Statutory & Mandatory Certificates
Statutory certificates are required by the law.
Mandatory certificates, as the name suggests, are mandatory to carry on board. While it is important to have both type of certificates on board, there is a principle difference between statutory and mandatory certificates.
If we sail a ship without a statutory certificate (the one required by law), we are breaking the law.
And like any other form of breaking law, it can be charged under criminal law.
If we sail the ship without a mandatory certificate, we are not breaking the law. But as these certificates are mandatory, we may not be allowed to enter into the port limit of a country or we may not be allowed to start the cargo operation.
Statutory and mandatory certificates together are called trading certificates. That is the certificates required for a ship to trade freely.
List of Statutory Certificates
1. Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate
2. Cargo Safety Equipment Certificate
3.Cargo Ship Safety Radio Telephony Certificates
4. Safety Management Certificates
Mandatory Certificates and Plans
1. International Tonnage Certificate
2. International Load Line Certificate
3. International Load Line Exemption Certificate
4. Intact Stability Booklet
5. Damage Control Booklet
6. IOPP Certificate
7.Oil Record Book
8. SOPEP Plan
9. Garbage Management Plan
10. Garbage Record Book
11. Cargo Securing Manual
12. Document Of Compliance
13. Safety Management Certificate
14. Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate
15. Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate
16. Cargo Ship Safety Radio Certificate
17. Cargo Ship Safety Certificate
18. International Pollution Prevention Certificate for the Carriage of Noxious Liquid Substance in Bulk (ship carrying Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk only)
19.International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Liquified Gases In Bulk. (Gas Carriers only)
20. International Certificate of Fitness For
Carriage of Dangerous Chemical In Bulk (Chemical Tankers only)
Ref : Polaris App