Following are the certificates required onboard. Certificates are the best way to make sure it is safe for people and the marine environment and also that the cargo will be transferred without trouble.
- International Tonnage Certificate
- International Load Line Certificate
- Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
- Cargo Ship Safety Certificate
- International Load Line Exemption Certificate
- Coating Technical File
- International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate
- International Energy Efficiency Certificate
- Ship Construction File
- Damage control plans and booklets
- Minimum safe manning document
- Fire safety training manual
- Fire control plan/booklet
- International Sewage Pollution Prevention Certificate
- Training manual
- Nautical charts and nautical publications
- Manoeuvring booklet
- certificate of compliance
- Safety Management Certificate
- AIS test report
- Exemption Certificate
- LRIT conformance test report
- International Code of Signals and a copy of Volume III of IAMSAR Manual