From September 1 to November 30, 2013
The Maritime Authorities of the Paris and the Tokyo Memoranda ofUnderstanding (MoU) on Port State Control will launch a joint ConcentratedInspection Campaign (CIC) with the purpose to ensure compliance withSOLAS Chapter II-1.
The scope of the CIC is the safety of propulsion andauxiliary machinery, especially the working order and maintenance of themain engines, auxiliary engines, auxiliary equipment and their related alarmsystems. Special attention will be given to familiarity of the crew with safetyand emergency procedures with regard to these systems.
This inspection campaign will be held for three months, commencing from 1September 2013 and ending on 30 November 2013.
The propulsion and machinery installations will be verified in more detail forcompliance with the mentioned scope of the CIC during a regular Port StateControl inspection conducted under the regional ship selection criteria within theParis and Tokyo MoU regions.
Port State Control Officers (PSCOs) will use a list of 12 selected items to verifycritical areas for the propulsion and auxiliary machinery installations, some ofwhich are related to documentation, main and auxiliary equipment, crewfamiliarization and operational controls. For this purpose, PSCOs will apply aquestionnaire listing a number of items to be covered during the concentratedinspection campaign. The questionnaire has been annexed to this press release.
When deficiencies are found, actions by the port State may vary from recording adeficiency and instructing the master to rectify it within a certain period to detainingthe ship until serious deficiencies have been rectified. In the case of detention,publication in the monthly detention lists of the Paris and Tokyo MoU web sites willtake place.
It is expected that the Paris and Tokyo MoUs will carry out approximately 10,000inspections during the CIC.
The results of the campaign will be analyzed and findings will be presented to thegoverning bodies of the MoUs for submission to the IMO.
Other MoUs will also carry out a CIC on the same topic during this period