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A ship without certificates is a dead ship. It is impossible to sail a ship in high seas without valid certificates. Also any insurance taken up by the ship owner will be null and void if any certificate is invalid and expired.
I cannot say it enough, how important it is for a ship to have all valid certificates.
But apart from the certificates being valid, there is another requirement that we need to fulfill. All these original certificates need to be on board at all the times.
This makes it so much more important to know which all certificates a ship is required to carry on board.
But are all the certificates carried on board have equal importance ? Can the absence of any of these certificate make a ship unseaworthy ?
If we do not know the answers to these questions, we probably would not know the seriousness of the situation in case a certificate is expired or expiring.
That is where understanding the difference between statutory and mandatory certificate is important.
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About Capt Rajeev Jassal
Capt. Rajeev Jassal has sailed for over 24 years mainly on crude oil, product and chemical tankers. He holds MBA in shipping & Logistics degree from London. He has done extensive research on quantitatively measuring Safety culture onboard and safety climate ashore which he believes is the most important element for safer shipping.
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