Paris and Tokyo MoU will jointly launch a new Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on STCW compliance from 1st September 2022 to 30th November 2022. The inspection campaign will be additional to the regular PSC inspections.
The purpose of the Inspection Campaign is to determine the level of compliance with the requirements of STCW on board. As per the new revised guidance for PSC, issued by IMO Res. A.1155(32) “Procedures for Port State Control, 2021”, the PSCOs will focus on specific related items of Appendix 11 “Guidelines for Port State Control Officers on certification of seafarers, manning and hours of rest”. This means that PSCOs will not limit inspections only to a typical certification check but they will expand their focus on the evaluation of the Master, officers and crew’s competences when performing duties and during emergency scenarios.
The CIC questionnaire will be finalized and released within August in order to provide early guidance and preparation period for the inspection.
IMO Res. A1155(32) – Appendix 11 Focus Points
As per Appendix 11, the PSCO will focus on 3 basic issues.
- Seafarer certification
- Manning
- Hours of Rest
Additionally, depending on ship’s overall PSC performance and the existence of clear grounds for more detailed inspection , PSCOs may require the demonstration of competency of each crew member. In that regard, they will check competences of the Master, officers and crew when performing duties and during emergency scenarios.
Documentation Required
The documentation required for the inspection referred to in these Guidelines consists of:
1.Seafarer certification
- certificate of competency;
- certificate of proficiency;
- endorsement attesting the recognition of a certificate (flag State endorsement);
- documentary evidence (passenger ships only);
- medical certificate;
2. Manning
- minimum safe manning document;
- muster list;
3.Hours of rest
- table of ship working arrangements and/or watch schedule; and
- records of daily hours of rest.
What a typical PSCO inspection includes
A. Seafarer certificates and documents
The PSCO will request to examine the applicable documents, as per para. ‘Documentation Required’
The inspection will be limited to verification that seafarers serving on board, who are required to be certificated, hold the appropriate CoC, CoP and documentary evidence issued in accordance with chapters II, III, IV, V, VI and VII of STCW 1978, as amended, as well as their relevant flag State endorsement, valid dispensation, or documentary proof that an application for an endorsement has been submitted to the flag State Administration, where applicable. These documents are evidence of having successfully completed all required training and that the required standard of competence has been achieved. During the verification of the seafarers’ certificates and documents, the PSCO will confirm that they are applicable to the ship’s characteristics, operation and their position on board.
B. Manning
The PSCO will examine the applicable documents, as per para. ‘Documentation Required’.
The guiding principles for port State control of the manning of a foreign ship should be:
.1 verification that the numbers and certificates of the seafarers serving on board are in conformity with the applicable safe manning requirements of the flag State; and
.2 verification that the vessel and its personnel conform to the international provisions as laid down in SOLAS 1974 and STCW 1978.
C. Hours of rest
All persons who are assigned duty as officer in charge of a watch or as a rating forming part of a watch and those whose duties involve designated safety, security and environmental protection duties shall be provided with a rest period of not less than:
.1 a minimum of 10 hours of rest in any 24-hour period; and
.2 77 hours in any seven-day period.
The hours of rest may be divided into no more than two periods, one of which shall be at least 6 hours in length, and the intervals between consecutive periods of rest shall not exceed 14 hours.
The PSCOs will examine the applicable documents, as per Para. ‘Documentation required’, specifically the watch schedule and the records of daily hours of rest. The PSCO may inspect the seafarer’s personal copy of his or her records pertaining to the hours of rest being held by the seafarer on board in order to verify that the records are accurate.
Possible Deficiencies
The following list (not limited) includes examples of possible findings during an inspection focusing to STCW.
| Finding | Deficiency Area | Related PSC Codes |
| no CoC, CoP, flag State endorsements or proof that an application for an endorsement has been submitted (STCW 1978 regulations I/4.2.1 and I/10) | Certificate & Documentation | 01201 – Certificates for master and officers 01214 – Endorsement by flag State 01215 – Application for Endorsement by flagstate |
| special training requirements: mandatory basic or advanced training or endorsement not presented; | Certificate & Documentation | 01201 – Certificates for master and officers 01202 – Certificate for rating for watchkeeping 01203 – Certificates for radio personnel 01204 – Certificate for personnel on tankers 01205 – Certificate for personnel on fast rescue boats 01206 – Certificate for advanced fire-fighting 01208 – Doc evidence for personnel on ro-ro passenger ship 01210 – Certificate for medical first aid 01211 – Cert for personnel on survival craft & rescue boat 01212 – Certificate for medical care 01213 – Evidence of Basic Training 01216 – Cert for personnel on ships subject to the IGF Code 01217 – Ship Security Officer Certificate 01218 – Medical certificate |
| no evidence of basic training, or other certificate of proficiency, if not included in a qualification certificate held (STCW 1978 regulations VI/1, VI/1.2, VI/3, VI/4 and VI/6); | Certificate & Documentation | 01201 – Certificates for master and officers 01202 – Certificate for rating for watchkeeping 01203 – Certificates for radio personnel 01210 – Certificate for medical first aid 01212 – Certificate for medical care 01213 – Evidence of Basic Training |
| information or evidence that the master or crew is not familiar with essential shipboard operations relating to the safety of ships or the prevention of pollution, or that such operations have not been carried out; | Certificate & Documentation | 01201 – Certificates for master and officers 01202 – Certificate for rating for watchkeeping 01299 – Other (STCW) |
| no Minimum Safe Manning Document or the manning (number or qualification) not in accordance with the MSMD (SOLAS 1974 regulation V/14 and STCW 1978 regulation I/4.2.2); | Certificate & Documentation | 01113 – Minimum Safe Manning Document 01209 – Manning specified by the minimum safe manning doc |
| unqualified person on duty (STCW 1978 regulation I/4.2.4); | Certificate & Documentation | 01201 – Certificates for master and officers 01202 – Certificate for rating for watchkeeping 01219 – Training and qualification MLC – Personal safety training |
| watch schedule not posted or not being followed (STCW 1978 regulations I/4.2.3 and I/4.2.5 and STCW Code A-VIII/1.5); | Certificate & Documentation | 01306 – Shipboard working arrangements |
| MLC | 18202 – Legal documentation on work and rest hours | |
| the absence of a table of shipboard working arrangements or of records of rest of seafarers (STCW Code A-VIII/1.7); | Certificate & Documentation | 01306 – Shipboard working arrangements |
| the records of hours of rest are inaccurate or incomplete (STCW Code A-VIII/1.7); | Certificate & Documentation | 01306 – Shipboard working arrangements 01307 – Maximum hours of work or minimum hours of rest 01308 – Records of seafarers’ daily hours of work or rest |
| MLC | 18201 – Work and rest hours | |
| the watchkeeper is receiving less than 10 hours rest in any 24-hour period (i.e. working in excess of 14 hours) or 77 hours rest in any seven-day period (STCW Code A-VIII/1). | Certificate & Documentation | 01308 – Records of seafarers’ daily hours of work or rest |
| MLC | 18201 – Work and rest hours |
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