Tag: ship inspections

Lloyd's Register has issued Statutory Alert to inform that new inspection requirement for ships trading in the Paris MoU area will be implemented. The St. Vincent and The Grenadines Maritime Administration has issued Circular No. PSC 033 which requires additional inspections (termed 'occasional surveys') to be carried out for all vessels whose next port of call is within a Paris MOU member country.

The six Maritime Authorities of the Riyadh Memorandum of Understanding (RMoU) on Port State Control have issued a press release regarding the launch of a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) with the purpose of ensuring compliance with SOLAS Chapter II-2 and the International Code for Fire Safety Systems on board ships. This inspection campaign will be held for three months, beginning on 1 October 2014 and ending on 31 December 2014.

Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever has been listed as a quarantinable disease as the country's health authorities pass harsher port inspections for people and goods entering from affected areas.

Guidance on the issue of a mini ROV for MoU Ballast Tank inspections

The second of MAIB's two short films looks at how our inspectors operate in the field

A Hong Kong flagged vessel was detained in Queensland following a PSC inspection conducted by the AMSA which identified a number of deficiencies

Inspect mechanical equipment and electrical components

ParisMoU: Facts and Figures on PSC during 2013

'Consolidating Progress' Considered to be the worldwide index for flag performance, the Paris MoU "White,Grey and Black Lists" indicate further improvements towards quality shipping.Last year Thailand and the United States of America were congratulated for theirefforts to move up to the White List. This year Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia andSwitzerland moved from the "Grey List" to the "White List". A very successfulachievement and an example for other flags that, through determined actions andpolitical courage, changes can be made. Georgia, Lebanon, Saint Kitts and Nevis,Libya and Albania moved from the "Black List" to the "Grey List".There are now 46 flags on the "White List", 1 more compared with last year. Franceis leading the list, followed by Norway and Sweden. Several flags have made asignificant move upwards on the "White List" in the top 10: Norway, Italy, theUnited Kingdom and Finland. Other flags have made a significant movedownwards in the "White List" and are no longer in the top 10: Bahamas andGreece.Recognized Organizations are delegated by flag States and carry out most of thestatutory surveys on behalf of flags. For this very reason it is important to monitortheir performance. The best performing RO over the period 2011-2013 is LloydsRegister, followed by American Bureau ...

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 ...