Consolidated Compliance Scheme

The Consolidated Compliance Scheme (CCS) is a new approach to safety and operational compliance and to financial aspects, planned for introduction in July 2006, for an initial trial period of 2 years.

This Scheme consolidates all safety, operational and financial matters in respect of a vessel and its operating company, with streamlined Class delegation procedures and Flag State responsibilities.

Conditions of Participation

The Scheme is available to all vessels, other than passenger ships, which trade internationally and to which the principal international Conventions apply. The conditions of participation are as follows -

• The vessel has not been detained within the previous 36 months
• During any Port State Control inspection within the previous 12 months, no inspection report shall have recorded more than 5 deficiencies
• The vessel is classed with one of the 7 Classification Societies recognised by Cayman
• The owner shall permit access by Cayman to any or all records, files, reports, documents and certificates held or issued by Class in respect of the vessel
• The owner or operator shall notify Cayman 1-month in advance of all in-water surveys or dry docking dates.

The CCS entails full delegation to authorised Class of all surveys and audits (but not including the DOC for the operating company, Safe Manning certification, and the approval of equivalences and exemptions from international Conventions) combined with the requirement that a Cayman surveyor conducts an annual inspection of each CCS vessel.

If all is in order, Cayman will then issue a CCS Certificate of Inspection (COI) valid for 5 years but with an annual endorsement requirement to be carried out by a Cayman surveyor. The usual 3-month window on either side of the annual endorsement date of the CCS COI also applies.

Fixed Annual Fee

All financial obligations to Cayman are consolidated into a fixed annual fee that covers all survey, audit and inspection activities in respect of the vessel and the annual DOC renewal in respect of the operating company, payable in 2 equal instalments at month-5 (November) and at month-11 (May) of each fiscal year.