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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.

Tokyo MOU published its Annual Report for 2021, indicating that it achieved a nearly 20% increase of inspections in 2021, with 22,730 inspections, involving 14,951 individual ships. 

The Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Ship’s Stability in General was carried out in the Tokyo MOU region jointly with the Paris MOU from 1 September 2021 to 30 November 2021.

Tokyo MOU presented its Annual Report on Port State Control in the Asia-Pacific Region 2020. 19,415 inspections took place, with 493 ships being detained.

Following the release of its preliminary findings last year, Tokyo MoU has now issued its official report on the CIC on Emergency Systems and Procedures, noting that a total of 216 ships were detained during the campaign. 

In response to the impact of the pandemic to PSC activities, Tokyo MoU decided to launch remote PSC inspections as a practical alternative in the interim, where and when a normal physical PSC inspection not feasible.

Tokyo MOU adopted the interim guidance relating to COVID-19 circumstances, in order to protect PSCOs and prevent spread of COVID-19 and for facilitating port State Authorities to apply pragmatic flexibility amid pandemic.

During its virtual meeting last week, Tokyo MoU PSC Committee considered and agreed to accept the proposal by the Paris MoU to carry out a CIC on Ballast Water Management (BWM) in 2025. 

In response to the situation with regard to COVID-19, the members States of the Paris MoU and Tokyo MoU have decided to postpone the CIC for 2020. This year, the CIC would have been focused on stability (in general).

Tokyo MoU raised awareness of the potential risk of casualties caused by cargoes, relating to containers and solid bulk cargoes. Through a new Safety Bulletin, Tokyo MoU highlights there are many accidents caused by the mis-declaration of dangerous goods in containers and inaccurate container weigh information.