Tag: Paris MoU

According to Paris MoU, lately, there has been increased attention for fishing vessel safety, prevention of pollution and working and living conditions onboard fishing vessels. Consequently, the implementation of port State control on fishing vessels has been a matter of attention as well.

According to the Paris MoU, M/V "TITANIA" was detained in port Zyyvi (Vassiliko) Cyprus on 7 October 2022. This is the third detention in the Paris MoU region within the last 36 months. The ship flies the flag of Tanzania, which is black on the current Paris MoU WGB list.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced that three foreign flagged ships remained under detention in UK ports at the end of December after failing Paris MOU Port State Control (PSC) inspection.

Paris MoU announced that it will start to implement short targeted inspection campaigns referred as Focus Inspection Campaigns (FIC). Up to now, similar approach has been followed by AMSA which conducts Focus Inspection Campaigns on specific selected topics targeting specific Ship Types.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced that six foreign flagged ships remained under detention in UK ports at the end of November after failing Paris MOU Port State Control (PSC) inspection.

During PSCC56 it was discussed that there are still some effects of the Covid-19 pandemic faced by PSCOs during the inspections, the Paris MoU informed in a recently published circular. Effects are mainly related to Ballast Water management (BWM) and the increased number of PI vessels calling into ports.

The Paris MoU is trialing an alternative approach to the regular Concentrated Inspection Campaigns (CICs) by conducting several short targeted inspection campaigns referred to as Focused Inspection Campaigns (FICs)

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced that four foreign flagged ship remained under detention in UK ports at the end of October after failing Paris MOU Port State Control (PSC) inspection.

According to the Paris MoU, “M/V “REYHAN” was detained in port Palermo (Italy) on 25 October 2023. This is the third detention in the Paris MoU region within the last 24 months.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced that seven foreign flagged ships remained under detention in UK ports at the end of September after failing Paris MOU Port State Control (PSC) inspection.