The Government of the Marshall Islands has notified the procedures of the Service Extensions/Dispensations and Extension of Certificates for the ships flying Marshall Islands flag as below.

1. Service Extensions or Dispensations of life-savings/fire-fighting appliances
As instructed by the Marine Notice No.2-011-26 as attached, Application Procedure for Service Extensions/Dispensations of certain equipment or life-savings/fire-fighting appliances for the ships flying Marshall Islands flag has been notified.
In case where the ship owner, ship manager or ship master requests any Service Extensions or Dispensations of them with a legitimate grounds, please contact the Administration directly using Form TEC-02 in Marine Notice No.2-011-26.

2. Extension of Statutory Certificates
As instructed by the Technical Circular 13 as attached, the procedure of Extension of Statutory Certificates has been notified.
If unavailability of dry dock or repair facilities is the basis for the extension, documentation from at least three facilities contacted citing unavailability and a confirmed booking for proposed dry dock are to be submitted to the Survey Department.


For any questions about the above, please contact:

NIPPON KAIJI KYOKAI (ClassNK)
Survey Department, 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

Attachment:
1. Marine Notice No.2-011-26 : Application for Service Extensions/Dispensations
2. Technical Circular 13 : Guidelines for Extending the Period of Validity of a Certificate