Marine Advisory: 01/2017 - New Compliance Assistance Program

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17 January 2017

Marine Advisory: 01/2017

Subject: New Compliance Assistance Program

Dear Shipowners/Operators, and Masters,

The Liberian Registry developed the Advance Notice of Arrival (ANOA) program a few years ago to assist vessel owners and operators ensure regulatory compliance and prevent detentions by Port State Control (PSC) authorities. The next evolution is the Registry’s Compliance Assistance Program (CAP). CAP is a fully automated information system to assist the owners, operators and Masters of Liberian flagged vessels 24/7. CAP gathers and analyzes information on flag and port State inspections, deficiencies and detentions and assists in risk assessment.

After conducting an analysis of the vessel and company history, CAP will:

• Send information to the Designated Persons Ashore (DPA) on the probability of a Port State Control Officer boarding their vessel;
• Request the DPA to have the Master complete a pre arrival check list and forward copy to the safety@liscr.com, and;
• Request a Safety Inspection when required.

The aim of the CAP is to assist owners and operators to reduce deficiencies and avoid undue delay of vessels due to a detention. Most detentions can be avoided, if deficiencies are corrected or reported before a vessels arrival in port. By increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the ANOA program vessel operators and their DPA(s) will have additional information to confirm compliance and/or reporting before arrival.

We are programming the system so it will not overburden your email, but if this becomes a problem please contact us so we can adjust the programming.

This service is provided at no cost.

The system will generate and send automated e-mails and reminders from seasafe@liscr.com to the email on file for the DPA. DPAs with large fleets may wish to program their outlook to send all emails from seasafe@liscr.com to go to a specific subfolder where they can be reviewed separately. Please do not reply to automated messages from seasafe@liscr.com. Please send correspondence to safety@liscr.com.

For questions regarding this note, or to provide suggestions for improvement, please contact this Administration’s Safety Department at telephone number +1 703 790 3434 or email:

safety liscr.com.

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