'LIM Ki-TACK' THE IMO NEW SECRETARY-GENERAL

Mr Lim Ki-Tack of Republic of Korea has been elected as the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), with effect from 1 January 2016, for an initial term of four years. He is the second South Korean candidate to vie for the IMO’s top position, but the first to win the election.  

The vote took place on 30^th June 2015 in London, during the 114^th session of the 40-Member IMO Council, which is meeting from 29 June to 3 July 2015. Mr. Lim beat out five other candidates from Cyprus, Russia, Philippines, Denmark and Kenya, defeating Danish candidate Andreas Nordseth in the final round for the position. The decision of the Council will be submitted to the IMO Assembly, which meets for its 29th session from 23 November - 2 December 2015, for approval.

Mr Lim is currently president of Busan Port Authority. He served as the Republic of Korea’s Deputy Permanent Representative to IMO from 2006 to 2009. While serving in this capacity, he was in charge of all IMO work for South Korea and was Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Flag State Implementation (FSI) from 2002 to 2004.

Mr Lim has spent nearly four decades working in various segments of the maritime industry. In his early career he worked as a commercial mariner for Sanko Shipping Co. and as a Korean naval officer. He joined the Maritime Port Administration in 1985, while pursuing post-graduate studies. He holds a bachelor degree in Nautical Science as well as Masters’ degrees in Business Administration and Maritime Administration. In addition, he has completed graduate course work in International Law at the Korea Maritime and Ocean University. Lim began attending IMO meetings as part of the South Korean delegation in 1986.

Lim was subsequently named Director General for Maritime Safety Policy Bureau at the Headquarters of the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs (MLTM) and appointed to the role of Commissioner of the Korean Maritime Safety Tribunal (KMST).In July of 2012 assumed his current position as the President of Busan Port Authority.Mr Lim is set to begin his four year term 1^st January 2016, replacing current Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu​​​​​​ of Japan.

Know more about Lim's action plan visit http://www.limimo.org/03_pledge/01_pledge.asp

PROCEDURE FOR RENEWAL / DUPLICATE / REPLACEMENT OF INDIAN CDC

Download Form

1. Go to www.dgshipping.gov.in

2. Shipping Notices

3. M.S Notice 24 of 2012

4. Download Form B (Application Form For Renewal / Duplicate / Replacement CDC)

General Instructions to Applicant:

1.   Application to be filled by the CDC holder in own handwriting.

2.   Use Capital Letters only.

3.   Use Black/Blue ball point pen only.

4.   Avoid over writing.

5.   Specimen signatures should be strictly within the box without touching the boundaries.

6.   Envelope containing the application should clearly indicate whether the application is for 

      Renewal / Duplicate / Replacement CDC, on the top left hand side in Block letters.

7.   Applicable columns may only be filled and forwarded.

8.   All individual applications must be sent in the given format. Application sent in any other format 

      or incomplete or not containing relevant documents or not filled by CDC holder in own 

      handwriting are liable to be rejected and non-refundable fee will not be adjustable for any other 

      application.

9.   No Application will be accepted in person.

10. No Fee to be paid for Renewal of CDC (CDC Sticker).

11. Renewal certificate will be given in the form of sticker, which the CDC holder may affix on 

      'Additional page for office use' in CDC. Original CDC is not to be forwarded to the Shipping 

      Master for Revalidation of CDC.

12. Application can be sent by Registered AD / Speed Post / Courier service to any one of 

     the Shipping Masters, at the address mentioned below :

          (i)   The Shipping Master ,Government Shipping Office, Nau Bhavan, 10,R.K.Marg 

             Ballard Estate ,Mumbai – 400 001.(Phone No. 022-2697971 / 2697972 , Fax No. 

             022-2693053, Email: smmt498@bom3.vsnl.net.in).

          (ii)  The Shipping Master ,Government Shipping Office, Marine House ,Hastings, 

             Kolkata – 700 022 (Phone No. 033-2230517/27 , Fax No. 033-2210108, 

             Email: sm@mmdkolkata.gov.in )

         (iii)  The Shipping Master, Anchor Gate Building, III Floor, Rajaji Salai, 

             Chennai – 600 001, (Phone No. 044-5229674, Fax No.   044-5268550, 

             Email : swosmchennai@vsnl.net).

13. Xerox copies of relevant certificates / documents, as applicable, shall be submitted by 

      the applicant, by self attesting their certificates and other documents, along with their 

      name in full and date of self-attestation there under.

14. For Duplicate and Replacement CDC applicants - Two passport size photographs (size 3.5cm X 

      3.5cm) in white shirt (in addition to the photo affixed). Name of the applicant should be written 

      on reverse side of the photographs. 

15. Non-Refundable fee of RS1000/- for Duplicate& Replacement CDC, is to be paid through 

      Demand Draft from any nationalized bank in favour of Shipping Master, Mumbai / Kolkata / 

      Chennai payable at Mumbai, Kolkata or Chennai as the case may be, to be enclosed. Original 

      mutilated / torn / damaged CDC is to be enclosed for issue of Replacement.

