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Press release The following press release has been issued further to the twenty-first meeting held in Republic of Korea.It should be noted that "the Committee approved the arrangements for the CIC on Structural Safety and Load Lines that will be carried out from 1 September to 30 November 2011 simultaneously with the Paris MOU" and that "the Committee reconfirmed its decision to conduct a joint CIC on Fire Safety System (FSS) with the Paris MOU during period September-November 2012 and noted the progress made thereon".To view the press release please click hereSource: Bureau Veritas

Summary of recent meeting The Tokyo MOU issued a press release stating that representatives of the Port State Control Committee met in Busan, South Korea on 18-21 April.Among other things, it was agreed to conduct a concentrated inspection campaign (CIC) on Structural Safety and Load Lines during the period 1 September through 30 November 2011, simultaneously with the Paris MOU.Source: Tokyo MOU

Failing Port State Control inspection The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that 4 foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during March 2011 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.Latest monthly figures show that there were no new detentions of foreign flagged ships in UK ports during March 2011 but 4 vessels remained under detention from previous months. The overall rate of detentions compared with inspections carried out over the last twelve months was 2.68% this is slightly down from Februarys twelve month rate.Out of the detained vessels none were registered with flag states listed on the Paris MOU white list, 1 was registered with a flag state on the grey list none were registered with flag states on the black list and 3 were unregistered.DETENTIONS CARRIED OVER FROM PREVIOUS MONTHSDate & Place of detention: 04/03/2010 Lowestoft Vessel Name: CIEN PORCIENTO (General Cargo) GT: 106 IMO No: 8944446 Flag: Unregistered Company: Open Window Inc Classification Society: Unclassed Recognised Organisation: Not applicable Recognised Organisation for ISM: Not applicable Summary: 30 deficiencies 7 grounds for detention The vessel was detained in Lowestoft because the main fire pump was inoperative and there was no alternative fire pump outside the ...

How to avoid detention This new edition outlines the main deficiencies PSC found and tells you which parts of the inspected ships PSC was focussing on in the past few years.For more information please click hereSource: GL Group

IRELAND - Port State Control, Directive 2009/16 EC The Ireland Department of Transport has issued a Marine Notice, related to the Port State Control New Inspection Regime, with the simultaneous introduction of changes to the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MOU), of which Ireland is a member state, and the entering into force of new EU legislation in the form of Directive 2009/16/EC on Port State Control (Recast).Please refer to the Marine Notice.Source: Ireland Department of Transport