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Jersey Shipping Registry: Appointment of Marine Surveyors

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A decision made 16 May 2012:

Decision Reference:  MD-E-2012-0054

 

Decision Summary Title :

Jersey Marine Surveyor Appointment and Approval of Certifying Authorities

Date of Decision Summary:

4th May 2012

Decision Summary Author:

Registrar of Shipping

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

n/a

Written Report

Title :

Jersey Marine Surveyor Appointment

 

Date of Written Report:

4th May 2012

Written Report Author:

Registrar of Shipping

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

Public

Subject:  Appointment of Marine Surveyors for the Jersey Shipping Registry.

Decision(s):

In accordance with Article 154 of the Shipping (Jersey) Law 2002 the Minister has decided to appoint Mr Philip Noad C Eng MRINA of NoadMaritime Ltd as a Marine Surveyor to carry out work on behalf of the Jersey Shipping Registry and to oversee work carried out by Certifying Authorities and other Recognised Organisations on behalf of the Registry.

 

As a consequence of this appointment, the Minister has authorised the Registrar of Shipping to amend the current arrangements with marine surveyors MECAL Ltd. and enter into a new agreement with Mr Noad.

 

In accordance with Article 28 of the States of Jersey Law 2005, the Minister also delegates to the Registrar the appointment of other surveyors, Certifying Authorities and Recognised Organisations as the occasion arises. These individuals and organisations will then be subject to external audit of standards by the Jersey Shipping Registry, the Marine Surveyor or the UK MCA acting on the Island’s behalf. The appointment of these bodies and individuals is to be in accordance with Article 154 of the Shipping Law.

Reason(s) for Decision:

The situation is brought about by the need to have independent technical representation at meetings of the Red Ensign Group and the need to oversee more private organisations which can carry out survey work for Jersey ships. Individual Certifying Authorities have approached the Registry requesting permission to carry out work on behalf of the Registry but cannot do that work without proper authorisation.

 

Resource Implications:

There are no new financial, property, ICT or human resources issues arising. The related consultancy costs incurred are to be borne by related income from survey work carried out by the appointees.

 

Action required: Following the decision, the Registrar will confirm Mr Noad’s appointment. He will also enter into a new agreement with MECAL Ltd. and authorise other Certifying Authorities to carry out certification of Jersey commercial vessels.

 

Signature:  Senator A.J.H.Maclean

 

Position:  Minister

 

Date Signed:

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

 

Jersey Shipping Registry: Marine Surveyors: Appointment of

Jersey Marine Surveyor Appointment and Approval of Certifying Authorities

 

 

Background

At the moment the Registrar attends maritime technical and survey meetings alone and does not have direct recourse to the relevant expertise within the States. This is at a time when a number of new initiatives are coming forward such as the new Passenger Yacht Code and the Maritime Labour Convention. Furthermore, without a surveyor working for the Shipping Registry it is more difficult for the States to give a lead on generating new business.

 

Additionally, the Registry cannot at the moment generally supervise Certifying Authorities who may wish to carry out survey work without additional resources to audit and oversee their standards. This prevents expansion. The appointee will be able to carry out survey work himself as well as oversee the Certifying Authorities who are now requesting Jersey recognition. The appointee will also extend the ability of the Registry to carry out compliance and accident investigations and local ship surveys, so reducing the need to be dependent on external consultants.

 

The Surveyor Appointment

This part-time consultancy appointment is as a result of advertising for the post earlier in 2012. Some local interest was expressed but in part because these persons did not fulfil the requirements sought only UK applications were received. The new appointment will however enable these local surveyors to work on behalf of the Certifying Authorities referred to below.

 The role has three key aspects:

  1. To represent and advise the Registrar on technical survey and certification matters.

 

2. Oversight of external surveyors and as required, the audit of Certifying Authorities and Classification Societies recognised by the Jersey Administration.

 

  1. To carry out surveys and inspections for the Jersey Shipping Register as directed by the Registrar.

 

The expectation is that the additional earnings generated by the appointee will cover the additional travel and other related costs.

 

 

Certifying Authorities

 

In the United Kingdom, Certifying Authorities carry out survey and certification of commercial ships up to 24m in length. Currently only one is recognised to do this work for Jersey ships. Whilst this has been very successful in developing and applying the standards over the last few years, other organisations wish to have the opportunity as well.

 

The appointment puts in place the oversight that is necessary to authorise more Certifying Authorities and the intention is that will help to grow the business. Local surveyors working for the authorised Certifying Authorities will of course be able to compete for new work.

 

 

Certifying Authority Agreement

 

A typical draft agreement is attached for information.

 

 

3 May 2012

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