A circular from the Federal Transport Authority (FTA) of the UAE said that vessels from 25 flag states calling at UAE ports or anchoring in its waters up to its EEZ would be required to either be classed with an IACS classification society or the UAE classification society Tasneef.
The new regulation impacts owners mainly flagged with smaller, open registries and comes into force from 1 January.
The London P&I Club said in a circular, “It is reported that the aim of the new regulation is to try to ensure that all tonnage trading in UAE waters is compliant with accepted safety and quality standards.”
The 25 flag states affected are: Albania, Belize, Cook Islands, North Korea, Sao Tome and Principe, Tonga, Congo, Cambodia, Georgia, Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea, Vanuatu, Maldives, Mauritius, Republic of Moldova, Palau, Honduras, Costa Rica, Ghana, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Bolivia, Togo, Tanzania and Comoros.
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