Document Category: Circulars
| Title | Link |
|---|---|
| MCI Circular 328 – Working and Rest Hour Tool – updated for 2026 | |
| MCI Circular 326 – Restriction on Entry into Iranian and Venezuelan Ports | |
| MCI Circular 327 – Ship to Ship Transfers | |
| MCI Circular 323 – New requirements for Hard Copy and Electronic Ballast Water Record Books | |
| MCI Circular 325 – MARPOL Annex VI – SEEMP Part II Amendment & Fuel Consumption Deadlines | |
| MCI Circular 324 – MARPOL Annex VI – SOx Related Requirements for Low-flashpoint Fuels and Gas Fuels | |
| MCI Circular 322 – Updated SOPEP List of National Operation Contact points dated 31st October 2025 | |
| MCI Circular 321 – Implementation of Fit and Proper Person Requirements | |
| MCI Circular 225 – Electronic Record Books | |
| MCI Circular 320: Update to MCI Circular 316 | |
| MCI Circular 319 – IMSAS Audit: Potential Impact on Seafarer, Survey and Certification Services | |
| MCI Circular 318: Paris & Tokyo Joint Concentrated Inspection Campaign 2025 on Ballast Water Management | |
| MCI Circular 316: Important Notice – Directorate General of Shipping (DGS), India Circular No. 31 of 2025 | |
| MCI Circular 289 – Small Yacht Code v5 | |
| MCI Circular 184 – Paris & Tokyo MoU Joint Inspection Campaign 2018 | |
| MCI Circular 314 – Notice of Fraudulent Seafarer Certification – Sint Maarten | |
| MCI Circular 313 – MLC Payment Exemption Request | |
| MCI Circular 311: GHG Regulatory Outlook for 2025 | |
| MCI Circular 309 – Amended Annex 4 – Minimum Safe Manning levels for Commercial yachts ≥ 24m | |
| MCI Circular 308 – Mediterranean Sea inclusion in ECA | |
| MCI Circular 307 – Entry into force of the Hong Kong Convention 2009 | |
| MCI Circular 306 Tokyo Concentrated Flag-State Inspection Campaign | |
| MCI Circular 304 – Statutory certificates for all passenger vessels regardless the Gross Tonnage and for all commercial vessels 500 GT and over. | |
| MCI Circular 300 – Safety Solutions for Yachts in Australia – Nautical Solutions | |
| MCI Circular 301 – Amendments of 2022 to the Code of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006) | |
| MCI Circular 298 – Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) | |
| MCI Circular 296 – Paris and Tokyo Joint Concentrated Inspection Campaign 2024 on crew wages and seafarer employment agreements (MLC, 2006) | |
| MCI Circular 142 – Paris MOU Inspection of Seafarer Certification after 2017 | |
| MCI Circular 141 – Cancellation of Belize certificates of competencies and Cook Islands endorsements revision of circular 140 2016 | |
| MCI Circular 140 – Cancellation of Belize Certificates of competencies and Cook Islands endorsements | |
| MCI Circular 95 reminder to companies of responsiblities under STCW | |
| MCI Circular 82 – Clarifying training | |
| MCI Circular 60 – International Medical Guide for ships 3rd edition | |
| MCI Circular 59 – Ships Cooks under MLC 2006 | |
| MCI Circular 58-Guidelines for Development Tables of Seafarers Shipboard Working Arrangements and formats of records of seafarers hours of work or hours of rest | |
| MCI Circular 56 – Endorsement Application | |
| MCI Circular 52 – Alcohol use Masters Officers | |
| MCI Circular 51 – Navigational Watch Principles | |
| MCI Circular 47 – Medical exam | |
| MCI Circular 11 – Crew endorsement certificates update | |
| MCI Circular 294 – 2024 devices for maneuvering | |
| MCI Circular 285 – 2023 IMSBC code amendments | |
| MCI Circular 281 – 2023 SOLAS requirements towing equipment regulation | |
| MCI Circular 264 – Multiple load line assignment Cook Islands | |
| MCI Circular 219 – safety notice drager saver cf ee | |
| MCI Circular 216 – AIS Regulation Compliance | |
| MCI Circular 212 – New requirements for authorised service providers regarding lifesaving appliances | |
| MCI Circular 207 – Lessons Learnt – Marine Casualty investigation result – Occupational accident – fall of person to a lower deck | |
| MCI Circular 191 – Assembly Resolution A.1116(30) on Escape route signs and equipment location markings | |
| MCI Circular 176 – Magnetic Compasses – Deviation Table | |
| MCI Circular 172 – Approved Service Providers entitled to operate on behalf of Cook Islands Flag Administration | |
| MCI Circular 148 – New FSI Regime and PSC assistance program for vessels trading on Paris MOU and Tokyo MOU | |
| MCI Circular 128 – Icing considerations for cargo ships carrying timber deck cargoes – new formula for calculating ice accretion weight added to Intact Stability Code | |
| MCI Circular 66 – IMPORTANT – Comply with the IMSBC Code | |
