Coronavirus (COVID-19) – UK Ship Register approach

Source: UK Government Originally published on: 25/03/2020 Summary This MIN provides information on how the UK Ship Register is undertaking registration services including Civil Liabilities Certificates and Continuous Synopsis Records due to the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

1. Introduction 1.1 The UK Ship Register has put in place contingency plans to mitigate disruption to essential ship registration activities during the current worldwide coronavirus pandemic. 1.2 In order to inform you of our plans and specifically how they may affect you during this period we have produced this information note for your reference.

2. Ship Registration 2.1 From the publication date of this MIN we ask those who are; registering, renewing registration or de-registering to make electronic copies of all required documents (including application forms) before submitting to the MCA. If the COVID-19 virus results in disruption to postal services or access to premises issuing certificates, it would then be possible to provide digital scans of all necessary documentation to facilitate the processing of your application. 2.2. UK Ship Register asks applicants to submit all their documents via email to the appropriate processing team. Full postal applications may be submitted but may incur a delay, therefore, we ask for email applications to be the primary route of contact with the Registry. A contact email address for the processing teams can be found within the application forms and at the end of this MIN. Full article here