The Department of Merchant Shipping (DMS) of the Republic of Cyprus, has issued circular providing measures to improve compliance of ships flying the Cyprus Flag calling in ports of the United States of America (USA).
It has been regrettably noticed that over the last few years there is a constant increase in the number of ships flying the Cyprus Flag which are being detained in USA ports, despite the measures and actions taken by DMS to improve compliance of ships flying the Cyprus Flag. It should be noted that Cyprus is currently on the Paris MoU and Tokyo MoUs white lists while in the USA is on the on United States Coast Guard (USCG) Target List (safety).
In view of the above, the DMS in order to improve compliance of ships flying the Cyprus Flag calling in USA ports and to remove Cyprus from the USCG Target List (safety) has decided to introduce the following measures for all ships flying the Cyprus Flag calling in USA ports:
All ships flying the Cyprus Flag are required forward a copy of the Notice of Arrival (NOA) to DMS when communicating the aforesaid information to the USCG. Furthermore all ships flying the Cyprus Flag are required at least 24 hours prior to arrival in a USA port to submit to DMS
The implementation of the new measures will commence on 1st October 2016, and the DMS will monitor their effectiveness and will act accordingly.
Further details may be found by reading the circular below
Source: DMS