16. Write your Name on the reverse side of the DD and Photographs.

17. All applicants are required to mandatorily register/update their seafarer's profile and copy of the 

      printout are to be enclosed with the CDC application, falling which their CDC application shall 

      be rejected.

Following Documents are to be enclosed alongwith the Application Form:

Note: All certificates copies are to be self attested. 

A)  For Renewal of CDC (For CDC Sticker)

1.   Xerox copy of CDC

2.   Copy of Seafarer's Profile

3.   Copy of INDOS

4.   Four stamp (3cm X 2.5cm) size photographs in white shirt - one should be affixed on the 

      application form. Photo in uniform is not acceptable.

5.   One self Addressed Post Card with Rs. 5/- postage stamp affixed on it.

6.   One self Addressed Envelope (size 5" x 12")with Rs. 50/- postage stamp affixed on it.

B)  For Duplicate / Replacement CDC 

1.   Non-Refundable fee of Rs. 1000/- through Demand Draft in Favour of Shipping Master,   

      Mumbai/Kolkata/Chennai payable at Mumbai, Kolkata or Chennai.

2.   Attested copy of proper FIR (in case of duplicete CDC).

3.   CDC in original (For Additional / Replacement CDC).

4.   Xerox copy of CDC

5.   Copy of Seafarer's Profile

6.   Copy of INDOS

7.   Four stamp (3.5cm X 3.5cm) size photographs in white shirt - one should be affixed on the 

      application form. Photo in uniform is not acceptable.

8.   One self Addressed Post Card with Rs. 5/- postage stamp affixed on it.

9.   One self Addressed Envelope (size 5" x 12")with Rs. 100/- postage stamp affixed on it.

10. Copies of Four basic STCW familiarization courses.

11. COC Certificate (If Any).

Source: www.dgshipping.gov.in / MS Notice 24 of 2012.

EGG Code (Ice Chart Symbology)

          Ice and iceberg charts serve tactical or strategic planning and operational purposes. They illustrate ice or iceberg conditions at a particular moment in time. The ice information is presented using a standard international code The World Meteorology Organization (WMO) system for sea ice symbology is referred to as the "Egg Code" due to the oval shape of the symbol.

             The basic data concerning concentrations, stages of development (age) and form (floe size) of ice are contained in a simple oval form. A maximum of three ice types is described within the oval. This oval and the coding associated with it are referred to as the "Egg Code". To indicate ice observations interpreted from radar imagery, the oval shall be omitted.

Common Practice 

Canadian Practice

Above figures are shown for thickness, floe sizes or other dimensions, a report coinciding with the end point of a range shall be coded as the higher value.

This code conforms to international convention and shall be used in coding all visual sea ice and lake ice observations without exception.

The symbols C_a C_b C_c and F_a F_b F_c correspond to S_a S_b S_c respectively. In common practice C_d S_e and F_e are no included but in Canada they are using C_d S_e and F_e to enable  the reporting of additional classes, especially during freeze-up and break up. 

The specific details and rules for completing each level of information within the egg are given below.

CONCENTRATION (C)

C_t - Total concentration of ice in area, reported in tenths. May be expressed as a single number or as a range, not to exceed two tenths (3-5, 5-7 etc.)

C_a C_b C_c - Partial concentration (Ca, C_b, C_c) are reported in tenths, as a single digit. These are reported in order of decreasing thickness. C_a is the concentration of the thickest ice and C_c is the concentration of the thinnest ice.

Less than 1/10 (i.e. traces) shall not be reported within the oval except to describe open water. When only one ice type is present, the partial concentration shall not be indicated. When one ice type is present with a trace of a thinner type, only total concentration of the major ice type shall be indicated 

STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT (S)

Stage of development of thickest (S_o), second thickest (S_a ), third thickest (S_b ) fourth thickest (S_c ) ice fifth thickest (S_d ) and the thinner ice types S_e, of which the concentrations are reported by C_a C_b C_c C_{d respectively.} 

NOTE: If there is a dot (.), all stages of development codes to the left of the dot (.) are assumed to carry the dot (.)) These codes correspond directly with the partial concentrations above. C_a is the concentration of stage Sa, Cb is the concentration of stage Sb, and Cc is the concentration of Sc.

S_o S_d S_e - Development stage (age) of remaining ice types. So if reported is a trace of ice type thicker/older than Sa. S_e is a thinner ice type which is reported when there are four or more ice thickness types.

Coding for Sea-Ice Stages of Development (S_o S_a S_b S_c S_d S_e)

FORM OF ICE (F)

Floe Size corresponding to S_a S_b S_c S_d and S_e (when S_d and S_e are greater than a trace).

World Meteorological Organization International procedures also permit reporting of F_p and F_s as the primary and secondary forms of all the ice without reference to stage of development.

