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Beginning 1 September 2011 by Paris Mou and Tokyo MoU on Port State Control Launch of concentrated inspection campaign on structural safety and international convention on load lines beginning 1 September 2011 by Paris Mou and Tokyo MoU on Port State Control.The 45 Maritime Authorities of the Paris and the Tokyo Memoranda on Port State Control will begin a joint concentrated inspection campaign with the purpose to ensure compliance with structural safety and the Load Line Convention. This inspection campaign will be held for 3 months, ending on 30 November 2011.The States party of the Viña del Mar Agreement, the Indian Ocean MOU, the Mediterranean MOU and the Black Sea MOU will follow the same routine during the campaign. The background for this CIC is that, as an average for the last 8 years, deficiencies related to structural safety and load lines account, for 15% of the total number of deficiencies.Furthermore, structural safety for ship types other than bulk carrier and compliance with the Load Line Convention in general have never been addressed with the special attention typical for a CIC. During this campaign Port State Control Officers (PSCOs) will verify applicable documents and aspects as loading instruments, the protection ...

Further improvements towards quality shipping Paris MoU press release "Voyage completed, a new horizon ahead".Considered to be the worldwide index for flag performance, the Paris MoU "Black, Grey and White Lists" indicate further improvements towards quality shipping. Last year Panama was congratulated for its efforts to move up to the Grey List. This year Panama can be congratulated once more: the flag has managed to enter the White List. A very successful achievement and an example for other flags that through determined actions and political courage changes can be made.There are now 42 flags on the "White List",three more compared with last year. Some flags have moved position with Bermuda (UK) still leading the list, followed by Germany and Sweden. Since 2007 the detention percentage has been decreasing gradually. The trend has continued and in 2010 the percentage reached 3.3%, an all-time low over the past decade.The efforts by the Paris MoU members are paying off. The number of detentions has dropped significantly from 1,059 in 2009 to 790 in 2010. It is likely that some ships with the introduction of the new inspection regime in mind, have already moved to other trading areas.In 2010 a total ofsix ships were ...

From 1 September to 30 November 2011 Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The Tokyo MoU on Port State Control Committee held its 21st meeting in Busan, Republic of Korea, from 18 to 21 April 2011.A subsequent press release from that meeting advises inter alia that the Committee approved the arrangements for the concentrated inspection campaign (CIC) on Structural Safety and Load Lines to be carried out from 1 September to 30 November 2011 simultaneously with the Paris MoU.The Committee also reconfirmed its decision to conduct a joint CIC on Fire Safety Systems (FSS) with the Paris MoU during the period September November 2012.Source : Tokyo MOU

The Tokyo MoU will implement its revisions from January/February 2012 Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Tokyo MoU has released a revised list of deficiency codes which are harmonised with those of the Paris MoU. The Tokyo MoU will implement its revisions from January/February 2012.You can view the full list by clicking here. Source : Tokyo MOU

Effective on July 1, 2011 Paris MOU released the deficiency code list, effective on July 2011.Follow a review regarding the release of the associated deficiency coding, the Paris MOU concluded at its meeting in May 2011 that the deficiency codes may be publicly released.To view the deficiency code list, click here.Source: Paris MOU

According to a European port state control organisation Bermudas shipping register has the best three-year safety record, according to a European port state control organisation. The Paris MoU rates registries each year,based on the number of inspections and detentions in a rolling three-year period.According to a story in Lloyds List, the organisation uses a three-tier classification, of white list for the safest, a grey list for those with average track records and a black list for those considered to carry medium or high risk. The white list of 42 registries for the 2008-2010 period was topped by Bermuda, which recorded 270 inspections and zero detentions.Second-placed Germany had 1,388 inspections and 14 detentions. Sweden, the UK, the Netherlands, France, Denmark, Finland, China and the Isle of Man made up the rest of the top ten.Bottom of the table was North Korea, just behind Libya, Togo and Sierra Leone. Bermuda is part of the Red Ensign Group of shipping registries. The UKs Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) gave the Islands Department of Marine Administration and the Department of Marine and Ports a glowing endorsement after they visited in late 2008.At that time, assistant director of corporate governance and risk at MCA, Andrew ...

The 6th banning under the New Inspection Regime On 18 May 2011 the M/V "Chloe" (ex Claudia Trader) with IMO number 8223098 has been banned after multiple detentions.The ship was detained in Koper port in Slovenia on 12-05-2011. This was the third detention in the Paris MoU region within the last 36 months. The ship flies the flag of Panama.Therefore under the provisions of the section 4 of the Paris MoU the ship will be refused further access to any port and anchorage in the Paris MoU region.As this is the first refusal of access order for this ship, the ship will be refused access for a period of three months. This is the 6th banning under the New Inspection Regime.Source: Paris MOU

18 flags are on the black list, 24 on the grey list, and 42 on the white list At its 44th meeting, the Paris MoU Committee approved the 2010 inspection results and adopted new performance lists for flag States and recognised organisations. The new lists will take effect from 1 July 2011.The black, grey and white (BGW) lists present the full spectrum, from quality flags to flags with a poor performance that are considered high or very high risk. It is based on the total number of inspections and detentions over a three year rolling period for flags with at least 30 inspections in the period.The BGW lists for 2010 comprise a total number of 84 flags. 18 are on the black list, 24 on the grey list, and 42 on the white list. In 2009 the number of flags listed totalled 82 flags, with 24 on black, 19 on grey and 39 on white. Most flags that were categorised as very high risk in previous years remain so in 2010. The poorest performing flags are DPR Korea, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Togo, Sierra Leone and Montenegro. New on the black list are the flags of Tanzania United Republic and Azerbaijan ...

The ship detained in Elefsis port in Greece On 30 April 2011 the M/V Mansour M with IMO number 7600586 was banned after multiple detentions. The ship was detained in Elefsis port in Greece on 27-04-2011. This was the third detention in the Paris MoU region within the last 36 months. The ship flies the flag of Moldova. Moldova is listed on the 'black list' of the Paris MoU BGW list Therefore under the provisions of the section 4 of the Paris MoU the ship will be refused further access to any port and anchorage in the Paris MoU region.As this is the first refusal of access order for this ship, the ship will be refused access for a period of three months. This is the 5th banning under the New Inspection Regime. Check the Paris MoU banning listSource: Paris MOU

Fatigue is one of the key safety risks facing seafarers On April 3rdh, 2011, bulkcarrier "Shen Neng 1" hit a coral reef off the Australian west coast. In its final report on the grounding the Australian Transport Safety Bureau put forward that the chief mate was fatigued, affecting his performance as Officer of the Watch (OOW).Fatigue is one of the key safety risks facing seafarers, and watchkeepers in particular.The ATSB urged ship operators to comply with international requirements and properly manage the hours of work and rest of watchkeepers. And the report stated that a succession of quite simple and small errors on the part of a tired crew led to the ships grounding, a problem that rests with the flagstate of a ship, as they are the party that decides what is the minimal safe manning of a ship(based on IMO resolution A.890(21).Normally, this IMO resolution sets out high standards, but flagstates do not follow this IMO-resolution, leading to very lowsafe manning crew numbers on ships. An example: Panama-flagged VLCCs may sail with a captain and two mates, and thats perfectly legal.Serious shipping companies make their own assesment of necessary crew levels onboard; but other companies just go with ...