Shipping - Reporting Formalities For Ships Calling At Cyprus Ports

The Cyprus Department of Merchant Shipping has reissued its guidance to owners and operators of Cyprus-flagged ships and ships calling at ports in Cyprus regarding reporting procedures under the EU Reporting Formalities Directive and the Reporting Formalities for Ships Arriving or Departing from Ports of the Republic Law of 2012, through which the directive was transposed into domestic law. 

Ships calling at Cyprus ports are required to provide the following pre-arrival notifications via SafeSeaNet, the European Maritime Safety Agency portal:

• Notification prior to entry into the ports of Member States, under article 6 of the Merchant Shipping (Community Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Information System) Laws of 2004 -2012;