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| Panama Maritime Quality Services, Inc.
(PMQS) has been appointed as Recognized Security Organization
(RSO) by International Merchant Marine of Belize (IMMARBE) to
review approval of Ship Security Plans For Belize Flag Vessels. |
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| Pre-Application Phase |
| 1. |
Ship Owners or Company Security Officer
(CSO) will designate or hire a qualified individual or
company to conduct and prepare the Ship Security Assessment
(SSA) and write the Ship Security Plan (SSP) |
| 2. |
Company Security Officer (CSO) will
use a SSA/SSP verification checklist to ensure that the
Ship Security Assessment (SSA) and Ship Security Plan
(SSP) meets the requirements of SOLAS Annex XI-2 and part
A of the International Ship and Port Facility Security
(ISPS) Code including guidance from Part B. |
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Company Security Officer (CSO) can use
any SSA/SSP verification checklist issued by any classification
society or by PMDS for the above purpose. Click
here to download PMQS SSA/SSP verification checklist
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| Registration |
| 4. |
The Company Security Officer (CSO) will
require to register the Company as a User on the Panama
Maritime Website, ISPS-Code Approval / Belize Section.
Registration is free. Click here to register. |
| 5. |
After registration, Company Security
Officer (CSO) will receive, via e-mail, confirmation of
information received from the company and a User Name
and Password. |
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| Uploading Of Ship Security Plan |
| 6. |
Company Security Officer (CSO) will
upload Company's vessel SSP to Panama Maritime Website
/ ISPS-Code Approval for Belize section using the designated
User Name and Password. |
| 7. |
The upload file MUST be a single Adobe
PDF or single ZIP file containing the SSA, SSP and SSA/SSP
verification checklist. |
| 8. |
The above single file shall be named
with ship name and IMO number. Eg. M/V Brilliant Reefer
IMO 6400563. |
9. |
PMDS will acknowledge receipt of the
single Adobe PDF file or single ZIP file by email. PMQS
will also calculate the appropriate fee based on the vessel's
gross tonnage, and provide an Invoice via the same email
to the CSO. |
10. |
Company Security Officer (CSO) will
arrange payment to PMQS for the SSP Approval Application
fee in advance by Standard Wire Transfer, or Bank Draft.
The vessel's name and invoice number shall be mentioned
when making payment. |
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| Ship Security Plan Review For Approval
Phase |
| 11. |
Upon receipt of payment, PMQS will review
the SSP for essential elements and compliance with ISPS
code basis on submitted SSA, SSP and the SSA/SSP verification
checklist. |
| 12. |
PMQS will accept or reject the SSP within
5 days upon receipt of payment and will notify the Company
Security Officer (CSO) in writing via e-mail. |
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| Ship Security Plan Approval Certificate |
| 13. |
If the submitted Ship Security Plan
meets with the requirements of SOLAS Annex XI-2 and part
A of the International Ship and Port Facility Security
(ISPS) Code including guidance from part B of the ISPS
code, PMQS will issue a Ship Security Plan Approval Certificate
and courier same to the Company Security Officer (CSO)
using the address data used during registration process
in step 4. |
| 14. |
Company Security Officer (CSO) will
include the certificate together with the SSP for implementation
onboard the ship. |
| 15. |
PMQS will file the approval SSP with
comments for use by IMMARBE if necessary. |
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| Ship Security Plan Rejection Phase |
| 16. |
If the submitted security plan does
not comply with the ISPS code, it will be rejected and
the Company Security Officer (CSO) will be notified via
e-mail with comments highlighting what revision need to
be made. |
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Step 6 to 12 need to be performed for
the corrected revised SSP. The fee in this case will be
50% of the initial cost. |
| 18. |
For re-submission of SSP, the name of
the single Adobe PDF file or single ZIP file shall be
name with ship name, IMO number and upload number. Eg.
" M/V Brilliant Reefer IMO 6400563/2". The number
2 signify that this is the second upload for the same
ship. |
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