A company with DPI score between 0 and 0.16 will be in the best 10% range
Intercargos fifth edition of Benchmarking Bulk Carriers 2010-2011 publications, includes company performance measured by Deficiencies per Inspection (DPI)
The DPI ratio is the tool used to access company performance. To calculate DPI, a company should add the total number of deficiencies recorded against their dry bulk vessels in the Paris MoU, Indian Ocean MoU, Tokyo MoU and USCG regions during 2010 and then divide the sum by the total number of inspections.
A company with a DPI between 0 and 2 will be on the top 50% of all fleets under consideration. A company with DPI score between 0 and 0.16 will be in the best 10% range.
Vessel which falls in the bottom 10% of the DPI range appears to be the subject of many repeat inspections and subsequent detentions, which could reinforce the point that more sophisticated targeting regimes, are being employed by PSC authorities.
Additionally, the Paris MoU New Inspections Regime (NIR), which entered into force on 1 January 2011, includes a targeting system assigning a risk profile to each vessel visiting ports in the region.
Below table includes Benchmarking companies through their DPI Rating
DPI Score |
Decile % |
0-0.16 |
1.9 |
0.17-0.66 |
10-19 |
0.67-1.08 |
20-29 |
1.09-1.53 |
30-39 |
1.54-2.00 |
40-49 |
2.01-2.95 |
50-59 |
2.96-3.75 |
60-69 |
3.76-5.44 |
70-79 |
5.45-8.33 |
80-89 |
8.34-21.66 |
90-100 |
For more details, please refer to Benchmarking Bulk Carriers 2010-2011, 5th edition issued by Intercargo.