Cayman Maritime has issued a shipping notice to outline all requirements on how to report certain incidents and occurrences to the Cayman Islands Shipping Registry (CISR). Regulation 5 of the Merchant Shipping (Marine Casualty Reporting and Investigation) Regulations, 2018, requires the owner or master to report to the Maritime Authority on any “accident” on board a ship as soon as practicable following the “accident”. In this context, the Notice gives guidance as to the reporting requirements for the more common of these incidents.
According to the IMO Casualty Investigation Code, a “marine incident” is defined as “an event, or sequence of events, other than a marine casualty, which has occurred directly in connection with the operations of a ship that endangered, or, if not corrected, would endanger the safety of the ship, its occupants or any other person or the environment.”
The definition of “accident” also includes any “marine casualty” or “very serious marine casualty”, as defined in the IMO Casualty Investigation Code.
For example, incidents relating to accidents to the ship could be any of the following:
- Any incident resulting in the loss or abandonment of the vessel.
- Vessel involved in any collision or allision.
- Vessel aground
Incidents relating to personal accidents, illness and injury could be:
- Any accident, illness or injury resulting in death or serious injury of a seafarer, occasional worker or passenger; whether
on board, ashore or elsewhere. - Any accident resulting in a seafarer being unfit to discharge their normal duties for a period in excess of 24 hrs.
- Any accident, Illness or injury resulting in a crew member being unfit to discharge their normal duties for a period in excess of 72 hours including cases where the injuries sustained result in the person leaving the ship.
Incidents relating to Notifiable and Occupational Diseases could be any disease or illness reportable under regulation 21 of the
Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Health and Safety) or any notifiable disease listed below:
• Acute encephalitis
• Acute infectious hepatitis
• Acute meningitis
• Acute poliomyelitis
• Anthrax
• Botulism
• Brucellosis
• Cholera
• COVID-19
• Diphtheria
• Enteric fever (typhoid or paratyphoid fever)
• Food poisoning
• Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS)
• Infectious bloody diarrhoea
• Invasive group A streptococcal disease
• Legionnaires’ disease
• Leprosy
• Malaria
• Measles
• Meningococcal septicaemia
• Mumps
• Plague
• Rabies
• Rubella
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
• Scarlet fever
• Smallpox
• Tetanus
• Tuberculosis
• Typhus
• Viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF)
• Whooping cough
• Yellow fever
Moreover, Masters should keep in mind that there may be local reporting requirements depending on the location of the ship when the diagnosis is confirmed.
Explore more by reading the Notice herebelow:
