Carriage of Grain - liscr

Office ofDeputy Commissionerof Maritime AffairsTHE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIALIBERIA MARITIME AUTHORITYMarine NoticeTEC-006Rev. 06/12TO:SUBJECT:ALL SHIPOWNERS, OPERATORS, MASTERS AND OFFICERS OFMERCHANT SHIPS, AND AUTHORIZED CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIESCarriage of GrainReference: (a) Maritime Regulation No. 7.191(b) SOLAS 1974, as amended(c) MSC/ Circ. 363 of 25 April 1983(d) MSC/ Circ. 488 of 6 June 1988Supersedes: Marine Notice TEC-006, dated 1/00PURPOSE:This Notice is to advise Owners and Masters of their responsibility to ensure that their shipsare properly approved for grain loading and that neither the Administration nor its authorized Agentswill be responsible for the consequence of improper or inadequate documentation which fails tomeet the requirements of the Liberian regulations or the legislation of any port State.APPLICABILITY:The provisions of Chapter VI of SOLAS will be applied in full to all approvals of grainloading arrangements for the Liberian vessels of greater than 20 gross tons including non-selfpropelled barges constructed or utilized for the carriage of grain.REQUIREMENTS:1.0 Grain loading arrangements for all Liberian ships will be approved in accordance with theprovisions of Chapter VI of reference (a). However, approvals granted to vessels built priorto May 1980 in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 12 of Chapter VI, SOLAS1960, IMO Resolution A.262(VIII), or IMO Resolution A. 184(VI) will remain valid.1 of 2Inquiries concerning the subject of this Notice should be directed to the Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Republic ofLiberia, the Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry, LLC, 8619 Westwood Center Dr., Suite 300, Vienna, VA22182, USA 06/12

2.0 The contents of MSC/Circ. 363 are to be taken into consideration when applying Part C ofChapter VI "Strength of Grain Division."3.0 Loading plans, calculations and other data related to grain loading arrangements offered forapproval, are required to be submitted directly to a full member of the InternationalAssociation of Classification Societies. All of these organizations have been duly authorizedby Liberia as Agents for approving the grain loading arrangements for Liberian flag ships.These organizations have been further authorized to issue official grain loading certificateson behalf of the Administration in a form prescribed by the Office of the DeputyCommissioner.* * * * *TEC-006 2 of 2 06/12The Republic of Liberia