The Merchant Shipping (Inspections of Ro-Ro Passenger Ships and High-Speed Passenger Craft) Regulations 2023

Regulation 9(a)

SCHEDULE 4 Inspection report

The inspection report must contain at least the following items.

1.  General—

(a) date and place of the inspection;

(b) name of the ship inspected;

(c) flag State;

(d) type of ship, as indicated in the Safety Management Certificate;

(e) IMO number;

(f) the ship’s call sign;

(g) gross tonnage;

(h) year of construction as determined on the basis of the date indicated in the ship’s safety certificates;

(i) the name of each classification society(1) and, where relevant any other organisation, which may have issued a classification certificate in respect of the ship;

(j) the name of the recognised organisation and any other party by whom certificates have been issued on behalf of the flag State, in respect of the ship, in accordance with the applicable international conventions

(k) name and address of the ship’s company;

(l) name and address of the charterer responsible for the selection of the ship and type of charter in the case of ships carrying liquid or solid cargoes in bulk;

(m) final date of writing the inspection report;

(n) indication that specific information on an inspection or a detention may be subject to publication.

2.  Information relating to inspection—

(a) details of certificates issued in application of the relevant international conventions and of the authority or organisation that issued each certificate, including the date of issue and expiry;

(b) port and date of the last intermediate, annual or renewal survey as defined in section 2 of Annex 4 to the HSSC and the name of the organisation which carried out the survey;

(c) nature of the deficiencies;

(d) measures taken.

3.  Additional information in the event of detention—

(a) date of the prohibition of departure notice;

(b) nature of the deficiencies warranting the prohibition of departure notice, with references to the international conventions, if relevant;

(c) indication, where relevant, of whether the recognised organisation or any other private body that carried out the survey has a responsibility in relation to the deficiency which alone, or in combination with any other deficiency, led to detention;

(d) measures taken.

(1)

More information about UK classification societies can be found from the website: (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-authorised-recognised-organisations-ros).