Marine Notices Index

Edition
10/26
Last updated

02 October 2026

Marine Notice 10/26

THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERA

Marine Notices

INDEX

Rev. 10/26

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NOTE: Liberian Marine Notices are identified by Subject matter and sequence number. The applicable section of the Maritime Regulation or the Maritime Law will be identified on the reference line where applicable.

Number Description Issue

ADM-001

Issuance of Liberian Marine Notices.

02/21

ADM-002

Official and Other Forms and Publications.

12/25

ADM-003

Consolidated List of Fees and Charges for Official Documents and Services.

01/26-Rev.3

ADM-004

Cancelled

ADM-005

Services of Liberian Consular Offices.

07/20

ADM-006

Familiarization with Liberian National Maritime Legislation.

07/20

ADM-007

List of Publications, Certificates, and Documents Required to be Carried on Board Ships

02/26

ADM-008

IMO Unique Company and Registered Owner Identification Number Scheme.

06/26

ADM-009

Implementation of the phrases “To the satisfaction of the Administration” and “Requirements of the Administration” in IMO Instruments; and the Application of Non-Mandatory IMO Instruments

12/25

AFS-001

International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships, 2001.

07/25

FIR-001

Fire-Protection Systems and Appliances.

02/26

FIR-002

Fire Extinguishing Requirements for Flammable Liquid Lockers including Paint Lockers.

07/20

FTP-001

Requirements for Engaging in Transshipment Activities on the high seas, in ports, between ports and in regulated areas.

08/24

FTP-002

(Removed) Notice is not in force

INS-001

Safety Inspections of Liberian Ships.

03/25

INS-002

Alternate Safety Inspection Program.

07/20

INS-003

National Safety Requirements for Miscellaneous and Non-SOLAS Vessels.

03/26

INS-004

Operations/Safety Checklist for SOLAS 1974, as amended,

Regulations.

10/23

Inquiries concerning the subject of this Notice should be directed to the Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Republic of Liberia, the Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry, 22980 Indian Creek Drive., Suite 200, Dulles, VA 20166, USA. The most current version of all Marine Notices are available in the Online Library at: http://www.liscr.com

INT-001

International Maritime Conventions, Protocols and Amendments to which Liberia is a Party.

11/24

INT-002

Cancelled

INT-003

Maritime Transport Concerning Liberian and Chinese Registered Vessels.

12/24

ISM-001

International Safety Management Code (ISM Code) and SOLAS 74 Chapter IX, Management for the Safe Operation of Ships.

09/26

ISM-002

Cancelled

ISM-003

Harmonized International Safety Management (ISM) and International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Audits.

01/23

ISP-001

International Ship & Port Facility Security Code (ISPS Code).

10/21

ISP-002

Continuous Synopsis Record (CSR).

09/24

ISP-003

Long Range Identification and Tracking of Ships (LRIT).

08/26

ISP-004

Stowaways.

07/20

MAN-001

Manning of Vessels and Principles of Watchkeeping.

11/22

MAN-002

Periodically Unattended Machinery Spaces (PUMS); Requirements for Safety of Operation and Reduced Manning.

07/20

MAN-003

Cancelled

MAN-004

Manning Requirements for Mobile Offshore Units (MOUs).

07/26

MLC-001

Implementation, Inspection and Certification under the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006.

08/26

MLC-002

Minimum requirements for seafarers to work on a ship under the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006.

08/24

MLC-003

Terms and Conditions for employment of seafarers under the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006.

04/25

MLC-004

Standards of accommodation, recreational facilities, food, water and catering under the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006.

08/24

MLC-005

Health and safety protection, accident prevention, medical care, welfare and social security protection of seafarers under the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006.

08/24

MLC-006

On-board Complaint handling procedures.

07/20

NAV-001

Safety of Navigation - Nautical Charts, Publications and Notices to Mariners.

02/22

NAV-002

Danger Messages; Hydrographic and Meteorological Information: Cooperation with Hydrographic Services and Meteorological Organizations.

07/20

NAV-003

Protection of the Great Barrier Reef Region and the Torres Strait-Compulsory Pilotage Requirement.

07/20

POL-001

MARPOL, Prevention of Pollution from Ships.

11/24

POL-002

Oil Discharge Monitoring and Control Systems (ODMCS)

Failures – Manual Means of Monitoring and Procedures for Discharge.

11/21

POL-003

Approval of Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plans or a Shipboard Marine Pollution Emergency Plans.

07/20

POL-004

Useful and Practical Information about Cleansing Agents and Their Impact upon Oil Pollution Prevention Equipment for Machinery Space Bilges.

07/20

POL-005

Ballast Water Management Plans (BWMP).

05/24

POL-006

Reports Alleging Inadequate MARPOL Port Reception Facilities.

07/20

POL-007

Use of Halogenated Hydrocarbons (Halons) and Other Ozone Depleting Substances.

07/20

POL-008

MARPOL 73/78 Condition Assessment Scheme.

06/12

POL-009

Implementation of the 2021 Revised MARPOL Annex VI, Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships

09/25

POL-010

Requirements for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)

Management Plans.

04/10

POL-011

Requirements for Ship-to-Ship Operations Plans.

05/14

POL-012

Electronic Record Books (ERB) for ships.

08/24

POL-013

Implementation of Revised Annex V, Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships, of MARPOL.

11/24

POL-014

Implementation, Survey and Certification under the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ship’s Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 (BWM Convention).

08/26

POL-015

Approval of Operational Manuals for Oil Discharge Monitoring and Control Systems (ODMCS)

03/23

POL-016

Implementation, Survey and Certification under the Hong Kong Convention and EU Ship Recycling Regulation (EU SRR)

07/25

POL-017

Requirements for Registration and Cancellation of Registration for Last Voyage to an Environmentally Sound Ship Recycling Facility (Green Ship Recycling Program’)

08/24

PSC-001

Measures to Improve Compliance and Minimize Risk of Port State Control Detentions.

