GREEK MARINE SHIPPING & CHARTERING AGENCIES /OWNERS/MANAGERS/TECHNICAL/ ISM FULL STYLE COMPANIES

ANGELOPOULOS PANAGIOTIS

SHIPPING AGENCY

71, NOTARA STR. PIRAEUS

GR 185 35

TEL.+30 210 4128552(6 Lines) FAX +30 210 4171947

A.O.H. +30 210 98 53 855 MOB: +30 6934341152

E-mail : angelop@otenet.gr

Skype : angelopoulos.p

Karavetis Shipping Agency

 tel: 0030 25410 96711, 96795

 fax: 0030 25410 96648

 mobile: 0030 6977584250

 email: karaveti@otenet.gr

Viexal SA (a subsidiary of Viohalco Group of Companies)

Transport & Shipping Agency

Private Railway Operator

As agents only

Himaras 16, 151 25 Marousi

Switchboard: 0030 2106861111

Fax:0030 2106861604 

email: dfirfili@viexalsa.gr

email: shipping@viexalsa.gr

Niva Shipping Ltd

268, Kifissias Avenue

Kifissia 14563, Greece

Tel: +30 210 42 93 540

Fax: +30 210 42 93 545

Mobile: +30 6944 69 96 69

skype : george_georgakopoulos@hotmail.com

E-Mail: chartering@nivashipping.com

http://www.nivashipping.com

FORM OF REQUEST FOR IMO COMPANY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

REQUEST FOR IMO COMPANY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
LLOYD’S REGISTER – FAIRPLAY Lombard House 3 Princess Way Redhill SURREY RH1 1UP
Telephone +44 1737 379060 International Fax +44 1737 379040 Email owners-data-feedback@lrfairplay.com
TO ENABLE ASSIGNMENT OF A COMPANY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING DETAILS:
CURRENT COMPANY NAME*
FORMER NAME(S) (if known)
Please indicate if: This is a newly established Company This is a Change of Company Name (please give former names above) There is a company merger (please give former names of all companies above)
DATE OF INCORPORATION
COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION
(REGISTRATION)
FULL STREET ADDRESS*
TOWN*
COUNTRY*
.
TELEPHONE
FAX
E-MAIL
WEBSITE
IF KNOWN PARENT COMPANY
IMO ship identification number(s) *
if not available other ship details (please supply at least one IMO ship identification number in the current fleet. This helps in the identification of company records)
SENDER NAME*
SENDER FAX NUMBER*
SENDER EMAIL*
For office use only.:
IMO Company No.
Items indicated with an asterisk (*) are required and must be filled in before a number can be provided.

