RE: GUIDANCE ON VOLUNTARY SELF ASSESSMENT FOR SHIP SECURITY

At the recent International Maritime Organization Maritime Safety Committee meeting, MSC.1/Circ.1193 concerning “Guidance on Voluntary Self Assessments for Ship Security” was agreed and distributed by IMO. A copy of the document is available for download, and has been emailed to all company security officers under cover of this Fleet / Safety Letter.

Although this guidance tool is not mandatory, and there is no requirement to complete and submit it to the Administration, we recommend that all companies, particularly ISPS compliant companies, review the questionnaire (Appendix 2 of the Annex) and, where they determine that their own procedures can be improved, take steps to do so.

We also encourage every company that makes use of this guidance tool to advise us if the guidance proved to be of value. With your input, we will be able to advise IMO if additional measures need to be taken. We ask you to complete the simple 5 question survey below and click the "Submit" button to return your thoughts to us.

Thank you.

Donald J. Sheetz

Executive Vice President

The signed version of this Fleet Safety Letter can be downloaded as a PDF