09/24

PSC-002

Measures to Maintain the Quality of the Liberian Registry Fleet

03/25

RAD-001

Required Documents for Ship Radio Stations.

07/20

RAD-002

Renewal of Ship Radio Station Licenses.

06/24

RAD-003

Maritime Mobile and Maritime Mobile Satellite Radio Services Accounting Authority Approval and Operating Procedures.

04/25

RAD-004

Ship Radio Station Watchkeeping Hours.

07/20

RAD-005

Cancelled – Incorporated into RAD-008

06/12

RAD-006

Cancelled – Incorporated into RAD-009

07/20

RAD-007

Cancelled

RAD-008

Ship Radio/GMDSS Logbooks and Logbook Retention Policy

02/23

RAD-009

Radio Equipment – Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB).

08/25

RAD-010

SOLAS CHAPTER IV: Radiocommunications

04/25

RAD-011

Maritime Mobile Satellite Service - Activations and Changes to Terminals

03/25

REP-001

Vessel Reporting Systems to Assist Search and Rescue. AMVER, REEFVTS & MASTREP.

07/20

REP-002

Reporting Certificate Fraud and Professional and Technical Incompetence.

07/20

REP-003

Cancelled

REP-004

Reporting Incidents of Armed Attacks, Piracy and Robbery.

07/20

REP-005

Reporting of Repatriation (MLC Liability Insurance) Coverage; Cancellation of Ship’s Officers Report on Form RLM-119. Return of Completed Shipping Articles.

07/20

SAF-001

Lifesaving Equipment.

07/26

SAF-002

Prohibition of “Hot Work” in Tankers and Combination Carriers.

06/12

SAF-003

Procedures for Entering Enclosed Spaces and Enclosed Space Entry and Rescue Drills.

01/26

SAF-004

Lifeboat and Emergency Drills.

10/26

SAF-005

Survival Craft, Rescue Boat and Launching Appliances – Testing, Servicing and Maintenance.

07/26

SAF-006

Lifesaving Equipment – lifejackets.

07/20

SAF-007

Lifesaving Equipment – Immersion Suits and Thermal Protective Aids.

07/20

SAF-008

Lifesaving Equipment – Short Term Dispensation to Carry a

Number of Persons in Excess of that allowed by the Safety Equipment Certificate.

07/20

SAF-009

Implementation, Survey and Certification under the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code).

01/26

SAF-010

Approval of Ship Structural Access Manuals (SSAM)

07/26

SAF-011

Approval of Liquified Gas Carrier Cargo Operations Manual

03/23

SAF-012

Requirements for Safe Mooring

09/25

SAF-013

New SOLAS Chapter XV and International Code of Safety for Ships Carrying Industrial Personnel (IP Code)

02/25

SAF-014

Pilot Transfer Arrangements

10/25

SAF-015

Requirements for the Reporting of the Loss of Freight Containers or the Observation of Freight Containers Drifting at Sea

09/26

SAF-016

Watertight Doors on Passenger Ships

11/24

SAF-017

Ships Using Low-Flashpoint Fuels

10/25

SAF-018

Management of Asbestos and Perfluoro octane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS)

08/25

SAF-019

Authorization of Service Providers for Maintenance, Thorough Examination, Operational Testing, Overhaul and Repair of Lifeboats and Rescue Boats, Launching Appliances and Release Gear

06/25

SAF-020

New SOLAS regulation II-1/3-13 on Lifting appliances and Anchor Handling Winches

12/25

SEA-001

Examination System for Merchant Marine Personnel.

02/22

SEA-002

Articles of Agreement between the Master and Seafarers in the Merchant Service of the Republic of Liberia (Shipping Articles).

03/22

SEA-003

Approval of Maritime Training Center Courses and Programs.

08/25

SEA-004

Payment of Wages - Account.

03/22

SEA-005

Amendments to the STCW, 1978, as amended, regarding the training and certification of ship security officers (SSO).

12/08

SEA-006

Minimum requirements to become an Authorized Liberian Filing Agent

09/24

TEC-001

Issuance and Use of Statutory Certificates.

07/20

TEC-002

Cancelled

TEC-003

Stability and Trim Information to be Supplied to the Master.

05/24

TEC-004

Multiple Load Line Assignment Procedures.

02/22

TEC-005

International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code) and Medical Oxygen Carriage Requirements.

02/25

TEC-006

Carriage of Grain.

02/25

TEC-007

Mobile Offshore Drilling Units.

06/12

TEC-008

Passenger Vessels - Underwater Examination of Hull in Lieu of Drydocking.

11/22

TEC-009

Mobile Offshore Units Standards including Mobile Drilling

Offshore Units.

12/25

TEC-010

Bridge Navigation Watch Alarm System (BNWAS).

07/20

TEC-011

Technical Letters

09/25

YHT-001

Design, Construction, Safety, Survey and Certification of Yachts- Adoption of the Red Ensign Group (REG) Yacht Code 2024 Edition

09/26

OTHER LAWS AND REGULATIONS

RLM-107

Liberian Maritime Law

Rev. 07/18

RLM-108

Liberian Maritime Regulations

Rev. 11/24

RLM-100

Vessel Registration Requirements and

Mortgage Recording Procedures

Rev. 2025

RLM-118

Requirements for Merchant Marine Personnel Certification.

Rev. 2026

RLM-260

Requirements for Marine Investigations and Hearings.

Rev. 2025

RLM-109

Report of Vessel Casualty or Accident

Rev. 04/22

RLM-109-1

Report of Personal Injury or Loss of Life

Rev. 04/22

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