5. Class status during lay‐up 5.1 Class status
5.2 ISM and ISPS certification
Ships that are laid-up immediately after service will be maintained in class without periodic survey until the due date for the annual survey. However, the ship-owner should request continuance of class when a vessel is taken out of service by requesting the classification status ‘Classed (Laid Up)’ to be assigned in case there are any requirements to be fulfilled before ‘Laid Up’ status is granted.
If the vessel is laid-up for up to six months, Lloyd's Register will suspend the vessel’s International Safety Management Code (ISM) and International Ship and Port Facilities Security Code (ISPS) certificates. In the event the vessel is later brought back into service, a ‘reactivation audit’ will be required for ISM and ISPS.
Note: in the case of hot ship lay-up, the normal classification and statutory survey regime continues.
If the ship is to remain laid-up beyond the due date for the annual survey, the ‘Laid Up’ status can be maintained provided that the class surveyor has attended for general examinations of hull and machinery before the end of the annual survey range dates. If the next survey after going into lay-up is the Special Survey then an underwater examination is to be held in addition to the general examinations of hull and machinery. The owner will be given the option of having class withdrawn, or carrying out surveys to maintain the status ‘Classed (Laid Up)’, with surveys overdue.
8 | Ship lay-up
If the vessel is laid-up for more than six months, the ISM and ISPS certification will be withdrawn. In the event the vessel is later brought back into service, an interim survey will be required before Lloyd’s Register can reactivate the ISM and ISPS certificates. The exception is a situation where the shipowner has maintained the ship in a hot lay-up condition and maintained the crew in accordance with flag requirements for safe manning, and the ship has not changed class status to ‘Laid Up’.