German BG Verkehr updates for Certificates of Equivalence

Within the CORONA crisis, German Maritime Authority BG Verkehr has announced measures with respect to the containment of COVID19.

Since for the time being BG Verkehr has stopped on board inspection several facilitations for vessel operators and owners have come into effect:

- Short term certificates with a validity of 3 months (until 30.06) can be issued as desk-top approval without the requirement of an inspection.

- Valid certificates will keep their validity if a required inspection isn't possible.

- Valid certificates can be extended by 3 months.

- Common annual or any other regular inspections or related services can be delayed or suspended for 3 months (until 30.06.) or at the most 3 months after the scheduled time frame.