UKCSURVEY

UKC SURVEY provide services on flag matters as a registration specialist for; Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Palau, St. Kitts and Nevis,Liberia.

As a agent Ukc Survey provide service on flag matters for; Comoros, Cameroon, Honduras, Paraguay, St.Vincent & Granadines, Togo, Vanuatu

UKC SURVEY provide services on flag matters as a registration specialist for; Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Palau, St. Kitts and Nevis,Liberia.

As a agent Ukc Survey provide service on flag matters for; Comoros, Cameroon, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, St.Vincent & Granadines, Togo, Vanuatu..

Manuals, Fire & Safety Plans

Manuals: 

Yacht Compliance Management  provides fully customized and approved flag and class manuals.  These include:


-  Safety Training Manuals (SOLAS) 
-  Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plans (SOPEP) 
-  U.S. Non-Tank Vessel Response Plans (NTVRP) 
-  Fire and Safety Plans 
-  Garbage Management Plans 
-  Shipboard Energy Efficiency Plans (SEEMP) 
-  Safety Management Systems (ISM and Mini-ISM) 
-  Ship Security Plans (ISPS)
-  MLC compliant Seafarers Employment Agreements (SEA)​
-  DMLC Part 2 Manual

A mini-ISM is a safety management system based on the ISM Code but tailored specifically to the needs of commercial yachts or vessels registered as private with limited charter usage over 24 meters and under 500GT which otherwise, under international maritime law, have to comply with a full ISM system.

The ISM Code stands for the International Safety Management Code.  The ISM Code provides an international standard for the safe management and operation of ships and for pollution prevention.

Purpose

The purpose of a mini-ISM system is to:

-  Promote and ensure safety at sea for the yacht’s crew and guests and third parties
-  Prevent human injury or loss of life to the yacht’s crew, guests and third parties
-  Avoid damage to the yacht
-  Avoid damage to the environment

Requirements

The requirements of a mini-ISM have been summarized by flag states as part of the rules and regulations governing the operation of commercial yachts over 24 meters in length.

The key operational requirements of the system are as follows:

-  It should be simple and easy to understand by all users
-  It must be yacht specific and be owned by and developed by the yacht
-  It must be used and updated (during annual flag state surveys the system will be checked to ensure that it is being used)
-  It must be reviewed every three years

A generic mini-ISM template will with minor modification and adjustment provide a basic ‘tick-in-the-box’ system, which will appear to take requirements seriously.

If however the mini-ISM system is to be used as a genuine tool to improve the safety and quality of the vessel’s operation the template should require significant re-writing and adapting to specific onboard requirements, culture and unique threats.

Yacht Compliance Management can assist yacht owners and the captains of yachts with the implementation of a bespoke mini-ISM as stand-alone system or in conjunction with our electronic ISM system.    Solely privately registered yachts can also benefit from an affective and well-maintained mini ISM.

At UKC SURVEY we understand that each vessel is unique, therefore we tailor our approach specifically to your vessel’s characteristics, all while keeping your overall sustainability goals in mind. We begin by working with you to understand your overall sustainability goals and how EEXI will play a role in achieving those goals. From there we guide you throughout our simple three-step approach, allowing for seamless compliance.

Beginning January 1, 2023 an EEXI technical file will need to be in place for vessels that are satisfying the required EEXI. The EEXI technical file includes the EEXI calculation with supporting documentation and must be summitted to a class society prior to the International Energy Efficiency (IEE) survey taking place.

Issuance of the IEE certificate takes place upon the verification of the EEXI during the next scheduled annual, intermediate or renewal survey in the year 2023.

CII is the operational carbon intensity Indicator expressed in grams of CO2 per deadweight-nautical mile and it is a measure of vessel efficiency of CO2 emitted in transporting cargo/passengers. The CII and CII rating scheme will apply to all Cargo and Cruise ships of 5000 Gross tonnage and above, that is, the ships which are already subject to the requirements of the IMO Data Collection System.

The annual operational CII achieved or attained CII will be required to be documented and verified against the required annual operational CII. This will enable the Flag state to determine the operational CII rating, the rating will be given on a scale from A to E, A being the better performing vessels.