New Publications
MARPOL Circular 2018-002 (Rev 2) Amendment to MARPOL Annex V: New regulations for Garbage Management Documentation (Garbage Record Book)
This Circular provides information on the interpretation, expectations, and requirements of the Administration in respect of the new regulations on garbage record books and record keeping.
Information Notice 2024-002 Enhanced Monitoring Scheme
This Information Notice explains the Antigua and Barbuda Department of Marine Services and Merchant Shipping (ADOMS) Enhanced Monitoring Scheme, through a process of special inspections and other measures, for some ships and/or companies, which have been identified as...
STCW Circular 2014-001 (Rev 2) Seafarers’ Medical Certificates
This Circular provides information that reflects the latest procedures adopted by ADOMS with respect to Seafarers’ Medical Certificates and includes a list of Antigua and Barbuda approved Medical Practitioners whose certificates are accepted in addition to those...
Media
The Director of the Antigua and Barbuda’s Department of Marine Services and Merchant Shipping (ADOMS) elected to Chair one of the five Committees of the International Maritime Organisation, a United Nations Specialized Agency.
The International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Technical Cooperation Committee (TCC) elected Ambassador Dwight C. R. Gardiner of Antigua and Barbuda by acclimation as the Chairman at its 73rd Session being held over the period 16 to 20 October 2023, at the IMO...
Indian Ocean MOU CIC for 2023 will be on Fire Safety Systems
The member Authorities of the Indian Ocean Memorandum of Understanding (IOMOU) on port State control will launch a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on “Fire Safety”. Inspection campaign will commence from 1 September, 2023 and will continue till 30 November...
Caribbean MOU CIC for 2023 will be on Fire Safety Systems and Pilot Ladder Transfer Systems
Launch of Concentrated Inspection Campaign on FSS and Pilot Ladder Transfer Systems beginning 1 September 2023 by Caribbean MOU on Port State Control
