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(10) If transiting the Canal for the first time, the vessel has to send:
a) Date of building. Suez Canal Tonnage Certificate, if available.

b) Call sign and official I.M.O number.
c) Length over-all.

d) Beam.
e) Type of engine.
f) In all cases, the Master must inform port office if aiming to transit the Canal or just

stay in the harbor.
Any other information will assist the Suez Canal Port Office to identify the vessel through

radar, acquire and assign the vessels identification "ID" tag which will follow her path till
the other end.

C- Any vessel which does not contact the SC Port Offices during her approach is subject to
delay in joining the convoys.

D- When berthing, changing berth or sailing, the Master must handle the mooring ropes by the
mooring boats of the "Suez Canal Mooring and Lights" company.

Art. 15 - Documents and Requirements:

A- Documents to be produced are:
(1) Suez Canal Special Tonnage Certificate (1) and Calculation Sheets including under

tonnage deck measurement, (3 copies in the first transit).
(2)
(2) Certificate of Registry & ship’s drawings with a recognized scale .
(3) Statistical Declaration.

(4) Extract from the vessel’s official documents and information concerning the vessel’s
type and her cargo.

(5) Declaration concerning the use of double bottom tanks and the lower parts of the high
tanks.
(6) Declaration concerning vessels in ballast.

(7) Declaration of State of Navigability. (See Art. 78, p. 70).
(8) Declaration mentioned for dangerous cargo appendix No. 3 part.V.

(1)
(9) The last Classification Certificate issued .
(10) Piping plan and general arrangement plan for L.P.G. and L.N.G. vessels.

(11) I.O.P.P. (International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate) of Compliance and its
supplement for the record of construction and equipment as amended for tankers.

1 ) To be issued by a competent governmental authority or a recognized classification society which is a member
of I.A.C.S: http://www.iacs.org.uk/about/members/
2 ) a) Capacity plan.
b) General arrangement plans for (hull, accommodation and machinery).

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