The Directorate General of Shipping has issued M.S. Notice no.
12 dated May 30, 2003 on the above subject and based on experience
gained from the large number of Ship Security Plans, the following
guidelines may please be adhered to:
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A standard format
for the approval page attached as
Annex-1 should be used. The
approval page should be duly filled in with the name, signature and seal
of the Company Security Officer.
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The contents of
the Ship Security Plans issued vide M.S.
Notice 12 of 2003 dated May 30, 2003 have now been amended and a
modified version of contents is enclosed as
Annex- 2 for the benefit of
the shipping industry.
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The Ship Security
Plan submitted for approval should be accompanied with the Ship Security
Assessment in all cases and all recommendations made in the Ship
Security Assessment should be incorporated in the Ship Security Plan.
The first page of the Ship Security Assessment should be duly completed
with the name, designation and signature of the Assessor. A copy of the
Company Security Officer/ Ship Security Officer Course Certificate from
a D.G. approved institution attended by the assessor should be attached
to the Ship Security Assessment.
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All pages of the
Ship Security Plan and Ship Security Assessment should be original
prints and legible. A correction by hand/ using white fluid is not
desirable.
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The General
Arrangement plan submitted along with the Ship Security Plan should be
drawn to a reasonable scale and legible. The General Arrangement plan
should clearly mark restricted areas and authorized access points.
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The details of
lighting, automatic intrusion devices and surveillance equipment where
provided should be listed in the Ship Security Plan
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All the 5 points
as listed in Section 5 – Part A of the ISPS Code should be incorporated
and addressed in the Ship Security Plan for Declaration of Security
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The Ship Details/
General particulars (APPENDIX 1 of Ship Security Plan Contents) should
list the main particulars of the ship and Trading Pattern of the vessel
clearly as” Coastal” or “Foreign Going” only. It may be noted that for a
vessel plying on the NCV voyages, the trading pattern is treated
as “Foreign Going”. The term “NCV” does not come under the purview of
the ISPS Code, accordingly, the term “NCV” should not be reflected in
the Ship Security Plan.
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Complete Contact
details such as name, address, phone nos., fax nos., e-mail address and
mobile no. of the owners as reflected in the ship’s registry should be
mentioned in the Ship Security Plan.
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Complete Contact
details including address, phone nos., fax nos., e-mail address and mobile
no. of the Company who has assumed the responsibility for operation of the
ship and who on assuming such responsibility has agreed to take over all
the duties and responsibilities imposed by the ISM Code and employment of
the crew should be mentioned in the Ship Security Plan.
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Security Equipment
provided on board foreign-going ships should meet the requirements listed
in 44-NT (9)/ISPS- EQUIP/2003 dated 11 December 2003 as applicable, which
are as follows:
1)
Hand held metal
detectors for non- tanker ships.
2)
High beam flashlights.
3)
Dog-leg mirrors.
4)
Night vision
binoculars.
5)
Cable-ties.
6)
Walkie-Talkies
(existing ones could be used).
7)
Whistles.
8)
Different code colour
passes to regulate/ monitor persons visiting ship.
For coastal vessels,
the requirements for security equipment to be provided on board are as
listed in ISPS Circular: NT/ ISPS/ SHIP/ 09/
2004 dated October 10, 2004, copy of which is available on the DG
website.
12. The Flag State
details should be listed as under:
The Directorate
General of Shipping,
Jahaz Bhavan,
Walchand Hirachand Marg
Ballard
Estate, Mumbai- 400 038.
Phone: 91-
22- 2261 3651/2/3/4
Fax: 91-
22- 2261 3655.
D.G.
Communication Centre:
Tel: +91
22 2261 0606/ +91 22 2261 4646/ +91 22 3095 9320.
Fax: +91
22 2261 3636.
E-mail:
dgcommcentre@vsnl.net:
for reception of Ship Security Alerts.
dgcommcentre@satyammail.net: for routine communications.
14. These
guidelines are to be observed with effect from 1st April 2006.
SSPs and any amendments to SSPs approved prior to 1st April 2006
are to be revised incorporating these guidelines.
All ship
owners/ operators and those concerned are advised to visit the website of
the Directorate
dgshipping.nic.in or
www.dgshipping.com
regularly for obtaining the latest information.
15. The Directorate
recognizes that unapproved modifications of contact details of SSO/ CSO in
Ship Security Plans may attract the attention of the Port State Control and
Flag State authorities. Accordingly, the under mentioned changes in the SSP
made by the Company Security Officer/ Deputy Company Security Officer are
permissible. A copy of such amendments may however be forwarded to the
Directorate General of Shipping for records, without payment of any fees:
15.1 Change in
names and contact details of the Company Security Officer/ Deputy Company
Security Officer due to termination, transfer, retirement, incapacitation or
death and
15.2 Change in
names and contact details of personnel of other organizations detailed in
the SSP due to termination, transfer, retirement, incapacitation or death
need immediate corrective measures, as non implementation of such changes
may attract the attention of Port State Control/ Flag State authorities.
Sd/-
(Capt. V. Baijal)
Dy. Nautical Adviser to the Govt. of India-cum-
Sr. Dy. Director General (Technical)
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