IMPORTANT MARINE SHIPPING CHARTERING TERMS / ABBREVIATIONS

BERTH 

Place where a vessel loads /

discharges cargo

BERTH ALLOCATION 

The allocation of berths at a

specified port for particular

sailings

BONDED WARE HOUSE

Accommodation under customs

surveillance housing dutiable

cargo such as tobacco or spirits

which may be stored on

importation and withdrawn at

importers convenience on

payment of relevant duty for

individual quantities

C&F 

Cost and freight – cargo delivery

term

CARGO DUES 

Charges raised by port authority

on cargo passing over the quay

usually based on tonnage or

specified unit method i-e per

vehicle

CARGO – HANDLING

EQUIPMENT

Equipment provided at a port or

freight depot to handle cargo such

as cranes, pallet trucks, pallets,

fork lift trucks, straddle carriers,

and so on

CARGO MANIFEST 

Inventory of cargo shipped

CARGO PLAN 

Plan depicting specie in a ship

occupied by cargo

CARGO SUPERINTENDENT

 Person in charge of stevedores

involving loading / discharging a

ship

CFS 

Container freight station

CHARTERING 

Process of hiring a vessel under

charter party terms for voyage or

period of time

CIF 

Cost insurance Freight-Cargo

delivery term

CLOSED DOCK SYSTEM

A dock system within a seaport

which maintains a constant water

level at all times and access to

which by ship is through lock

gates

COLD STORE 

Accommodation housing cargo to

a refrigerated condition

COMBINED 

The prevision of a through

transport service

CONTAINER BERTH 

A berth at a seaport transshipping

containers. Usually such as a

berth is purpose built and handles

only containers

CONTAINER STOWAGE

AREA

Place where containers are stored

– usually empty

CONVEYOR SYSTEMS BELT

Equipment enabling bagged

cargo, cartons, and in some ports

bulk cargo, to be loaded /

discharged on an automatic

electrically operated conveyor

belt

DEEP WATER HARBOUR
 A harbor offering deep water
facilities including deep water
berth thereby being able to
accommodate vessel of up to 20m
draught

DEMURRAGE 
Money paid by the shipper for
occupying space at a port or
warehouse beyond the specified
period – usually pending cargo
customs clearance. It also applies
to delay incurred in loading /
discharging a ship, container,
road vehicle or road trailer, be

DESTINATION PORT
 The specified port of destination
for a ship or consignment

DOCK LABOUR 
The labor force in a seaport
handling cargo

DIRECT DELIVERY 
Process of discharging cargo
direct from the ship to inland
transport system such as bulk
cargo shipload of rice which has
been cleared by customs.

DIRECT DELIVERY 
Place where cargo is discharged
from a ship in a seaport

DISTRIBUTION
The transportation of goods to /
from the sea arrangements

OIL / BULK TERMINAL
 A berth / terminal at a seaport
equipped to handle oil and bulk
cargo transshipments

OIL TERMINAL
 A berth / terminal at a seaport
equipped to handle oil
transshipment

OPEN DOCK SYSTEM 
A dock system in a seaport which
is subject to tidal variations

OPENING DATE 
The earliest date on which cargo
is accepted for shipment by (liner)
shipment for a specified sailing

OVERSIDE DISCHARGE
 Process of discharging cargo
direct into barges / lighter age
over the ship’s side using the
ship’s

L/D
 Loading / discharging

LNG
 Loquified natural gas

LOA
 Length over all

LOLO 
Lift on / lift off

LT
 Long ton / liner terms

IMO requirements on carriage of publications on board ships

IMO requirements on carriage of publications on board ships


 The Maritime Safety Committee together with Marine Environmental Protection Committee provided requirements on carriage of publications on board ships (refer to MSC-MEPC.2/CIRC.2 issued on June 01, 2006). The publications listed on the table below are explicitly required by IMO instruments and shall always be carried on board.

The International Code of Signals and the IAMSAR Manual Volume III shall always be carried on board the vessel in the form of a hard copy since both publications are for emergency use. All publications regardless the format, should be the latest editions or duly corrected up to date. In case where copies of national regulations incorporating the provisions of the required instruments are provided on board, publications of such instruments need not to be carried on board. Additional publications Other IMO publications such as the SOLAS, MARPOL, LL, COLREG and STCW Conventions shall also be carried on board either in hard copy or electronic format. As stated in IMO guidelines: “These publications, although not expressly required by IMO instruments, may need to be carried on board in order to improve the crew’s knowledge and to enhance the implementation of IMO instruments”. Updated list of publications The table below includees the updated list of publications. Although the table includes the latest editions, ship owners, managers and operators must always review and ensure that the latest publications are carried on board.

Romania has ratified the MLC, 2006 Romania is the 70th ILO member State to ratify the Convention

On November 24, 2015, the Government of Romania deposited with the International Labour Organization (ILO) the instrument of ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) making Romania the 70th ILO member State to have ratified the Convention.

