INFORMATION BULLETIN No. 121 - …

1 BULLETIN No. 121 Revision No. 04 Issue Date 04 August 2016 Effective Date 04 August 2016 INFORMATION BULLETIN No. 121 Countries Recognised by The Bahamas in Accordancewith STCW Regulation I/10 Guidance and Instructions for Bahamas Recognised Organisations,Bahamas Approved Nautical Inspectors, Ship Owners, Managers,Masters, Seafarers, Recruitment & Placement Service and This BULLETIN provides guidance on thecountries with which The Bahamas hassigned an agreement, in accordance with the provisions of Regulation I/10 ofThe International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification andWatch-keeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended (STCW), to recognisecertificates and issue Bahamas Flag State Endorsements (FSE) to a Master,Officer, GMDSS Radio Operator or other applicable seafarer, who arecertified by the This BULLETIN should be read in conjunction with IMO 1163 asrevised, BMA INFORMATION BULLETIN , 103, 104, 105, 106, 118, 127,130, 137, 140, 147and any other BMA INFORMATION Bulletins relating totraining and certification of and This BULLETIN applies Bahamian ships to which STCW is applicable; persons serving or intending to serve on Bahamian ships to whichSTCW is applicable and whom require a STCW FSE.

2 Employing, recruiting or selecting the seafarers noted above,for service on board Bahamian COUNTRIES RECOGNISED BY THE BAHAMASPage 1 of 20 7562 1300 Bahamas maritime list of countries recognised by The Bahamas is contained in parties should note that the process for recognition can only becarried with a country, or the maritime Administration acting on behalf ofa country, that is party to Company seeking to employ a person as noted in who has acertificate from a STCW country that is not recognized by The Bahamasshould engage with that that a country is party to STCW,it remains theprerogative of The Bahamas as to whether an STCW recognitionagreement will be entered into with a country and if so, theconditions relating to the queries in relation to STCW recognition can be directed to the (04 August 2016) -Inclusion of Ethiopia as a recognised countryfor STCW Chapter III Certificate of Competency (CoC) and reference toBMA Technical Alert 15-23 in relation to Belize (17 September 2015) Deletion of reference to application to non-STCW (26 September 2014) Inclusion of Jordan and Papua NewGuinea.

3 Amendment of (03 July 2014) Complete revision. Inclusion of Nigeria asrecognised e v . 0 ( 3 0 S e p t e m b e r 2 0 0 9 ) F i r s t i s s u e i n r e v i s e df o r m a tB121 RECOGNISED STCW COUNTRIESPage 2 of 20 7562 1300 Bahamas maritime AuthorityANNEX List of Countries with which The Bahamas has concluded an agreement forRecognition of Certificates under STCW 1978, as amended, Regulation I/10(This list iseffective: 18 September 2015)AlgeriaLatviaArgentinaLiberiaAustra liaLithuaniaBangladeshMalaysiaBelgiumMya nmarBelize*MexicoBrazilMontenegroBulgari aMoroccoCanadaNetherlands,including Aruba, Curacao and Sint MaartenCape VerdeNew ZealandChileNigeriaChina, including Hong KongNorwayColumbiaPakistanCroatiaPanamaC ubaPapua New GuineaCyprusPeruCzech RepublicPhilippinesDenmark, including Faroe IslandsPolandEcuadorPortugalEgyptRomania EstoniaRussiaEthiopiaSerbiaFinlandSingap oreFranceSlovak RepublicGermanySloveniaGeorgiaSouth AfricaGhanaSpainGreeceSri LankaHong KongSwedenHungarySwitzerlandIcelandThail andIndiaTurkeyIndonesiaUkraineIrelandUni ted KingdomIsraelUruguayItalyUnited States of AmericaJamaicaVanuatuJapanVenezuelaJorda nViet NamKorea, Republic ofKuwait* Only for Certificate of Competency issued prior 14 November 2014.

4 See BMA Technical Alert 15-23 orcontact the BMA for additional RECOGNISED STCW COUNTRIESPage 3 of 20 7562 1300