| MCI Circular 65 – IMPORTANT – Increasing the chance of survival in abandon ship situations | |
| MCI Circular 55 – Revised IMO guidelines for maintenance and inspection of fire protection systems and appliances | |
| MCI Circular 43 – Pilot Transfer arrangements | |
| MCI Circular 40 – Entrained Air on bunkers | |
| MCI Circular 38 – SSAS notification | |
| MCI Circular 20 – Fenner Hydrostatic Release Units for liferafts | |
| MCI Circular 18 – Lifeboats – Fixed structural connections of release mechanisms | |
| MCI Circular 13 – REMINDER: 406 EPIRB registration with RCCNZ | |
| MCI Circular 30 – Requirements concerning the use of armed personnel onboard Cook Islands merchant ships | |
| MCI_SYC_v5 | |
| MCI Circular 249 – Cook Islands make the Paris MoU Grey List | |
| MCI Circular 193 – Notifying the administration of Accidents, Incidents and PSC Inspections | |
| MCI Circular 189 – Recommendation on Navigation through the Entrances to the Baltic Sea – Use of Pilotage | |
| MCI Circular 168 – Flag State Inspections | |
| MCI Circular 161 – EU and UN Sanctions | |
| MCI Circular 155 – Management of PSC | |
| MCI Circular 144 – Documents available in English | |
| MCI Circular 62 – Tokyo MoU new inspection regime | |
| MCI Circular 262 – SOLAS Security Level increases – ISPS Code for Cook Islands moored or at anchorage or scheduled or operating in the Ukraine EEZ/Black Sea / Azov Sea | |
| MCI Circular 257 – Procedure to apply for an Extension, Exemption/Waiver, or a Dispensation | |
| MCI Circular 256 – Increase in Cook Islands Ship Owners Association Membership Fees from 1st January 2022 | |
| MCI Circular 248 – Maritime Cook Islands moves to electronic certificates | |
| MCI Circular 185 – Amendments to CISOA and CIYS forms and Purpletrac vetting and Sanction compliance | |
| MCI Circular 182 – Recommendatory measures on Life saving appliances (LSAs), Fire fighting equipment (FFEs) and detection systems for commercial yachts | |
| MCI Circular 181 – Notification of fraudulent RO Samoa and Nauru | |
| MCI Circular 157 – Conditions of Registration with Maritime Cook Islands | |
| MCI Circular 143 – Fraudulent Micronesian Ships Registry | |
| MCI Circular 76 – AMSA Marine Order 32 (MO32): Cargo handling equipment, Australia | |
| MCI Circular 293 – Declaration of Maritime Labour Convention Part I Electronic Certificate | |
| MCI Circular 282 – Additional Security Measures consequent to the security situation and the risk of collateral damage in the waters outside of Israel and the Gaza Strip | |
| MCI Circular 276 – Maritime Labour Convention Implementation | |
| MCI Circular 271 – Revocation of MCI Circulars 234/2020 and 255/2021 | |
| MCI Circular 261 – Maritime Labour Convention Statement of Compliance | |
| MCI Circular 174 – MLC Online Complaints Procedure | |
| MCI Circular 165 – MLC 2006 – Amendments requirements entering into force on MCI vessels | |
| MCI Circular 138 – 2014 MLC Amendments to enter into force on 18th January 2017 | |
| MCI Circular 263 – Approval of Ballast Water Management Systems for Cook Islands flagged vessels – Reminder | |
| MCI Circular 153 – Polar Code comes into force 1st January 2017 | |
| MCI Circular 272 – Exemption of Unmanned Non-Self-Propelled (UNSP) barges from survey and certification requirements | |
| MCI Circular 270 – International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships, 2001 – Prohibition of Cybutryne in Anti-Fouling Coating Systems | |
| MCI Circular 269 – MARPOL Annex VI – technical and operational measures to reduce carbon intensity of international shipping | |
| MCI Circular 259 – MARPOL Annex IV Regulation 22A – Collection and Reporting of ship fuel consumption data | |
| MCI Circular 258 – MARPOL requirements on fuel oil sampling points – Regulation VI/14 Paragraphs 10-13 | |
| MCI Circular 221 – Approval of Ballast Water Management Systems for Cook Islands flagged vessels | |
| MCI Circular 215 – EU legislation – Inventory of Hazardous | |
| MCI Circular 171 – MARPOL Annex IV – Maximum rate of discharge of untreated sewage in accordance with MEPC.157(55) on board of vessels under Cook Islands Flag Administration | |
| MARPOL_ANNEX_IV_Sewage_Tool_Discharge_rate_calculation_MEPC 157 55 01 03 2018 9 | |
| MCI Circular 242 – Cyber security to be included in Companies’ SMS from 1st January 2021 | |
| MCI Circular 146 – ISM Review and NCRs | |
| ism non conformity report sample 2 | |
| MCI Circular 177 – Administration approval of P&I | |
| MCI Circular 31 – EU Directive requiring ship owners of seagoing vessels over 300GT to maintain liability insurance |