Tag: QUALSHIP

The US Coast Guard has included the Liberian flag in its QUALSHIP 21 (QS21) roster for 2019-2020. QS21 recognizes vessels and flag states which have successfully met specified safety and quality requirements and regulations when calling at ports in the US. 

In its PSC Annual Report for 2017, the USCG provided an update on the QUALSHIP 21, the Coast Guard's initiative which attempts to recognize and reward vessels, as well as their owners and Flag Administrations, for their commitment to safety and quality. The program ended calendar year 2017 with an enrollment of 2,013 vessels.

On 01 January 2001 the USCG implemented the QUALSHIP 21 initiative to identify high-quality ships and provide incentives to encourage quality operations. Furthermore, the E-Zero was launched on 01 July 2017 for ships enrolled in the QUALSHIP 21 program that meet strict additional environmental requirements.

Once again, the U.S. Coast Guard has issued Denmark with the well-reputed certificate for United States Coast Guard's Quality Shipping for the 21st Century Program (QUALSHIP 21).

Bahri has announced the enrollment of its vessels in the United States Coast Guard’s QUALSHIP 21 program, a highly prestigious recognition given only to vessels that meet the most stringent quality and safety standards.

2.03 % detention rate based on 82 detentions arising from 4,046 inspections Liberia has been confirmed as the best-performing major ship registry worldwide over the last three years in the latest statistics from the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control.The Paris MoU statistics confirm that Liberia had the best detention rate during the last three years of those registries with more than 100,000 gt of shipping under their flag. Liberia's detention rate was 2.03 per cent, based on 82 detentions arising from 4,046 inspections. This positions it well ahead of the Marshall Islands, which had a detention rate of 2.50 per cent based on 63 detentions of 2,521 vessels inspected. Panama was in third place, with a detention rate of 4.89 per cent, resulting from 305 detentions out of 6,238 inspections.Liberia also recently received its QUALSHIP (Quality Shipping for the 21st Century) certification for 2014 from the United States Coast Guard. Only a small percentage of foreign-flag ships calling at US ports are admitted to the QUALSHIP programme, based on the excellence of their port state control record. Designated ships are recognised and rewarded by the USCG for their commitment to safety and quality. The USCG has ...

Circular letter by the Hong Kong Marine Department The Hong Kong Marine Department (HKMD) has issued the following circular letter, which concerns, among others, their regaining of the qualification for the United States Coast Guard's Qualship 21 Program on 1 June 2011.Within this framework and in view of the recent PSC development in the US and Australian ports, HKMD has revised the PSC inspection Checklist by adding items specifically for Bulk Carriers, Oil Tankers, Chemical Carriers and Gas Carriers.Indeed, pre-arrival inspection has to be carried out in accordance with the PSC Inspection Checklist for Hong Kong registered ships before entering into any US or Australian ports.It has to be noticed that the checklist, after being completed and signed by the ship master, should be endorsed by the DPA of the management company before submission to HKMD for scrutiny and necessary follow-up action.To view the circular letter, click here.Source: Hong Kong Marine Department

Qualship 21 initiative provides positive rewards to high-quality ships from qualifying registries For the 7th year running, the Marshall Islands Registry has qualified for the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Qualship 21 programme.Qualship 21 designation enables owners/operators of Marshall Islands flagged vessels to apply to the USCG for a Qualship 21 certificate.The Qualship 21 initiative provides positive rewards to high-quality ships from qualifying registries. These rewards include a possible reduction of scope for annual/mid-period exams for tankers that have applied for and received Qualship 21 certification. Nearly 18% of the vessels on the USCG's Qualship 21 vessel list are Marshall Islands flagged vessels.While the eligibility criteria for Qualship 21 are stringent, one new factor will become mandatory for flag administrations to qualify in 2012. Similar to one criterion of the Paris MoU's 'Low Risk Ship' (LRS) list, the USCG will also consider whether or not a flag administration has participated in the IMO's Voluntary Member State Audit Scheme (VMSAS).The Marshall Islands has maintained its white list status with both the Paris and Tokyo MoUs and has met the LRS list criteria of the Paris MoU."While a few major open registries have been recognised on the Qualship 21 list, the Marshall ...

Ships are recognised and rewarded for their commitment to safety and quality The Liberian Registry has been admitted to the United States Coast Guards (USCG) QUALSHIP programme for 2011/2012.The QUALSHIP (Quality Shipping for the 21st Century) programme is a quality incentive programme to which only a small percentage of foreign-flag ships calling at US ports are admitted, based on the excellence of their port state control record.It was developed to provide an incentive for well-run, quality ships and ship operators. Designated ships are recognised and rewarded by the USCG for their commitment to safety and quality.Scott Bergeron, COO of the Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry (LISCR), the US-based manager of the Liberian Registry, says, This recognition of Liberias commitment to quality shipping is all the more significant because it comes at a time of major expansion for the registry. The Liberian-flag fleet has more than doubled in size since LISCR assumed management control in 2000, and now stands at 3,570 ships totalling 115 mill gt.Qualship 21 recognition provides further confirmation of Liberias pre-eminent position in terms of safety and quality-driven shipping. This is good news for the ever-increasing numbers of shipowners who operate their ships under the Liberian flag. ...