New Publications
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...
SOLAS Circular 2012-011 (Rev 3) Maintenance and Inspection for Fire Fighting Appliances and Equipment
This Circular provides information on the availability of IMO guidelines when performing maintenance, testing and inspections in accordance with SOLAS Chapter II-2 of fire protection systems and appliances in ships. .
Media
H.E. Ambassador Dwight C.R. Gardiner OBE GOM speech on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the World Maritime University
H.E. Ambassador Dwight C.R. Gardiner OBE GOM speech on the Development of a Sustainable Maritime Administration in Antigua and Barbuda on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the World Maritime University held in Malmö, Sweden, 20th June 2023. Madame...
Rescue At Sea By Antigua And Barbuda Flagged Vessel
On March 11th, 2023, at 22:25 hrs. UTC the Antigua and Barbuda flagged vessel the MV Froland received a distress alert from the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre (MRCC) in Rome reporting the location of a boat with immigrants on board.
Antigua And Barbuda Signs Convention On The International Organization For Maritime Aids To Navigation (IALA)
On January 26th, 2022, 26 States signed the Convention on the International Organization for the Marine Aids to Navigation (IALA) at a signing ceremony which took place at the IALA headquarters in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris. The ceremony was hosted by the...
