SHIP’S DOCUMENTS AND CERTIFICATES (PART II)

In operating and for its commercial purpose, a trading vessel needs to be supplied with certificates issued by various institutions. The certificates will act as prove of a vessel’s worthiness to be used in a commercial activity. These certificates have various survey items and serve their own purpose. Below is some of the certificates owned by BLT’s vessels.

1. Classification Certificate
This certificate contains ship classification and issued by Classification Society. Vessel classifications described in this certificate are Classification Number, Vessel Ownership, Flag State, Ship Particular, Vessel Builder, and the compliance with the Society rules and regulation of the classification characteristics.
This certificate is valid for 5 years and annual survey will be held in 3 months prior or after its anniversary date.
The purposes of the certificate are commercial, vessel standard, insurance, and mandatory regulation from flag state. Commercial purpose is to inform the charterer of vessel type and types of cargo that vessel can carry. Vessel standard means that vessel is certified by Class for its quality and capacity. Insurance purpose means that vessel is insured by the Class. Flag State Control also demands for vessel to be under Class Society and this certificate is issued to serve the same

2. IAPP (International Air Pollution Prevention)
This certificate is valid for 5 years and annual survey will be held in 3 months prior or after its anniversary date. The purpose of this certificate is to ensure that vessel already comply with SOLAS regulation 5 Annex VI of air pollution prevention. Vessel fitted with this certificate means that vessel is fully complying of the requirement in terms of on board equipment, arrangement, and material used. IAPP certificate also has supplement that describe the Main Engine, Aux Engine, and the types of bunker to be used inside and outside ECA

3. ISPP (International Sewage Pollution Prevention)
This certificate is valid for 5 years and annual survey will be held in 3 months prior or after its anniversary date. The certificate is issued in accordance to SOLAS regulation 4 Annex IV of the marine pollution prevention of water. If a vessel is fitted with this certificate, means that vessel already comply in terms of structure, arrangement, system, and material used for preventing pollution. Inside this certificate, the sewage treatment plant installed on board is also described.

FUEL SAVING INITIATIVES

Oil Price is increasing each day. This is certainly becoming bad news for us; because operational cost of our vessels is highly depend on the increase of bunker price. But we don’t have any power over the bunker price in the market. So what can we do? Saving the fuel is the answer.
We are all well aware that all the activity in the vessel need some fuel. To be able to save, every officer and crew must realize and aware how important is to save the fuel. This fuel saving can be started by lowering our daily consumption on the vessel without burdening crew and moreover is not decreasing our service quality.
Below are some of encouraged behaviors in order to save the fuel:
1. Keep accommodation doors closed
a. Post a “keep closed” marking for all doors and windows
b. Implement a fire and security patrol for every period.
c. Brief all crew members that by not properly closed the door will cause the A/C working ineffectively

2. Turn off light in cabins and public areas when they are not being used
a. Turn off light/lamp that were not in use for example in the hospital/clinic, empty cabin, when leaving the cabin, crew/officer mess room on day time and night time after being used, all store, pump room etc. Including turning off the computer after finish using it.

REVISED INDONESIAN CABOTAGE PRINCIPLE FAMILIARIZATION

Since it was first emerged in the year of 2005, implementation of cabotage principle has been able to bring a breeze to the domestic shipping industries. As well as the BP migas (Indonesian government executive body to manage the upstream activity in oil and gas field) which has been fully supported this implementation of cabotage principle. As we know, President’s instruction No.5 year 2005 regarding the Empowerment of National Shipping Company has become an initiation point for the implementation of this principle. However in the course of time, just before the cabotage principle imposed to all commodities transportation on 7 May 2011, based on the mapping along with all the stakeholders, the cabotage principle can not be consistently implemented to the oil and gas exploration activity and the offshore exploitation of the oil and gas. This is happen because the unavailability or the insufficient availability of Indonesian flagged vessels to support oil and gas operation. This condition will lead to the disturbance in continuity of offshore oil and gas activity, which will have an impact to the national energy security and eventually will endanger the vialibility of ongoing national development.
In respond to this matter, the government issued The Government Regulation No.22/2011 and The Minister of Transportation Regulation No.48/2011 as a commitment from the government ensuring the continuity of exploration and exploitation of oil and gas while still giving the main priority to the national shipping industries.
As a good gesture of concern and ensure all the relevant aspect to aware and understand this changes of regulation for sure, The Department of Transportation, BP migas and The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of The Republic Indonesia held a briefing for this new regulation.