Please be informed that "Statement of Fact" for the Inventory of Hazardous Materials issued by ClassNK regarding the Ship Recycling Convention will be replaced with "Statement of Compliance".
To assist ship owners for taking corresponding actions to the Ship Recycling Convention and the EU Regulation, ClassNK will issue "Statement of Compliance" for ships which are affixed with class notation "IHM" and therefore shall have the periodical audit for maintenance of the Inventory, instead of "Statement of Fact". "Statement of Compliance" certifies the conformity at the recent periodical audit for maintenance of the Inventory though "Statement of Fact" does it only at the initial audit.
The EU Regulation on Ship Recycling (hereinafter referred to as "the EU Regulation") entered into force on 30th December 2013. Details can be found in our Technical information TEC-0978. As a consequence of the EU Regulation, EU flagged ships and Non-EU flagged ships that may call at a port or anchorage of EU Member State, on or after the day defined by regulation (Please refer Table 1 below), shall possess and maintain an Inventory of Hazardous Materials, a list which indicates types and amounts of hazardous materials and their location. PSC is imposed on both EU Flagged ships and Non-EU flagged ships at the port or anchorage of an EU Member State. It will be basically confirmed through PSC whether the Inventory onboard the ship is properly maintained and updated, and a valid statement of compliance issued by the Flag or the RO in accordance with the national requirements is kept onboard.

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