Polish Maritime Center Opening Hours during the Holiday Period
We inform seafarers about upcoming holidays and shortened opening hours for centers accepting and issuing documents (POM, seafarer’s passports, etc.): 📅 Holidays — documents will not be accepted or issued: ⏲ Shortened opening hours — documents may be accepted but not issued: Plan your visits in advance to avoid delays. Seamen’s Club 🇺🇦 | #news
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Updates to the BST certificate
🎓 BST — 2️⃣6️⃣5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ 🦺 Separately — a supplement to the BST certificate,for those who received the document before October 8, 2025:you will need to take an additional course (called “amendments”),cost — 1️⃣2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ ↗️ Some good news:they decided not to touch the remaining certificates for now.Maybe they didn’t have time.Or maybe they looked at the […]
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Changes to the Issuance of Marine Certificates
Starting October 24, non-registered certificates (American ABS register)—such as BST, SPS, fire safety, etc.—can now only be ordered through the Maritime Administration’s register. Certificates entered into the Maritime Administration’s register are no longer issued under the American register.Non-conventional documents, which are not initially subject to registration in the register, will continue to be issued by […]
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New Basic Safety Training (BST) Certificate Requirements Effective January 1, 2026
From this date, all crew members are required to comply with the amendments to the STCW Code, Standard A-VI/1-4, adopted by Resolution MSC.560(108). 📌 What this means for seafarers: 👉 The amendments are binding on everyone, regardless of citizenship.
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Urgent 🚨
From 19.09 the cost of a medical examination for a diploma (renewal/assignment) will be 400-450 🚀💸 Before that time you can manage to do it under the old one!
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