How To Apply for Bunker Certificate In Cook Islands

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How To Apply for Bunker Certificate In Cook Islands

Here are the steps to follow on how to apply for Bunker Certificate:

  • Click here to apply for an application for a Bunker Certificate online. click here.
  • Complete all the required details:
    • Full Name of the Applicant
    • Number for Applicants
    • The address of the primary location of business of the owner
    • The preferred method of shipping for Certificate(s)
    • Name of Ship
    • Name of the Registered Owner
    • IOM number
    • Call Signal
    • Gross Tonnage
    • Flag State
    • Port of Registry
    • Approved P&I Club or Insurer – listIf the P&I Club that your vessels is insured with is not on the list, contact MCI at info@maritimecookislands.com and advise them of the Clubs details.
  • After entering all required details, proceed through the options for payment. The application fee is USD $250.00 (per Ship). An invoice will be issued for the entire value to be paid USD. Print the invoice if you need to.
  • You can choose to pay with a debit or credit debit card (Visa as well as Mastercard exclusively) or via telegraphic transfers. A confirmation email is sent to confirm the payment with credit card or a procedure to instruct the telegraphic transfer payment. A duplicate of the bill in the format of PDF will be included.
  • Respond in the email confirmation, enclosing the Blue Cards for each of the ships you’re applying for. The Maritime Cook Islands will check the Blue Card(s) that you’ve provided with the form for application and then check for validity using the P&I Club ship search facility to verify validity. If everything is in order, MCI will generate the certificate(s).
  • The Bunkers Certificate(s) will be delivered to the address specified on the application form by Courier.

Documents Required Bunker Certificate

  • Blue Ship’s Card

Office Locations and Contacts

Maritime Cook Islands (MCI)
PO Box 882
1st Floor Browne’s Building
Avarua, Rarotonga
Cook Islands

Phone: +682 23 848
Skype: mcicooks2
Email: info@maritimecookislands.com

Bunker CLC Department
Phone: +682 23 848
bunkers@maritimecookislands.com

What Are All The Eligibility

The Bunkers Convention applies to all vessel with an Gross Tonnage of more than 1,000. It requires authorized owners of ships that enter or departing a port or terminal within the area that is a Party to have insurance that is certified by the State Party to the Convention.

Fees

  • Cook Islands Bunker Certificate : USD $250 per ship
  • Payments can be done online using a credit card or via an electronic transfer.

Instructions

  • The Bunkers Convention created a strict responsibility on the part of the shipowner, making them responsible for any pollution damages due to any kind of oil used for the propulsion or operating of vessels.
  • The Convention applies to any vessel with a Gross Tonnage of more than 1,000. It requires authorized owners of boats coming into or leaving a port , or terminal on the area of an Party to keep insurance that is certified by the State Party to the Convention.
  • The Convention introduces a clause which allows claimants to make a claim directly from the insurer of the owner or to initiate litigation against the owner as well as the insurer.
  • The Convention is applicable only to damage from pollution that occurs within the territory, which includes the territorial sea and the economic exclusive zone (EEZ) of an State Party, and preventive actions, wherever implemented to limit or prevent these damages.
  • Ships that are registered in a State that isn’t a signatory to the Convention and require a an official certificate issued by an State Party to the Convention.
  • Cook Islands is a State Party and is able to issue Certificates to ships that do not have a registered vessel with the Cook Islands Flag.

Requirements Information

  • The full name of the applicant
  • The number for applicants is
  • The address of the primary location of business for owner
  • The preferred method of shipping for Certificate(s)
  • Name of Ship
  • Name of the Registered Owner
  • Number of IMO
  • Call Signal
  • Gross Tonnage
  • Flag State
  • Port of Registry
  • Approved P&I Clubs or Insurance Companies List of approved P&I Clubs or Insurers list

If the P&I Club that your vessels is insured with is not on the list, contact MCI at info@maritimecookislands.com and advise them of the Clubs details.

Information that can be useful

For all applicants: Submission of the Application Form and the payment in the amount of Application Fee will not assure the application’s being accepted and an award of a Certificate will be issued. Certificates are issued only when they are issued by the Cook Islands Administration is satisfied that the vessel is compliant with the provisions in the Convention. No refunds will be issued.

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In 1996, the LLMC Protocol establishes the limit of liability of ships by the gross weight (or when it comes to passengers an estimate dependent on the number passengers the vessel is licensed to take on). The maximum liability limit for property claims of vessels that do not exceed 2 tonnes gross exceeds 1.51 million SDR (Special Drawing Rights) which is an increase from one million SDR. For larger vessels the following additional figures are considered when the calculation of the limitation amount:
A) For each ton ranging from 2001 to 300.000 tons 604 SDR (up from 400 SDR)
B) For each ton ranging from 30,001 to 70,000 tonnes, 4,53 SDR (up from 300 SDR)
C) For each ton more than 70,000 tons 300 SDR (up from 200 SDR)

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