3.4 Final survey
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3.4 Final survey

  3.4.1 A final survey should be conducted before a ship is taken out of service and before the recycling of the ship has started.

  3.4.2 Prior to the final survey, a request for the final survey should be submitted by the shipowner to the Administration or to a recognized organization along with the ship data listed in paragraph 3.1.1.2 above and the Ship Recycling Facility data required for the International Ready for Recycling Certificate as follows:

  • .1 name of the Ship Recycling Facility(ies);

  • .2 distinctive Recycling Company identity number (as listed on the Document of Authorization to conduct Ship Recycling (DASR));

  • .3 full address; and

  • .4 date of expiry of DASR.

In cases where multiple Ship Recycling Facilities are involved, the appropriate information for all the Facilities should be provided prior to the final survey.

  3.4.3 The request for a final survey should be supplemented by:

  • .1 the International Certificate on Inventory of Hazardous Materials, the Inventory of Hazardous Materials, and Material Declaration and Supplier's Declaration of Conformity regarding any change, replacement or significant repair of the structure, equipment, systems, fittings, arrangements and/or material since the last survey;

  • .2 the approved Ship Recycling Plan; and

  • .3 a copy of the DASR.

  3.4.4 Prior to the final survey:

  • .1 Part I of the Inventory of Hazardous Materials should be properly maintained and updated to reflect changes in ship structure and equipment, and Part II for operationally generated wastes and Part III for stores should be developed by the shipowner taking account of planned or expected operations before the arrival at the Ship Recycling Facility, and of the 2011 Guidelines for the development of the inventory of hazardous materials, as may be amended; and

  • .2 the Ship Recycling Plan should be developed by the authorized Ship Recycling Facility, taking account of information including the Inventory of Hazardous Materials provided by the shipowner; as required by regulation 9 of the annex to the Convention, the Ship Recycling Plan should be either explicitly or tacitly approved by the Competent Authority authorizing the Ship Recycling Facility.

  3.4.5 The survey should verify the following:

  • .1 that the Inventory of Hazardous Materials as required by regulation 5.4 of the annex to the Convention is in accordance with the requirements of the Convention, including that part I of the Inventory of Hazardous Materials is properly maintained and updated to reflect changes in ship structure and equipment since the last survey, and that parts II and III of the Inventory of Hazardous Materials identify the Hazardous Materials on board the ship, their location and approximate quantities; planned or expected operations during the period between the final survey and the arrival at the Ship Recycling Facility should be taken into consideration;

  • .2 that the Ship Recycling Plan, as required by regulation 9 of the annex to the Convention, properly reflects the information contained in the Inventory of Hazardous Materials as required by regulation 5.4 and contains information concerning the establishment, maintenance and monitoring of Safe-for-entry and Safe-for-hot-work conditions; in the case of tacit approval of the Ship Recycling Plan, the written acknowledgement of receipt of the Ship Recycling Plan sent by the Competent Authority in accordance with regulation 9.4 and the end date of the 14-day review period should also be verified;

  • .3 that the Ship Recycling Facility(ies) where the ship is to be recycled holds a valid DASR in accordance with the Convention; and

  • .4 that any decision by the shipowner to delete equipment, system and/or area previously classed as "potentially containing hazardous materials" from the Part I of the Inventory of Hazardous Materials is based on clear grounds for believing that the equipment, system and/or area in question contain no Hazardous Materials.

  3.4.6 The International Ready for Recycling Certificate should be issued either by the Administration or by any person or organizations authorized by it, after successful completion of the final survey, to any ships to which regulation 10 of the annex to the Convention applies.

Parent topic: 3 Surveys
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