Tag: PSC Focus

NorthStandard P&I Club informs that Senegal, and the port of Dakar in particular, continues to be a hotspot for significant fines, with the latest update concerning fines related to misdeclaration of CO2 extinguishers. 

Lloyd's Register (LR) has issued a Statutory Alert to inform all shipowners and operators that within the last year, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) has issued several port state control (PSC) detentions due to inoperative water mist systems on vessels trading to the US.

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.

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)

According to Britannia, an increase in detentions has been reported in Off Port Limit (OPL) areas due to vessels anchoring without local authorities’ permission, with detentions extending beyond the twelve nautical mile zone.

Recognizing that there are some concerns and observations on the use of body camera during PSC (particularly privacy considerations) from the industry, Tokyo MOU has developed related guidelines.

DNV provides interested parties with information on how to comply with regulations regarding the oily water separator sampling point.

Transmarine Consultancy & Inspection (TCI) Ghana, are drawing the attention of all vessels going to Ghana to pay serious attention to MARPOL violation fines, as currently imposed by Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA).

The Liberian Administration has released an advisory is to inform interested parties how to comply with the recent focused trend of inspection of machinery spaces by various Port State Control (PSC) regimes.

The Paris MoU has published its 2022 Annual Report on 1 July 2023. The report provides an overview of the activities and statistics of the Paris MoU in 2022.