ClassNK would like to notify that Affairs of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Maritime Administration has issued Circular No.PSC033 (hereinafter, the Circular) regarding guidelines related to the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (hereinafter, Paris MOU) as per attached.

As per the Circular, all vessels, which were detained 1 time or more during the past 3 years and whose next port of call is within a Paris MOU member country, are required to undergo an occasional survey in order to improve the performance of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Registry within the Paris MOU.

In case the vessel departs to a port located within a Paris MOU member country, please arrange an occasional survey according to the said guidelines. For details of the survey items for this occasional survey, please contact ClassNK service sites which will carry out the survey.

For any questions about the above, please contact:

NIPPON KAIJI KYOKAI (ClassNK)
Survey Operations Headquarters, Administration Center, Head Office
Address: 4-7 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8567, Japan
Tel.: +81-3-5226-2027 / 2028
Fax: +81-3-5226-2029
E-mail: svd@classnk.or.jp