As the fourth pillar of the international maritime legal regime, in complement to key Conventions of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the MLC, 2006 establishes and protects decent working and living conditions for seafarers while ensuring conditions of fair competition for shipowners.  According to ILO, Romania has over 25,000 seafarers and a merchant fleet of 82,911 gross tonnage of shipping.  It also hosts major sea ports along the Black Sea, including the Port of Constanta, which ranks among the first 10 European ports and intersects trade routes linking the markets of landlocked countries spanning from Central and Eastern Europe to Central Asia and the Far East.

For Romania, the MLC, 2006 will enter into force on 24 November 2016, that is, one year

Good Shipyard for Docking with v.competitive prices

Price List of Floating Dock along with pictures

LETTER OF INDEMNITY FOR SWITCH BILLS OF LADING

SWITCH

LETTER OF INDEMNITY FOR SWITCH BILLS OF LADING

To : [insert name of Owners] [insert date ]

The Owners of the [insert name of ship ]

[insert address]

Dear Sirs,

Ship: [insert name of ship ]

Voyage: [insert load and discharge ports as stated in the bill of lading]

Cargo: [insert description of cargo]

Bill of lading: [insert identification number, date and place of issue]

The above cargo was shipped on the above ship by [insert name of shipper] and consigned to [insert name of consignee or party to whose order the bill of lading is made out, as appropriate ] for delivery at the port of [insert name of discharge port stated in the bill of lading] at the time of booking.

We [insert name of party requesting issuance of switch Bills of Lading] now surrender the full set 3/3 of original Bills for cancellation and hereby request you to issue a set of switch Bills with the following change:

Discharge port now reads as: [insert name of  new discharge port]

In consideration of your complying with our above request, we hereby agree as follows :-

1. To indemnify you, your servants and agents and to hold all of you harmless in respect of any liability, loss, damage or expense of whatsoever nature which you may sustain by reason of issuing a Switch Bill in accordance with our request.

2. In the event of any proceedings being commenced against you or any of your servants or agents in connection with the above mentioned, to provide you or them on demand with sufficient funds to defend the same.

3. If, in connection with complying with the above request, the ship, or any other ship or property in the same or associated ownership, management or control, should be arrested or detained or should the arrest or detention thereof be threatened, or should there be any interference in the use or trading of the vessel (whether by virtue of a caveat being entered on the ship’s registry or otherwise howsoever), to provide on demand such bail or other security as may be required to prevent such arrest or detention or to secure the release of such ship or property or to remove such interference and to indemnify you in respect of any liability, loss, damage or expense caused by such arrest or detention or threatened arrest or detention or such interference, whether or not such arrest or detention or threatened arrest or detention or such interference may be justified.

4. The liability of each and every person under this indemnity shall be joint and several and shall not be conditional upon your proceeding first against any person, whether or not such person is party to or liable under this indemnity.

5. This indemnity shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and each and every person liable under this indemnity shall at your request submit to the jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice of England.

Yours faithfully

For and on behalf of

[insert name of Requestor]

The Requestor

…………………………………

Signature

LOI FOR VESSEL INSPECTION

DATE:  _   _, 2016

To: The Owner of M.V. “   ”

To: The Master of M.V. “           ” and concerned parties

LETTER OF INDEMNITY

*Passport ID copy of each representative to be attached to the signed letter

Dear all the concerned parties,

In consideration of your allowing our representatives Mr.      PASSPORT No  ---------- from -------------------------  to get onboard M.V. “--------------” at --------------  (------------) , , around from  -------------     -      ……….., 2016, we hereby undertake and agree:-

1.      To indemnify you, your servants, charterers, shippers, receivers, agents and whosoever involved in the Vessel’s operation against any kind of responsibility whatsoever and however as result of their boarding.

2.      To keep you indemnified against any damages, loss, cost of expenses which you may suffer or incur as a result of any act of default whether negligent or not on our part.

3.      To reimburse you any expense incurred by our representatives for embarkation and/or disembarkation to/from the Vessel.

4.      To let our representatives obey and follow the direction of the Master, and the rules and the regulations of the Vessel throughout the period their staying on board.

