IMO establishes a new module on GISIS for crew change & repatriation of seafarers, reports BIMCO.
Series of revisions
The IMO has been issuing MSC.1/circ.1 in a series of revisions, each time a new Member State informs the IMO of their national focal point of contact for crew change and repatriation of seafarers.
IMO announced via their circular letter no. 4398 dated 8th April, that a new module on Crew Change and Repatriation of Seafarers is now available on the Global Integrated Shipping Information System ( GISIS).
MSC.7/circ.1 series discontinued
This is where the Member States will enter the information, as done previously by the said circular letter series, directly into this new module, allowing for notification and dissemination of information on the national focal point of contact for crew change and repatriation of seafarers to be available expeditiously. Hence, this MSC.7/circ.1 series will be discontinued as the same will now be transferred to the new module.
Guidance on the use of this new module and how to access it is set out in the above-mentioned circular letter no. 4398, item 4 of Annex I.
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Source: BIMCO
