Common marine inspection document

  • Recommended Practice
  • Issue 13.2 - August 2023

A standard format for safety management system inspections of offshore vessels >500grt, part of the IMCA eCMID system.

Contents

  • Inspection summary

  • Core sections

    • Vessel particulars

    • Previous inspections

    • Certification and publications

    • Safety management system

    • Health, safety and environment (HSE)

    • Maritime Labour Convention 2006

    • Ship and cyber security

    • Crew management

    • Crew qualifications

    • Life-saving appliances (LSA)

    • Firefighting appliances

    • Pollution prevention

    • General appearance

    • Bridge, navigation and communications equipment

    • Machinery space

    • Mooring, towing and lifting equipment

    • Construction and stability

  • Supplements

    • Dynamic positioning (DP) vessels

    • Anchor handling vessels (AHVs)

    • Offshore supply vessels (OSVs)

    • LNG fuelled vessels

    • Standby vessels (SBVs) (emergency response rescue vessels (ERRV)

    • Survey vessels (including offshore seismic survey)

    • Diving support vessels

    • Pipe lay and cable lay vessels

    • Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and remotely operated vehicles (ROVs)

    • Helicopter operations

    • Accommodation vessels

    • Jack-up vessels

    • Heavy lift vessels

    • Oil recovery vessels

    • Barges (non-self-propelled)

    • Gravel discharge, dredgers and trenching

    • Vessel reactivation from lay-up

    • High Speed Craft Code Compliance

    • Walk to Work

    • Hybrid Battery Systems for DP Vessels

    • Battery Propulsion Systems for Non-DP Vessels

Revision

  • Issue 13.2 - August 2023
    Updated closing meeting guidance, new pilot ladder guidance, minor edits
  • Issue 13.1 - December 2022
    Minor updates to certain questions, guidance and references New ‘additional images’ appendix available
  • Issue 13 - July 2022
  • Issue 12 - May 2021
    Machinery space section rewritten, new supplements on the High Speed Craft (HSC) Code and on Walk-to-Work, minor editorial changes
  • Issue 11.1 - April 2020
    Additional guidance added to DP supplement questions Minor updates to address user feedback
  • Issue 11 - September 2018
    General update, new questions on cyber security and MLC 2006 Addition of reactivation supplement
  • Issue 10 - July 2016
    Complete revision, including re-introduction of vessel-type supplements
  • Issue 9 - September 2015
    Complete revision, including re-introduction of vessel-type supplements
  • Issue 8 - May 2011
    Complete update reflecting cross-industry discussion
  • Issue 7 - March 2009
    Complete update reflecting cross-industry discussion
  • Issue 6 - June 2007
    Supplement 5 (Seismic vessels) enhanced plus correction to 3.5 (ISPS/ISM codes)
  • Issue 5 - September 2005
  • Issue 4 - May 2005
  • Issue 3 - September 2001
  • Issue 2 - August 2000
    Inclusion of list of certificates to be inspected plus additional questions on security and DP training
  • Issue 1 - January 1999

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