Paris MoU 2021 CIC on Stability in General

Results of the CIC

• Responses to Question 3 which asked whether the ship complied with stability criteria as applicable to ship type, reported the most favourable results – 99.7% responded yes. This was closely followed with Question 4, which asked if there was evidence to show that the Master or responsible officer can determine the stability of the ship under varying conditions of service using the approved stability information onboard, – 99.4% responded yes. However, it is to be noted that whilst the compliance for Question 4 was high, it also led to the most detentions, suggesting that when it was wrong, it was badly wrong.
• The least favourable results were reported for Question 7, which asked whether there is evidence onboard to show that the Master/loading officer confirms that the “calculated” displacement and trim corresponds with the observed draughts – 5.4% responded no.
• This was followed by Question 8, which asked whether the accuracy of the Stability Instrument (if provided) is verified periodically by applying at least one approved test condition – 4.8% responded no.
• Question 6 and 7 had the highest “n/a” response (19.7% & 19.6% respectively), this is due to the questions referring to stability instruments (if fitted).
• Of the 138 ships detained during the CIC, 12 were related to the CIC topic representing 8.7% of total detentions and 0.3% of all inspections in the time period.
• The overall detention rate as percentage of inspections was 3.3%.
• The overall CIC-topic detention rate as related to percentage of inspections was 0.28%.
• The majority of the vessels with deficiencies marked as grounds for detention were in the Standard Risk category.
• By ship type, General cargo/multipurpose had the highest CIC-topic related detention rate (42%), followed by Container (25%), and Bulk Carrier (17%). A number of ship types had zero CIC-topic related detentions.
• By ship age, younger ships (<6 years) had the lowest detention rate for CIC-topic detentions (0%) while the highest rate peaked for ships aged 13-18 years (42%).
• Of the ships with CIC related grounds for detention, the highest number of ships detained were Panama flagged (4). Azerbaijan, Comoros, Cyprus, Dominica, Egypt, Hong Kong (China), Marshall Islands and Norway each had one ship detained with a deficiency from this CIC as a ground for detention.
• The Flag administrations which had CIC topic detentions were a mix of White, Grey, Black and not listed in the Paris MOU WGB list and no trend could be discerned.