Tag: PSC Focus

The Paris MoU has published its 2021 Annual Report on 1 July 2022. The report provides an overview of the activities and statistics of the Paris MoU in 2021, which was again different from regular years due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The Paris MoU Committee approved at its 55th meeting the 2021 inspection results and adopted new performance lists for flag States and Recognized Organizations (ROs).

USCG announced the publication of the 2021 Flag State Control Domestic Annual Report. This report highlights U.S. domestic fleet deficiencies, inspection, and marine casualty statistics.

The Paris Memorandum of Understanding (Paris MoU) on Port State Control (PSC) carried out a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Stability in General jointly with the Tokyo MOU between September 1, 2021 and December 1, 2021.

ABS published its Quarterly Report on Port State Control (PSC), providing information to owners on deficiencies identified on ABS vessels during inspections carried out by the various PSC regimes globally during the 1st Quarter of 2022.

According to RISK4SEA data, there were 25 ports with more than 10 detentions during CY2021. The “champion” in detentions was port of Novorossiysk with 87 detentions in 1,253 inspections.

A continuous risk assessment is vital to address possible risks related to ships performance in which many factors are taken into account in order to ensure the safety of crew, cargo and environment.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Tokyo MoU announced a Remote PSC inspection practice that took place in the MoU region’s PSC inspections in different countries and ports, from April 2021 until the end of the year.

PSC MoUs have a common system to assist PSC Officers (PSCO) identify deficiencies during ship inspections, using a 5 digit code with a specific description attached to it, so that PSCOs report class and codify PSC findings. All PSC Regimes, including the US Cost Guard, use the same unique deficiency codes and the list includes 578 of them.

Whether a ship is to be inspected, it’s a decision based on specific MoU procedures. Commonly, if a ship is inspected once in a MoU and the inspection ended without any severe findings, then the ship will be inspected again within the inspection window set by each MoU.