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The Paris MoU Committee approved at its 57th meeting the 2023 inspection results and adopted new performance lists for flag States and Recognized Organizations (ROs).

The Paris MoU Committee approved the 2019 inspection results and adopted new performance lists for flag States and Recognized Organizations (ROs). A total of 70 flags are in this year's list, including 41 on the “White List”, 16 on the “Grey List” and 13 on the “Black list”. These lists are in effect from 1st July 2020.

A recently launched European Union document adds Panama, the Seychelles, the Cayman Islands and Palau into EU's black list and provides Turkey more time to avoid being listed. The document noted that "the eastern African archipelago of the Seychelles was added to the blacklist because it has an harmful preferential tax regime."

As part of its recent efforts to eliminate substandard shipping, the UAE's Federal Transport Authority issued a circular mandating that ships under 25 flags should be classified by a member society in the IACS or by UAE classification society (Tasneef), if they are to call UAE Ports or anchor in UAE waters. 

Paris MoU issued its annual report on Port State Control, revealing a slight increase in the number of inspections and a slight decrease in the detention percentage for 2017; 3.82% compared to 3.84% in 2016. However, the report shows a significant increase in the numbers of refusal of access in 2017; 33 compared to 20 in 2016.

The general cargo ship 'Volzhskiy 33' was detained in the Russian port of Rostov-on-Don, on 29 May 2018. This is the fourth detention in the Paris MoU region within the last 24 months. The ship flies the flag of Comoros which is black on the current Paris MoU WGB list.

At its 51st meeting last month, Paris MoU approved the 2017 inspection results and adopted new performance lists for flags and Recognized Organizations, to take effect from 1 July 2018. This year's White List has decreased by two, while Grey List and Black List have been increased by one respectively.

The 27-year old general cargo vessel 'MV Georgiana' was detained in Tsiggelion, Greece, and the 41-year old general cargo vessel 'Little Wind' was detained in port of Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Both ships will be refused further access to any port and anchorage in the Paris MOU region, except a port and anchorage of the ships' flag States.

The 28 year old general cargo ship 'ACORUS' was detained in Piraeus, Greece, on 10 November, during a re-inspection for lifting the refusal of access order, which was imposed in July 2017. This was its second detention in Greece within 36 months.

At its 50th meeting last month, the Paris MoU Committee approved the 2016 inspection results. In 2016, a total number of 73 flags are listed: 42 on the White List,19 on the Grey List and 12 on the Black list.