INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION 4 ALBERT EMBANKMENT LONDON SE1 7SR E Telephone: 020-7735 7611 Fax: 020-7587 3210 Telex: 23588 IMOLDN G IMO Ref. T4/8.01 MSC/Circ.971 MEPC.6/Circ.6 1 December 2000 NATIONAL CONTACT POINTS FOR SAFETY AND POLLUTION PREVENTION 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 (MSC/Circ.781 - MEPC.6/Circ.2) combining the lists of addresses, telephone and fax numbers and electronic mail addresses of national contact points responsible for safety and pollution prevention to replace those circulars mentioned in annex 1 and to update the circular mentioned in the reference to annex 2 below. 2 The present circular is an updated version of MSC/Circ.926 - MEPC.6/Circ.5, 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 (previously MSC/Circ.630), national inspection services - local offices (previously MSC/Circ.630), inspection services acting as representants of flag States for port State control matters and responsible authorities in charge of casualty investigation (previously 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 (previously MEPC.6/Circ.3, MEPC.6/Circ.4 and MEPC.6/Circ.5). 3 Member Governments are invited to: - inform the Secretariat of any changes or additions to the annexes; - provide information on addresses, telephone, fax numbers and electronic mail addresses of inspection services acting as representatives of flag States in case of port States interventions; and - notwithstanding the provisions of SOLAS 74, 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. I:\CIRC\MSC\971.doc MSC/Circ.971 MEPC.6/Circ.6 Page 2 4 The two annexes mentioned above are also available on the Internet as follows: http://www.imo.org (select ‘IMO Circulars’ then ‘Contact points’). The lists on the Internet will be up-dated as changes and amendments are received, but the printed copy of the list will only be revised and re-issued annually. To facilitate the incorporation of any changes to the existing entries, the Secretariat should be advised as follows: 1 Updating of annex 1 of the circular: Maritime Safety Division 4 Albert Embankment Fax: +44 (0) 20 7587 3210 London SE1 7SR E-mail: [email protected] 2 Updating of annex 2 of the circular: Marine Environment Division 4 Albert Embankment Fax: +44 (0) 20 7587 3210 London SE1 7SR E-mail: [email protected] * * * I:\CIRC\MSC\971.doc ANNEX 1 CONTACT ADDRESSES OF RESPONSIBLE NATIONAL AUTHORITIES Ships' inspection services and Casualty investigation services (including Secretariats of Memoranda of Understanding on Port State Control) Authority Competent Administration/Services Version updated on: MSC/Circ.971- MEPC.6/Circ.6 Competency Address 15 November 2001 ANNEX 1 Albania Ships inspection - Head Ministère des Transports et Télécommunications Département Tel: 355 42 25862 Office du Transport Maritime Tirana Fax: 355 42 27773 Telex: Email: Algeria Ships inspection - Head Direction de la Marine Marchande 119 rue Didouche Tel: 213 2 747572 Office Mourad Fax: 213 2 743395/ 747624/ 745316 Telex: Email: Angola Ships inspection - Head Direcção Nacional da Marinha Mercante e Portos Tel: 244 2 339847/8 Office Ministério dos Transportes e Comunicações C.P. 2393 Rua Rainha Ginga, No. 74, 4 Andar Fax: 244 2 394296 Luanda Telex: 3352 marport an Email: Antigua and Barbuda As a Flag State for PSC Department of Marine Services and Merchant Shipping Tel: 1 268 462 1273/4353 - 1 268 461 2380 matters Deepwater Harbour P.O. Box 1052 Fax: 1 268 462 4358 St. John's Telex: Antigua W.I. Email: [email protected] www.antiguamarine.com Casualty investigation Department of Marine Services and Merchant Shipping P.O. Tel: 1 268 462 1273/462 4353 Box 1052, After Hours: 1 268 461 2380 St. John's Fax: 1 268 462 4358 Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. Telex: Email: [email protected] http://www.antiguamarine.com Ships inspection - Head Department of Marine Services and Merchant Shipping P.O. Tel: 1 268 462 1273/ 4353 Office Box 1052 St. John's Fax: 1 268 462 4358 Antigua W.I. Telex: Email: [email protected] www.antiguamarine.com Ships inspection - Local P.O. Box 291832 Tel: 1 954 475 1576 Office Davie FL 33329 Fax: 1 954 452 3052 United States of America Telex: Email: Ships inspection - Local Osterloh, 9 Tel: 040 873160 Mobile Phone 0171 528 5200 Office D-22589 Hamburg Germany Fax: 040 877230 Telex: