MARITIME ADMINISTRATION: RESUME EXAMS FOR CoC, READING 04/05/2020

MESSAGE 8 / COVID-19

RESUME EXAMS FOR CoC

The filing of applications and the examinations of the Maritime Administration for the acquisition of competencies, the acquisition of rights, the abolition of restrictions or the certification of seafarers' competence under the terms and conditions of the "Ordinance No. 6 of 2012 on Competence of seafarers in the Republic of Bulgaria" shall be resumed as of 04.05.2020. The applications for examination before the state of emergency declared by the Decision of 13.03.2020 of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria, provided that the paid fee has not been refunded, shall remain in force, with priority given to applicants for taking exams before the rest.

To this end, applicants must contact the relevant territorial directorate at the place of examination, after the publication of the examination dates. No more than 5 persons may be admitted to the examination rooms at the same time, subject to a distance of at least 2 meters between the candidates and accommodation through one workplace.

Applicants must wear their personal protective equipment (masks and gloves). Persons who show up without their own personal protective equipment will not be admitted to the exam rooms. Persons with visibly impaired health will not be admitted to the exam rooms.

The Maritime Administration-Varna Directorate announces the following exam dates for May 2020:

– 11, 13 and 15.05 for applications already made;

– 19, 22, 26 and 29.05 for new applications.

Consultation phone: 0879128843

Captain Valentin Enchev

Director of the Maritime Administration-Varna Directorate

Captain at the Port of Varna

Sourse: https://www.facebook.com/maradvarna/posts/

The full text of the order can be read here: https://www.marad.bg/sites/default/files/upload/documents/2020-04/Zapoved_%20vazobnoviavane%20izpiti.pdf