Please be informed that Paris MOU and Tokyo MOU issued a Press Release announcing the launch of following PSC Joint Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) in 2014;

Items of concentrated inspection: STCW Chapter VIII "Standards regarding watchkeeping",
Section A-VIII/1 "Fitness for duty"

Campaign period: From 1 September to 30 November 2014

During this campaign period, not only "rest period provided to officers and ratings who are assigned duty of a watch etc." in STCW Section A-VIII/1, but also "Minimum Safe Manning" in SOLAS Reg. V/14 will be subjected to the concentrated inspections.
(See questionnaire form "CIC ON STCW HOURS OF REST" in the attached Press Release.)

Please note that Black Sea MOU and Indian Ocean MOU issued Press Releases announcing the same campaign during the same period will be held also in their jurisdictions.

For any questions about the above, please contact:

NIPPON KAIJI KYOKAI (ClassNK)
Safety Management Systems Department, Administration Center, Head Office
Address: 4-7 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8567, Japan
Tel.: +81-3-5226-2173
Fax: +81-3-5226-2174
E-mail: smd@classnk.or.jp