Email: Ships inspection - Local Marine Cargo Care, Marine Surveyors, Consultants, Tel: 617 268 3499/266 3495 Office Supercargoes and Loss Assessors 17 MacArthur Avenue mobile 018 745 501 Hamilton Fax: 617 268 3194 QLD 4007 Telex: Australia Email: Authority Competent Administration/Services Version updated on: MSC/Circ.971- MEPC.6/Circ.6 Competency Address 15 November 2001 ANNEX 1 Page 2 Antigua and Barbuda Ships inspection - Local Marine Consultants, Engineers, Ship and Cargo Surveyors CA Tel: 58 2 284 1392/ Office Centro Plaza 1432/ 2011 Torre "C", Piso 19 Mobile 58 14 22 92 76 1ra Transversal de los Palos Grandes Fax: 582 285 0478 Caracas 1062 Telex: Venezuela Email: Ships inspection - Local Marine Safety Inspections Ltd. (MSIL) PO Box 33085 Tel: 649 4152618 Office Takapuna Mobile Ph. 6425 989 983 Auckland Fax: 649 4152619 New Zealand Telex: Email: Ships inspection - Local Maritime Consulate Hopfenweg, 14 Tel: 49 441 302292 Office D-26125 Oldenburg Germany Fax: 49 441 3046209 Telex: Email: Ships inspection - Local Maritime Consulting and Research GmbH Martinistrasse 48 Tel: 49 421 162583 Office D-28195 Bremen Germany Fax: 49 421 30887-36 Telex: Email: Argentina Casualty investigation Prefectura Naval Argentina Tel: 541 318 7683 Dirección de Policia de Seguridad y Judicial Av. Eduardo Fax: 541 318 7568 Madero 235, Telex: 6" Piso Email: (1106) Buenos Aires Ships inspection - Head Prefectura Naval Argentina Prefectura de Zona Mar Argentino Tel: 541 318 7467 Office Norte Av. Eduardo Madero 235, piso 1 Fax: 541 318 7467 (1106) Buenos Aires C.F. Telex: Email: Ships inspection - Local Prefectura Naval Argentina Calle 2 entre 5 y 6 Tel: 54 91 7 1259 Office (8103) Ing. White Buenos Aires 9653 Fax: 54 91 7 1900 Telex: Email: Ships inspection - Local Prefectura Naval Argentina Prefectura de Zona Bajo Parana Tel: 54 41 21 8410 Office Av. Belgrano No. 315 (200) Rosario Fax: 54 41 6 9185 Santa Fe Telex: Email: Ships inspection - Local Prefectura Naval Argentina Prefectura Mar del Plata Tel: 54 23 80 0100 Office Av . A Zone Portuaria (7600) Mar del Plata Fax: 54 23 80 3006 Buenos Aires Telex: Email: Aruba Ships Inspection - Local L.G. Smith Boulevard 94 Tel: 297 8 35192/ 432562 Office Aruba Fax: 297 8 35221 Telex: Email: Asia Pacific MOU MoU on PSC Information Maritime Administration Seaport, Tel: 7 4232 510817 Manager 3 Nizneportovaya Street, Vladivostok, 690090, Fax: 74232 497424 Russia Telex: Email: [email protected], [email protected] Authority Competent Administration/Services Version updated on: MSC/Circ.971- MEPC.6/Circ.6 Competency Address 15 November 2001 ANNEX 1 Page 3 Asia Pacific MOU MoU on PSC Secretary Tokyo MOU Secretariat Tomoecho Annex Building 6F, Tel: 81 3 3433 0621 3-8-26, Tornamon, Fax: 81 3 3433 0624 Minato - Ku, Telex: Tokyo, Email: [email protected], Japan 105-0001 [email protected] Australia Casualty investigation Australian Transport Safety Bureau Tel: 61 2 6274 7165 Surface Safety Investigation G.P.O. Box 967 Fax: 61 2 6274 6699 Canberra ACT 2601 Telex: Email: Ships inspection - Head Australian Maritime Safety Authority 25 Constitution Ave Tel: 61 2 6279 5048 Office Canberra ACT 2601 GPO Box 2181 Canberra ACT 2600 Fax: 61 2 6279 5058 Telex: Email: [email protected] Ships inspection - Local Australian Maritime Safety Authority 139-143 Hartley Street Tel: 61 7 4035 4487 Office Bungalow Cairns QLD 4870 Fax: 61 7 4035 4137 PO Box 899 Telex: Cairns QLD 4870 Email: Ships inspection - Local Australian Maritime Safety Authority Dampier Port Authority Tel: 61 8 9143 1446 Office Building Burrup Peninsula Fax: 61 8 9144 2023 Dampier WA 6713 Telex: PO Box 860 Email: Karratha WA 6714 Ships inspection - Local Australian Maritime Safety Authority Level 3 Tel: 61 2 9282 0777 Office 66 Wentworth Street SURRY HILLS NSW 2010 Fax: 61 2 9282 0750 PO Box K405 Telex: Haymarket Post Office NSW 1240 Email: Ships inspection - Local Australian Maritime Safety Authority 215 Victoria Road Tel: 61 8 8407 3910 Office Largs Bay SA 5016 Fax: 61 8 8449 3444 Telex: Email: Ships inspection - Local Australian Maritime Safety Authority Level 2, Tel: 61 7 4972 9045 Office Centrepoint Building, 136 Goondoon Street Fax: 61 8 4972 3841 Gladstone Qld 4680 Telex: PO Box 297 Email: Gladstone Qld 4680 Ships inspection - Local Australian Maritime Safety Authority Lot 375-376 Tel: 61 8 9173 2598 Office 76 Anderson Street Port