STAMP OF COMPANY AND SIGNATURE OF REPRESENTATIVE

                                 

 By:

 Title:

STANDARD FORM LETTER OF INDEMNITY TO BE GIVEN IN RETURN FOR DELIVERING CARGO WITHOUT PRODUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL BILL OF LADING

[Insert Date]

To :      [Insert name of Owners]         

            The Owners of the [Insert name of ship]

            [Insert address]

Dear Sirs

Ship:                [Insert name of ship]

Voyage:           [insert load and discharge ports as stated in bill of lading]

Cargo:             [Insert description of cargo]

Bill of lading:  [Insert identification numbers, date and place of issue]

The above cargo was shipped on the above ship by [insert name of shipper] and consigned to [insert name of consignee or party to whose order the bill of lading is made out, as appropriate] for delivery at the port of [insert name of discharge port stated in the bill of lading]] but the bill of lading has not arrived and we, [insert name of party requesting delivery], hereby request you to deliver the said cargo to [ X / insert name of party to whom delivery is to be made] or to such party as you believe to be or to represent [X] or to be acting on behalf of [X] at [insert place where delivery is to be made] without production of the original bill of lading.

In consideration of your complying with our above request, we hereby agree as follows :-

1.      To indemnify you, your servants and agents and to hold all of you harmless in respect of any liability, loss, damage or expense of whatsoever nature which you may sustain by reason of delivering the cargo in accordance with our request.

2.      In the event of any proceedings being commenced against you or any of your servants or agents in connection with the delivery of the cargo as aforesaid, to provide you or them on demand with sufficient funds to defend the same.

3.      If, in connection with the delivery of the cargo as aforesaid, the ship, or any other ship or property in the same or associated ownership, management or control, should be arrested or detained or should the arrest or detention thereof be threatened, or should there be any interference in the use or trading of the vessel (whether by virtue of a caveat being entered on the ship’s registry or otherwise howsoever), to provide on demand such bail or other security as may be required to prevent such arrest or detention or to secure the release of such ship or property or to remove such interference and to indemnify you in respect of any liability, loss, damage or expense caused by such arrest or detention or threatened arrest or detention or such interference, whether or not such arrest or detention or threatened arrest or detention or such interference may be justified.

4.      If the place at which we have asked you to make delivery is a bulk liquid or gas terminal or facility, or another ship, lighter or barge, then delivery to such terminal, facility, ship, lighter or barge shall be deemed to be delivery to the party to whom we have requested you to make such delivery.

5.      As soon as all original bills of lading for the above cargo shall have come into our possession, to deliver the same to you, or otherwise to cause all original bills of lading to be delivered to you, whereupon our liability hereunder shall cease.

6.      The liability of each and every person under this indemnity shall be joint and several and shall not be conditional upon your proceeding first against any person, whether or not such person is party to or liable under this indemnity.

7.      This indemnity shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and each and every person liable under this indemnity shall at your request submit to the jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice of England.

Yours faithfully

For and on behalf of

[insert name of requestor]

The Requestor

…………………………………

Signature

MSC-MEPC.6-Circ.14 - Annex 2 - SOPEP - 31 December 2015

MSC-MEPC.6/Circ.14
31 December 2015
ANNEX 2
LIST OF NATIONAL OPERATIONAL CONTACT POINTS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECEIPT, TRANSMISSION AND PROCESSING OF
URGENT REPORTS ON INCIDENTS INVOLVING HARMFUL SUBSTANCES,
INCLUDING OIL FROM SHIPS TO COASTAL STATES

1 The following information is provided to enable compliance with Regulation 37 of
MARPOL Annex I which, inter alia, requires that the Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan
(SOPEP) shall contain a list of authorities or persons to be contacted in the event of a
pollution incident involving such substances. Requirements for oil pollution emergency plans
and relevant oil pollution reporting procedures are contained in Articles 3 and 4 of the 1990
OPRC Convention.