As a result of a number of accidents, the European Union (EU) has identified a need to improve safety for vessels carrying hazardous goods. According to EC directives 2000:59 and 2002:59, all vessels exceeding 300 GT must report a call to a port or anchoring area, hazardous goods cargoes, and vesselgenerated waste at least 24 hours prior to arrival. For this purpose, the EU has established a central information system, SafeSeaNet (SSN), to which each member country is to transfer information from national systems. In Sweden, the Swedish Maritime Administration is responsible for compiling this information and has developed an information-processing system for this type of reporting – FartygsRapporteringsSystemet – FRS (Vessel Reporting System) to which information regarding each vessel is to be reported.
Information - 3 October 2007
Reporting in the Swedish Vessel Reporting System (FRS) is mandatory (see Swedish Maritime Administration’s Regulations and General Advice (SJÖFS 2005:19) on notification duty, information obligation and reporting obligation in certain circumstances). Since such reporting is not always carried out, the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) wishes to draw the attention of those concerned to the legislation in force.
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