Certification of Seafarers

Obtaining Lithuanian Certificates of Competency, Certificates of Proficiency and Seaman‘s books by Ukrainian seafarers 

Due to numerous questions regarding obtaining Lithuanian Certificates of Competency (CoC), Certificates of Proficiency (CoP) and Seaman‘s books (SB) by Ukrainian seafarers, we present the following information: 

• According to the information from the Government of Ukraine, Ukrainian documents are valid until December 31, 2022. The official stance is described in: 
  • Circular Letter No. 4519  
  • Circular Letter No. 4232/Add.16  
• Exchange of Ukrainian seafarers‘ documents for their Lithuanian equivalents. There is no legal background to exchange Ukrainian CoC, CoP or Seaman‘s books to Lithuanian documents. 

Only seafarers who hold valid certificates and endorsements thereof, qualification certificates or other documents entitling them to perform relevant duties on board ship as well as those who have been entered in the crew list shall be permitted to work on board ship.

A ship registered in the Register of Seagoing Ships of the Republic of Lithuania shall not be allowed to proceed to sea if its crew does not comply with the requirements of 1974 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea regarding the minimum number of the crew and the ship has no minimum safe manning document issued by the Administration. No member of the crew may be assigned to work on board ship without the consent of the master.