After the Honduras Maritime Authority imposed new spill response arrangements for Puerto Cortes, the West of England P&I Club provides some additional information on these arrangements, for which operators had until May 26, 2018 to comply.
According to a circular issued by the The Honduras Directorate of Merchant Marine, ships calling at Puerto Cortes must present, with 24 hours in advance, an Insurance Certificate of Civil Liability against marine pollution events, and a Certificate of Coverage for Response to Incidents of marine pollution issued by a company authorized for this purpose by the maritime authority, to the local office of the General Directorate.
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Further to this, the West of England P&I Club provides additional information from the government-approved OSRO in Puerto Cortes, OPC Honduras, as follows:
1. The December 2017 contract is the correct version of the OSRO contract.
2. The shipowners have two options: Either subscribe a contract or subscribe a purchase order every time a ship arrives into Honduran Ports. In either case a Certificate of Coverage will be issued. Normally the stand by fee will be applied per voyage basis.
3. It has to be done in advance because of the fact that the Shipping agency has to notify at least 48 hours before arrival in order to be ready when the ship arrives into the ports.
4. The stand by fee is calculated according to the GRT of each ship and the following table. A Government Tax fee of 15% should be added.
5. In case of a spill OPC has its own rates depending on the types of incidents that may happen.
