Please be informed that China Maritime Safety Administration recently announced to launch the following PSC Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC).

Duration: From 15 June to 31 December 2017
Objective: 1) International voyage bulk carriers of 10,000GT and above, 15 years age and above
2) Bulk carriers converted from oil tanker, which has never been conducted subject CIC inspection, will not be limited by due range of PSC inspection. Except for special cases, the ships at first time calling Chinese Port after CIC started will be conducted the CIC inspection and afterwards PSC inspection will be followed PSC inspection due range as required by Tokyo-MOU.
Content: The CIC will focus on structures of bulk carriers, and includes the following in detail.
1) Agreement between ship and terminal about loading & unloading plan (IMO Res A.862 (20))
2) Approved loading manual
3) ESP file onboard (IMO Res. A744 (18))
4) Thickness measurement report
5) Weather tightness of hatch covers
6) Hatch corner plate and hatch coaming
7) Hold frames and structures in cargo holds
8) Bulkhead structures in cargo holds
9) Structures in ballast tanks

For any questions about the above, please contact:

NIPPON KAIJI KYOKAI (ClassNK)
Survey Department, Administration Center Annex, Head Office
Address: 3-3 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0094, Japan
Tel.: +81-3-5226-2027 / 2028
Fax: +81-3-5226-2029
E-mail: svd@classnk.or.jp