Booking a ship inspection
- Permit or other obligation
- Kotka
- Public service
The International Health Regulations require ships to have a valid sanitation control certificate or a ship sanitation control exemption certificate.
The inspection shall examine the sanitary measures in the ship in order to ensure the hygiene and appropriateness of the operations and to prevent the spread of various diseases. After the inspection, the ship is issued with a ship sanitation control certificate or a ship sanitation control exemption certificate.
A Finnish ship agent or the ship’s captain shall order a ship inspection from the health protection authority of the municipality in whose jurisdiction the ship is located and which has the authority to issue such certificates. The port has to be registered in the World Health Organization’s list of authorized ports that can issue certificates.
The Kotka health protection authority is authorised to issue certificates of exemption from sanitary measures, sanitary measures, and a one month extension period for a certificate that is about to expire, if the actual inspection cannot be carried out. The inspections are based on the International Health Regulations, the aim of which is to prevent, control, and manage the international spread of ...
Do the following
Book a ship inspection if the ship does not have a ship sanitation control certificate or a ship sanitation control exemption certificate, or if the certificate is about to expire.
Fill in the ship inspection order form and deliver it to the Kotka Environmental Health Care Service Unit. Agree on the time of the inspection with the supervisor.
To whom and on what terms
If the trader is established in another EEA state and provides services in Finland on a temporary basis, they are required to have the same permits as the traders established in Finland.