contact points for SOPEP dated 31.01.2021

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MSC-MEPC.6/Circ.19
31 January 2021
NATIONAL CONTACT POINTS
FOR SAFETY AND POLLUTION PREVENTION AND RESPONSE
1 This circular replaces all previously issued circulars under this title.
2 The annex to this circular includes the "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".
3 The information, included in annex 1 of previous versions of this
circular (prior to MSC-MEPC.6/Circ.15) may be accessed through GISIS at
https://gisis.imo.org/Public/CP/Browse.aspx?List=SICI. This includes contact point information
for:
.1 national inspection services – head offices (originally MSC/Circ.630);
.2 national inspection services – local offices (originally MSC/Circ.630);
.3 inspection services acting as representatives of flag States for port State
control matters and responsible authorities in charge of casualty investigation
(originally MSC/Circ.542); and
.4 Secretariats of Memoranda of Understanding on Port State Control.
4 Member Governments are requested to:
.1 provide information on any changes or additions to the lists of contact points
by directly updating the relevant information in the Contact Points module of
GISIS;
.2 provide addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and electronic mail
addresses of inspection services acting as representatives of flag States in
case of port States interventions; and
.3 notwithstanding the provisions of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, as amended,
with regard to communication of an intervention, port State authorities are
requested, in order to expedite communications, to additionally convey
information, related to port State control interventions, to those flag State
inspection services (Head Offices) or to the inspection services acting as
representatives of flag States, when available.
MSC-MEPC.6/Circ.19