It is Canadian practice to report F_a F_b F_c as predominant floe sizes of S_a S_b S_c respectively. This makes it necessary, when only S_a and S_b are present, that F_a and F_b shall be followed by a dash   (-) where F_c would normally appear.

Coding for Forms of Ice (F_a F_b F_c F_d F_e)

Example

   

Description:

9+/10 total ice concentration. 3/10 old ice in small floes, 2/10 thick first-year ice in medium floes, 1/10 thin first-year ice in small floes, 2/10 grey-white ice in small floes, and the remaining 2/10 is new ice with no floe form.

Reference: US / Canada Met Department 

Amendments to the ISM Code enter into force on January 2015

The IMO Maritime Safety Committee in its 92nd session (12 - 23 June 2013) adopted amendments to the ISM Code through IMO Resolution MSC.353(92) which shall enter into force on 1st January 2015.

Amendments to the ISM Code enter into force on 1st January 2015 as follows;

6 RESOURCES AND PERSONNEL

Paragraph 6.2 has been amended requiring the Company to ensure that each ship is:

1. Manned with qualified, certificated and medically fit seafarers in accordance with national and international requirements and

2. Appropriately manned ships in order to encompass all aspects of maintaining safe operations onboard.

12 COMPANY VERIFICATION, REVIEW AND EVALUATION

A new Paragraph 12.2 has also been adopted requiring the Company to: periodically verify whether all those undertaking delegated ISM-related tasks are acting in conformity with the Company’s responsibilities under the Code.

The amended ISM-Code includes various new footnotes with guidelines and recommendations developed by the IMO. Although the footnotes given in the ISM-Code are inserted for reference and guidance purposes and do not constitute requirements under the Code, in accordance with paragraph 1.2.3.2, all relevant guidelines, recommendations, etc. should be taken into account.

The following guidelines have been added as footnotes to the amended ISM-Code:

1. Procedures concerning observed ISM Code major non-conformities

2. List of codes, recommendations, guidelines and other safety and security related mandatory instruments

3. Revised Guidelines for the operational implementation of  the International Safety Management (ISM) Code by companies

4. Guidance on the qualifications, training and experience necessary for undertaking the role of the Designated Person under the provisions of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code

5. Guidelines for a structure of an integrated system of contingency planning for shipboard emergencies

6. Guidance on near-miss reporting

7. Revised list of certificates and documents required to be carried on board ships

Ship managers are advised to ensure that all the above mentioned guidelines have been incorporated in the Safety Management System (SMS). Where necessary, amendments to existing procedures must be carried out.

 Source: www.imo.org 

Latest SOLAS Amendments (2014-15)

The Amendments to SOLAS are as follows:

1 July 2014: Entry into force of November 2012 SOLAS amendments 

 1) New SOLAS regulation II-1/3-12 to require new ships to be constructed to reduce on-board noise and to protect personnel from noise, in accordance with the revised Code on noise levels on board ships, also adopted, which sets out mandatory maximum noise level limits for machinery spaces, control rooms, workshops, accommodation and other spaces on board ships.

 2) Amendments to SOLAS regulation III/17-1 to require ships to have plans and procedures to recover persons from the water, as well as related Guidelines for development of plans and procedures for recovery of persons from the water. Also, a related MSC resolution on Implementation of SOLAS regulation III/17-1 to ships to which SOLAS chapter III does not apply; 

 3) Amendments to SOLAS regulation II-2/10 on fire fighting to require a minimum of duplicate two-way portable radiotelephone apparatus for each fire party for fire fighters communication to be carried; amendments to regulation II-2/15 on instructions, on-board training and drills, to require an on-board means of recharging breathing apparatus cylinders used during drills, or a suitable number of spare cylinders; and amendments to regulation II-2/20 on protection of vehicle, special category and RO-RO spaces related to fixed fire-extinguishing systems.

 4) Amendments to the appendix to the annex to the SOLAS Convention replacing all forms of certificates and records of equipment, including its 1988 Protocol, and amendments to the forms of the Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate and Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate of its 1978 Protocol. 

1 July 2014: CSC Amendments

 Amendments to the International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC), 1972, to incorporate amendments to the CSC Convention adopted in 1993 by resolution A.737(18), including amendments relating to the safety approval plate and to the approval of existing and new containers. 

1 January 2015: Code for Recognized Organizations 

Code for recognized organizations (RO Code) becomes mandatory under SOLAS, MARPOL and Protocol of 1988 relating to the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966. 

1 January 2015: Entry into force of 2013 May SOLAS amendments 

 1) SOLAS regulation III/19 to require musters of newly embarked passengers prior to or immediately upon departure.

 2) SOLAS regulation III/19, on emergency training and drills, to mandate enclosed-space entry and rescue drills, which will require crew members with enclosed-space entry or rescue responsibilities to participate in an enclosed-space entry and rescue drill at least once every two months. Related amendments also to the International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft (HSC Code), the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODU Code) and the Code of Safety for Dynamically Supported Craft (DSC Code). 

Source: www.imo.org