Varuna Sentinels BCV selected to provide IHM maintenance services For Hapag-Lloyd vessels

Varuna Sentinels BV is proud to announce that it has been selected to provide IHM Maintenance Services for the Hapag-Lloyd Fleet using its “state of the art” Cloud based software (VSIMS) supported by inhouse team of Hazmat Experts.

Starting from 31 December 2020, ships above 500 GT and flying the flag of an EU/EEA member state, or third-party flagged vessels calling at European ports, must carry an Inventory Hazardous Materials (IHM) certificate on board.

IHM Maintenance includes maintaining of IHM by tracking on-board hazardous materials from on-boarding to off-boarding in compliance with International Maritime Organisation (IMO) guidance contained in Hong Kong Convention 2009 and European Union Ship Recycling Regulation (EU SRR) guidelines. The Maintenance process also involves maritime suppliers to provide documents such as Material Declarations (MDs) and Suppliers Documents of Conformity (SDoCs) for select items which helps in keeping the IHM record updated.