Ship sanitation certificates

Under the International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005, all ships and other vessels operating between countries or off-shore must hold a valid ship sanitation certificate.

We issue these certificates as one of our responsibilities under the Public Health (Ships) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008.

Charges

There is a charge for carrying out an inspection and issuing a ship sanitation certificate.

These charges are issued nationally by the Association of Port Health Authorities (APHA).

From 1 April 2011 these charges will be applied as follows:

Ship sanitation certificate charges
Size of ship	Cost of inspection and certificate issue
Ships with up to 1,000 gross tonnage	£70
Ships from 1,001 to 3,000 gross tonnage	£105
Ships from 3,001 to 10,000 gross tonnage	£160
Ships from 10,001 to 20,000 gross tonnage	£210
Ships from 20,001 to 30,000 gross tonnage	£265
Ships with more than 30,000 gross tonnage	£320

There are some exceptions to these charges:

vessels with a capacity of between 50 and 1,000 persons - £320
vessels with a capacity of more than 1,000 persons - £550.

Extra charges may also be added for exceptional costs such as launch hire, lengthy journeys to the port or laboratories, out of hours visits and samples taken.