The latest edition of our newsletter addresses the following issues;

- BNWAS
- Certificates of Specialized Training
- Conditions of class, significant recommendations, memoranda or notations
- Correct use of gas test tubes
- Coronavirus OCIMF release
- Unauthorised plug and play devices on the ECDIS

During a sire inspection the Vetting inspector requested to test the emergency generator. When the generator was started by the crew, one of the two starting batteries exploded.

AWP Marine Consultancy Ltd specifically seeks interest from candidates based within the following regions: South America (Chile / Ecuador) / Western Europe (Netherlands / Belgium) and West or Southern Africa (Nigeria / Togo / Ghana / South Africa / Tanzania).

Port State Control (PSC) deficiencies are being issued by Paris Memorandum of Understanding
member states over fire-fighting outfits with the following indications:
• Not suitable for fire entry;
• Not a fire entry suit; or
• Outfit with buttons and or latches penetrating the suit and conducting heat to the wearer.

With effect from 1st January 2020, amendment 05-19 may be applied by Governments on a voluntary basis but with effect from 1st January 2021 it will enter into mandatory force. It is important to recognise that in the period 1st January 2020 – 31st December 2020 the 2018 edition of the IMSBC (including amendment 04-17) is the mandatory instrument in jurisdictions where the 2020 edition has not been voluntarily adopted. Members should also note the contents of circular CCC.1/Circ.2/Rev.1 dated 20 September 2017 in respect of the carriage of bauxite under the provisions of the 2018 edition of the IMSBC code.