Directors’s Directives Page | Antigua & Barbuda Ship & Yacht Registry https://abregistry.ag Charting Your Course Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:00:24 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://abregistry.ag/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-abyr_logo_favicon-32x32.png Directors’s Directives Page | Antigua & Barbuda Ship & Yacht Registry https://abregistry.ag 32 32 Directive 002-2026 Merchant Shipping (Ship’s Medical Stores) Directive 2026 https://abregistry.ag/directive-002-2026-merchant-shipping-ships-medical-stores-directive-2026/ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:59:16 +0000 https://abregistry.ag/?p=36807 This Directive may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Ship’s Medical Stores) Directive 2026 and shall come into force on 1 January 2026

]]> Directive 001-2026 Merchant Shipping (Testing of Lifting Appliances) Repeal Directive 2025 https://abregistry.ag/directive-001-2026-merchant-shipping-testing-of-lifting-appliances-repeal-directive-2025/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:28:24 +0000 https://abregistry.ag/?p=36803 This Directive may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Testing of Lifting Appliances) Repeal Directive 2025 and shall come into force on 1 January 2026

]]> Directive 001-2024 MLC 2022 Amendments Directive 2024 https://abregistry.ag/directive-001-2024-mlc-2022-amendments-directive-2024/ Fri, 20 Dec 2024 19:08:39 +0000 https://abregistry.ag/?p=36611 This Directive may be cited as the MLC (2006) 2022 Amendments Directive, 2024 and shall come into force on 23 December 2024. It will be considered revoked by entry into force of new Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention, 2006) Regulations

]]> Directive 001-2020 MLC 2018 Amendments: (Piracy and Armed Robbery) Directive 2020 https://abregistry.ag/directive-001-2020-mlc-2018-amendments-piracy-and-armed-robbery-directive-2020/ Tue, 18 May 2021 19:42:50 +0000 http://www.abregistry.ag/?p=35583

This Directive may be cited as the MLC 2018 Amendments Piracy and Armed Robbery Directive 2020 and shall come into force on the 26th December 2020

]]> Directive 001-2019 Recycling of Ships https://abregistry.ag/directive-001-2019-recycling-of-ships/ Mon, 09 Sep 2019 13:57:28 +0000 http://www.abregistry.ag/?post_type=document&p=4872 This Directive may be cited as the Recycling of Ships Directive 2019 and shall come into force on the 3rd September 2019

]]> Directive 001-2017 MLC Financial Security Directive https://abregistry.ag/directive-001-2017-mlc-financial-security-directive/ Thu, 26 Jan 2017 19:36:36 +0000 http://abregistry.ag/?post_type=document&p=4173 This Directive may be cited as the MLC (2006) 2014 Amendments, Financial Security Directive 2017 and shall come into force on 18th January 2017.

]]> Directive 001-2015 Removal of Wrecks Directive https://abregistry.ag/directive-001-2015-removal-of-wrecks-directive/ Fri, 13 Feb 2015 19:41:14 +0000 http://websitetestingserver.com/adoms/?post_type=document&p=3496 This Directive is to apply the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, 2007, which was adopted on the 18th May, 2007 and will enter into force on the 14th April, 2015 to Antigua and Barbuda.

]]> Directive 001-2014 Port State Control Reporting https://abregistry.ag/2014-001-port-state-control-reporting-directive-2014/ Fri, 01 Aug 2014 19:52:01 +0000 http://websitetestingserver.com/adoms/?post_type=document&p=2619 This directive sets out actions and reporting requirements in the event of a Port State Control Inspection being conducted on a vessel which raises deficiencies.

]]> Directive 004-2013 STCW Tribunal Directive https://abregistry.ag/directive-004-2013-stcw-tribunal-directive/ Wed, 17 Jul 2013 18:42:14 +0000 http://websitetestingserver.com/adoms/?post_type=document&p=2160 This Directive replaces the previous Directive setting out the composition and rules of operation for a Tribunal set up under the Merchant Shipping Act provisions to deal with alleged cases of misconduct by officers holding Antigua and Barbuda endorsements.  The Directive creates a simpler mechanism for dealing with these matters.

]]> Directive 002-2013 Crew Accommodation https://abregistry.ag/directive-002-2013-crew-accommodation/ Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:42:41 +0000 http://websitetestingserver.com/adoms/?post_type=document&p=1933 This Directive replaces the previous Directive on this subject.  It applies the requirements of the ILO conventions 92 and 133 to Antigua and Barbuda ships in the same way as the previous Directive, but it adds in a requirement to carry certification to show that the accommodation complies and it includes a general exemption from the multiple messrooms requirement in ILO 92.

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