UAE Government has issued instructions
The UAE Government has issued instructions regarding restrictions on certain flagged vessels entering UAE waters.
The following instructions are for vessels registered in the following countries for entry into UAE Ports:
- Albania
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Tonga
- Costa Rica
- Ghana
- Georgia
- Maldives
- Mauritius
- Sao Tome & Principe
- St. Vincent & Grenadines
- Honduras.
Vessels flying the above flags are restricted from entering UAE Ports, waiting at anchor or sailing in territorial waters unless they carry a valid classification certificate issued by any of the following members of the International Association of Classification Society (IACS):
- Lloyd’s Register of Shipping (LR), United Kingdom
- Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (NKK), Japan
- Bureau Veritas (BV), France
- Germanischer Lloyd (GL), Germany
- Det Norske Veritas (DNV), Norway
- American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), USA
- Russian Register of Shipping (RRS), Russia
- Korean Register of Shipping (KR), Korea
- Chinese Register of Shipping (CRS), China
- Registry Italiano Naval (RINA), Italy
Source: GAC Hot Port News Bulletin