The Marine and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) had informed ClassNK that SURVEY CIRCULAR 3 OF 2014, which is in reference to implementation of maintenance, testing and inspection of fire protection systems and appliances on board the Singapore registered ships, was revised. The essential points of the CIRCULAR are shown below.

[Essential Points of the CIRCULAR]

1. The 5 or 10 yearly maintenance, testing and inspection task stipulated in the following IMO Guidelines described in SHIPPING CIRCULAR TO SHIPOWNERS NO. 19 OF 2013, is intended to be completed during a ship's dry dock period. In cases where it is in impractical to carry out the maintenance when the ship is in afloat condition or the ship is engaged in trade, the maintenance should be carried out during its scheduled dry-docking, but not later than 1 December 2018.

[IMO Guidelines]
a. Resolution A.951(23) on Improved Guidelines for Marine Portable Fire Extinguishers
b. MSC.1/ Circ.1318 on Guidelines for the Maintenance and Inspections of Fixed Carbon Dioxide Fire-Extinguishing Systems
c. MSC.1/ Circ.1432 on Revised Guidelines for the Maintenance and Inspection of Fire Protection Systems and Appliances

Please refer to No.TEC-0977 issued on 2 December 2014 for details of SHIPPING CIRCULAR TO SHIPOWNERS NO. 19 OF 2013.

(To be continued)