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LONDON SE1 7SR Telephone: +44 (0)20 7735 7611 Fax: +44 (0)20 7587 3210

MSC-MEPC.6/Circ.14 31 December 2015

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.13, 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;

* 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

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.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

.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 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 annexes 1 and 2, are issued, as annexes to the circular posted on IMODOCS, annually. However, the most updated version of these two annexes can be downloaded from the GISIS website at http://gisis.imo.org through its Contact Points module. The whole circular, including the annexes, as well as a standalone pdf version of annex 2, is also available on the IMO's website at http://www.imo.org and can be accessed through either the "National Contacts" or "Circulars" links on the bottom of IMO homepage. 6 For ship inspection purposes, 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 is the updated version, which is 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 the IMO website and can be downloaded as stated in paragraph 5. 7 Queries on the management of the data contained in the above-mentioned lists of national contact points should be addressed to:

4 Albert Embankment Fax: +44 (0)20 7587 3210 London SE1 7SR Email: SafePol-contacts@imo.org

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mailto:SafePol-contacts@imo.org

Flag State contact points for PSC matters, Casualty investigation services and Ships' inspection services (including Secretariats of Memoranda of Understanding on Port State Control)

Competent Administration/Services AddressAuthority Competency

ANNEX 1CONTACT ADDRESSES OF RESPONSIBLE NATIONAL AUTHORITIES

AS A FLAG STATE FOR PSC MATTERS

Albania

gazmir.tahiri@dpdetare.gov.alEmail:

Telex:

Fax:

Tel:

+ 355 52 222868General Maritime Directorate (Ministry of Transports and Infrastructure)Lagja No. 1 Rr. Tregtare, DurresDurres 2001Albania

+355 52 222868

gazmir.tahiri@dpdetare.gov.alEmail:

Telex:

Fax:

Tel:

+355 52 222868General Maritime Directorate (Ministry of Transports and Infrastructure)Lagja No. 1 Rr. Tregtare, DurresDurres 2001Albania

+355 52 222868

gazmir.tahiri@dpdetare.gov.alEmail:

Telex:

Fax:

Tel:

+355 52 222868General Maritime Directorate (Ministry of Transports and Infrastructure)Lagja No. 1 Rr. Tregtare, DurresDurres 2001Albania

+355 52 222868

Algeria

cptemm2004@hotmail.comEmail:

Telex:

Fax:

Tel:

213 0 2192 6096/2192 9894

Ministre des TransportsDirection de la Marine Marchande1, Chemin Ibn Badis El Mouiz (ex. Poirson)El BiarAlger 16000Algeria

213 0 2192 9881/2192 0931, 00213776946868

benyelles@ministere-transports.gov.dz, cptemm2004@hotmail.com

Email:

Telex:

Fax:

Tel:

213 0 2192 6096/2192 9894Ministre des Transports Direction de la Marine Marchande1, Chemin Ibn Badis El Mouiz (ex. Poirson)El Biar, AlgerAlger Algeria

213 0 2192 9881/2192 0931

Antigua and Barbuda

info@antiguamarine.comEmail:

Telex:

Fax:

Tel:

49 441 93959-20/29Department of Marine Services and Merchant Shipping (ADOMS)Am Patentbusch 4Oldenburg 26125Germany

49 441 93959-0

technical@abregistry.agEmail:

Telex:

Fax:

Tel:

1 268 462 4358Department of Marine Services and Merchant Shipping (ADOMS)Corner of Popeshead & Dickenson Bay StreetPO Box 1394Antigua W.I.St. John's Antigua and Barbuda

1 268 462 1273 or 562 3426

Aruba (Kingdom of the Netherlands)

Email:

Telex:

Fax:

Tel:

+297 583-5221Directie Scheepvaart ArubaCaya G.F. (Betico) Croes 149Oranjestad, Aruba Aruba (Kingdom of the Netherlands)

+297 583-5192

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Australia

psc@amsa.gov.auEmail:

Telex:

Fax:

Tel:

61 2 6279 5071Australian Maritime Safety AuthorityGPO Box 2181CANBERRA ACT 2601Australia

61 2 6279 5935

Azerbaijan

info@ardda.gov.az, r.hasanov@ardda.gov.az, marsec@ardda.gov.az

Email:

Telex:

Fax:

Tel:

+ 994 12 - 497 44 06, +994502323286

The State Maritime Administration of the Azerbaijan Republic 2B Khanlar streetBaku AZ 1003Azerbaijan

+ 994 12 - 497 44 05

info@ardda.gov.azmarsec@ardda.gov.azwww.ardda.gov.az

Email:

Telex:

Fax:

Tel:

142411 KSSC SU142102 MRF SU

+994124974406The State Maritime Administration of the Republic of Azerbaijan2B, Khanlar streetBaku AZ 1003Azerbaijan

+994124974405

Bahamas

tech@bahamasmaritime.comEmail:

Telex:

Fax:

Tel:The Bahamas Maritime Authority120 Old Broad StreetLondon EC2N 1ARUnited Kingdom

44 (0)20 7562 1300Emergency: 44 (0)7977 471 220

Bangladesh

info@dos.gov.bdEmail:

Telex:

Fax:

Tel:

+880 2 9587301Department of ShippingDepartment of ShippingBIWTA Bhaban (8th Floor)141-143 Motijheel C/A, Dhaka 1000Dhaka 1000Bangladesh

+880 2 9513305, +880 2 9513306

dg@dos.gov.bd, info@dos.gov.bdEmail:

Telex:

Fax:

Tel:

+880 2 9587301Department of Shipping141-143, Motijheel C/A (8th floor)Dhaka-1000Dhaka 1000Bangladesh

+880 2 9513305, +880 2 9513306

dg@dos.gov.bd, info@dos.gov.bdEmail:

Telex:

Fax:

Tel:

+880 2 9587301Department of Shipping141-143 Motijheel Commercial AreaBIWTA Bhaban (8th floor)Dhaka-1000Dhaka 1000Bangladesh

+880 2 9513305, +880 2 9513306

Barbados

irvine.best@internationaltransport.gov.bb, itd@internationaltransport.gov.bb

Email:

Telex:

Fax:

Tel:

1 246 417 1316, 1 246 417 3021International Transport Division, Ministry of Tourism and International Transport8th FloorBaobab TowerWarrensSt. Michael Barbados

1 246 625 2233, 1 246 625 2234

Belgium

dg.mar@mobilit.fgov.beEmail:

Telex:

Fax:

Tel:

+32 (0)2 27740 51Federal Public Service Mobility and Transportrue du Progrs 56Bruxelles 1210Belgium

+32(0)2 277 35 00

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Bermuda (United Kingdom)

survey.bermudashipping@gov.bm