American Club Circular No. 4 6/15 1 DECEMBER 23, 2015 CIRCULAR NO. 46/15 TO MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION Dear Member: THE NAIROBI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE REMOVAL OF WRECKS: AN UPDATE Reference is made to Circular No. 37/14 of December 19, 2014 which informed Members that the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks (WRC) was to enter into force on April 14, 2015, and which contained information about certification requirements in relation thereto. Members are reminded of the requirement that vessels of 300gt and greater which are registered in a WRC state party, or call at a port or offshore facility in a WRC state party, must carry on board a certificate attesting that insurance or other financial security is in force in accordance with the Convention. The certificate must be obtained from the state in which the vessel is registered, providing that that state is party to the WRC. Since the Convention entered into force on April 14, 2015 the Bahamas, Cyprus and Panama have become states parties bringing the current number of WRC parties to 25. Vessels registered in countries that are not party to the WRC may obtain WRC certificates from a relevant authority in a state party, providing that state has accepted to issue such certificates in respect of such vessels, e.g. Cook Islands, Cyprus, Germany, Liberia, Malta, Marshall Islands, Palau or the UK. Members are advised to check whether the authorities in the flag state for such vessels have agreements with any WRC state(s) concerning issuance of WRC certificates, and make timely applications for a WRC certificate from an appropriate state party authority. The Club maintains a list of the relevant electronic and postal addresses of state party administrations for most WRC states parties. A full list of states parties is set out below. As of December 17, 2015, the WRC is in force in the following 25 states. Country/Territory Deposit Date Date of Country Entry into Force Albania* 05/05/2015 05/08/2015 Antigua and Barbuda* 09/01/2015 14/04/2015 Bahamas* 05/06/2015 05/09/2015 Bulgaria* 08/02/2012 14/04/2015 Congo 19/05/2014 14/04/2015 Cook Islands 22/12/2014 14/04/2015 Cyprus*• 22/07/2015 22/10/2015 Denmark* 14/04/2014 14/04/2015 Germany• 20/06/2013 14/04/2015 India 23/03/2011 14/04/2015 American Club Circular No. 4 6/15 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 19/04/2011 14/04/2015 Kenya* 14/04/2015 14/07/2015 Liberia* 08/01/2015 14/04/2015 Malaysia 28/11/2013 14/04/2015 Malta*• 18/01/2015 18/04/2015 Marshall Islands* 27/10/2014 14/04/2015 Morocco 13/06/2013 14/04/2015 Nigeria 23/07/2009 14/04/2015 Niue* 27/04/2015 27/07/2015 Palau 29/09/2011 14/04/2015 Panama* 18/08/2015 18/11/2015 South Africa 04/04/2015 04/12/2015 Tonga 20/03/2015 20/06/2015 Tuvalu 17/02/2015 17/05/2015 United Kingdom*• 30/11/2012 14/04/2015 *denotes the 13 states that apply the WRC within their territory in accordance with Art.3.2 of the Convention Note: The WRC also applies by extension in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar and the Crown Dependency of the Isle of Man. •denotes the states that have applied a reservation in respect of LLMC 1976 Article 2 paragraph 1 (d) and (e) removing the right to limit liability for claims in respect of the raising, removal, destruction or the rendering harmless of a vessel which is sunk, wrecked or abandoned, including anything that is or has been board such vessel and claims in respect of the removal, destruction or the rendering harmless of the cargo of the vessel