Tag: Equasis

Equasis Shipping Database now available on mobile application

Equasis is populated with data from most of the worlds merchant ships Last week Equasis published its annal report for 2011. Equasis is populated with data from most of the world's merchant ships. Basic ship particulars are derived from the commercial database of IHS Fairplay. Equasis is fed by 45 data providers which can be divided into six categories: core ship and company data, PSC regimes, classification societies, P&I clubs, associations or vetting programs and other international organisations. Almost all these sources are used in this document to a greater or lesser extent.From a commercial and regulatory point of view, size and type of ship are two key criteria and therefore throughout the report the statistical analysis is based on these two elements. For the "Port State Control", in the report ships have been divided into ship type categories derived from PSC databases.As to PSC information, it should be noted that not all inspections within the Indian Ocean MoU are reported in Equasis. Only inspections from Australia, India, Iran, South Africa, Sri-Lanka and Mauritius are considered in these statistics. In 2011, these six countries represented about 90% of all inspections carried out within the Indian Ocean MoU.The Viña del Mar ...

A picture of the world‟s merchant fleet derived from data contained in the Equasis database This report provides a picture of the world‟s merchant fleet derived from data contained in the Equasis database (www.equasis.org).It looks at the make up of the fleet and its performance. The statistics are grouped into themes which could be of interest to the industry and regulators.The themes are as follows:The Fleet PopulationClassification SocietiesP&IPort State ControlVetting Programmes and Trade Associations.You can view Equasis Statistics - The world fleet 2010 by clicking here.Source: EMSA