State Control) Authority Competency Competent Administration/Services Address Version of 31/12/2011 AS A FLAG STATE FOR PSC MATTERS Albania Ministry of Public Work Transport and Telecommunication Tel: 00355 4 2257028 Maritime Transport Policy Directorate Fax: 00355 4 2257028 Tirana Telex: Albania Email: [email protected] Ministry of Public Work, Transport and Telecommunication Tel: 355 4 257 028 Maritime Transport Policy Directorate Fax: 355 4 257 028 Skenderbeg Square No.5 Telex: Tirana Albania Email: [email protected] Algeria Ministère des Transports Tel: 213 0 2192 9881/2192 0931 Direction de la Marine Marchande Fax: 213 0 2192 6096/2192 9894 1, Chemin Ibn Badis El Mouiz (ex. Poirson) Telex: El Biar Alger Email: rezal@ministere- Algeria transports.gov.dz/benyelles@minist ere-transports.gov. Antigua and Barbuda Department of Marine Services and Merchant Shipping (ADOMS) Tel: 49 441 93959-0 Am Patentbusch 4 Fax: 49 441 93959-20/29 Oldenburg 26125 Telex: Germany Email: [email protected] Department of Marine Services and Merchant Shipping (ADOMS) Tel: 1 268 462 1273 or 562 3426 Corner of Popeshead & Dickenson Bay Street Fax: 1 268 462 4358 PO Box 1394 Telex: Antigua W.I. St. John's Email: [email protected] Antigua and Barbuda Australia Australian Maritime Safety Authority Tel: 61 2 6279 5935 GPO Box 2181 Fax: 61 2 6279 5071 CANBERRA ACT 2601 Telex: Australia Email: [email protected] Azerbaijan The State Maritime Administration of the Azerbaijan Republic Tel: + 994 12 - 497 44 05 4 Neftchiler Avenue Fax: + 994 12 - 497 44 06 Baku AZ 1095 Telex: Azerbaijan Email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Printed: 23/12/2011 MSC-MEPC.6/Circ.10 ANNEX 1 Authority Competency Competent Administration/Services Address Page: 2 AS A FLAG STATE FOR PSC MATTERS Bahamas The Bahamas Maritime Authority Tel: 44 (0)20 7562 1300 120 Old Broad Street Emergency: 44 (0)7977 471 220 London EC2N 1AR Fax: 44 20 7264 2579 United Kingdom Telex: Email: [email protected] Barbados Ministry of International Business and International Transport Tel: 1 246 310 2234, 1 246 310 3312 First Floor, West Wing Fax: 1 246 424 2506, 1 246 417 1316 Warrens Office Complex Telex: Warrens St. Michael Email: [email protected], Barbados [email protected] Belgium Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport Tel: +32(0)2 277 35 00 rue du Progrès 56 Fax: +32 (0)2 27740 51 Bruxelles 1210 Telex: Belgium Email: [email protected] Bermuda (United Kingdom) Bermuda Department of Maritime Administration Tel: +1441 295 7251 PO Box Hm1628 Fax: +1441 295 3718 Hamilton HM GX Telex: Bermuda (United Kingdom) Email: [email protected] Bolivia REGISTRO INTERNACIONAL BOLIVIANO DE BUQUES - Tel: + 591 2 2407718, + 591 2 2407730 RIBB Fax: +591 2 2407730 RIBB Telex: Calle Mercado No. 1046 Edificio SAENZ 1er. Piso, La Paz, Bolivia Email: [email protected], LA PAZ 1506 [email protected] Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Brunei Darussalam Marine Department, Ministry of Communications Tel: + 673 2771347, + 673 2772294 Serasa Fax: + 673 2771357 Muara BT 1728 Telex: BU 2650 Bandar Seri Begawan BT 1728 Brunei Darussalam Email: Printed: 23/12/2011 MSC-MEPC.6/Circ.10 ANNEX 1 Authority Competency Competent Administration/Services Address Page: 3 AS A FLAG STATE FOR PSC MATTERS Bulgaria BULGARIAN MARITIME ADMINISTRATION Tel: 359 2 9300950 9 Dyakon Ignatii Str., 7 floor Fax: 359 2 9300920 Sofia 1000 Telex: Bulgaria Email: [email protected] BULGARIAN MARITIME ADMINISTRATION Tel: +359 2 930 09 43 9, Dyakon Ignatii str., 7th floor Fax: +359 2 930 09 20 Sofia 1000 Telex: Bulgaria Email: [email protected] BULGARIAN MARITIME ADMINISTRATION Tel: +359 2 930 09 27 9, Dyakon Ignatii str., 7th floor Fax: +359 2 930 09 20 Sofia 1000 Telex: Bulgaria Email: [email protected] BULGARIAN MARITIME ADMINISTRATION Tel: +359 52 68 49 40 DIRECTORATE "MARITIME ADMINISTRATION" - VARNA Fax: +359 52 60 23 78 Directorate "Maritime Administration" - Varna Telex: 5, Primorski Blv. Varna 9000 Email: [email protected] Bulgaria BULGARIAN MARITIME ADMINISTRATION Tel: + 359 56 844 340 DIRECTORATE "MARITIME ADMINISTRATION"-BURGAS Fax: +359 56 84 43 40 Directorate "Maritime Administration" - Burgas Telex: 3, Al. Batenberg Str., 8000 Burgas Burgas 8000 Email: [email protected] Bulgaria Canada Transport Canada Tel: 1 613 991 3137, 1 613 991 3131 Marine Safety Fax: 1 613 993 8196 Tower C, Place de Ville Telex: 330 Sparks Street, 10th Floor Ottawa Ontario K1A 0N8 Email: [email protected] Canada Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) Maritime Authority of the Cayman Islands Tel: +1 345 949 8831 2nd Floor, Strathvale House Fax: +1 345 949 8849 90 North Church Street Telex: PO Box 2256 George Town KY1-1107 Email: [email protected] Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) Maritime Authority of the Cayman Islands Tel: +44 (0) 1489 799 203 1st Floor, Vanburgh House Fax: +44 (0) 1489 799 204 Grange Drive Telex: Hedge End Southampton SO30 2AF Email: [email protected] United Kingdom Colombia Dirección General Marítima Tel: (571) 2200490 ext.
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