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Launch of Joint Concentrated Inspection Campaign on Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery

From September 1 to November 30, 2013 The Maritime Authorities of the Paris and the Tokyo Memoranda ofUnderstanding (MoU) on Port State Control will launch a joint ConcentratedInspection Campaign (CIC) with the purpose to ensure compliance withSOLAS Chapter II-1.The scope of the CIC is the safety of propulsion andauxiliary machinery, especially the working order and maintenance of themain engines, auxiliary engines, auxiliary equipment and their related alarmsystems. Special attention will be given to familiarity of the crew with safetyand emergency procedures with regard to these systems.This inspection campaign will be held for three months, commencing from 1September 2013 and ending on 30 November 2013.The propulsion and machinery installations will be verified in more detail forcompliance with the mentioned scope of the CIC during a regular Port StateControl inspection conducted under the regional ship selection criteria within theParis and Tokyo MoU regions.Port State Control Officers (PSCOs) will use a list of 12 selected items to verifycritical areas for the propulsion and auxiliary machinery installations, some ofwhich are related to documentation, main and auxiliary equipment, crewfamiliarization and operational controls. For this purpose, PSCOs will apply aquestionnaire listing a number of items to be covered during the concentratedinspection campaign. The questionnaire has been ...

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Tokyo MoU issues Annual Report on Port State Control 2012

Regarding the Asia- Pacific Region The Tokyo MoU has issued its Annual Report on Port State Control in the Asia-Pacific Region 212.Tokyo MOU carried out a total of 30,929 inspections in 2012,which creates a new record not only of its own but also for the regional PSC regimes aroundthe world.Detentions have decreased both in number and in percentage in 2012. It is for thefirst time that the regional detention rate is below 5%, except for the year of starting operationof the Tokyo MOU.This can be seen as a positive outcome of effective operation of PSCprogramme by the Tokyo MOU Authorities.There are several notable developments in theTokyo MOU in 2012, namely: implementation of the new coding system, enacting measureson under-performing ships permanently, renewal of the MOU web-site and establishing theopen forum with the industryA concentrated inspection campaign on fire safety was conducted in cooperation with the Paris MOU, the Black Sea MOU, the Indian Ocean MOU, the Mediterranean MOU, and the Viña del Mar AgreementYou may view Tokyo MoU Annual Report by clicking here

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Paris MoU ready for MLC Convention

Paris MoU held its 46th Committee meeting in Valletta, Malta, from 20 - 24 May 2013 The Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MoU) heldits 46th Committee meeting in Valletta, Malta, from 20 - 24 May 2013. The meetingwas attended by members, the European Commission, EMSA, Montenegro,observers from the ILO, US Coast Guard, Black Sea MoU, Caribbean MoU,Mediterranean MoU, Tokyo MoU and Vina del Mar Agreement.The Committee adopted amendments to the Memorandum to include the MaritimeLabour Convention 2006 as a relevant instrument. Guidelines for Port StateControl under this Convention were also agreed, providing practical guidance forPort State Control Officers to inspect ships starting 20 August 2013.Brian Hogan, the Chairman, stated: "The Paris MoU has always been supportive ofverification of working and living conditions under the ILO Convention 147. With theintroduction of the MLC2006 we are entering a new era to improve theseconditions on board".High importance was given to Concentrated Inspection Campaigns (CICs). A CICon Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery has been scheduled from September toNovember this year, a CIC on hours of rest under the STCW Convention in 2014and a CIC focussing on Crew Familiarisation in 2015. The 2014 campaign will becarried out jointly with the Tokyo MoU. ...

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Tokyo MOU issues inspection results on Fire Safety Systems

Level of compliance not satisfactory Fire safety has been one of the top three categories of deficiencies recorded duringPSC inspections for many years. For the purpose of verifying compliance of fire safetysystem requirements and raising awareness of fire safety related issues, memberAuthorities of the Tokyo MOU undertook a Concentrated Inspection Campaign on FireSafety System (FSS) from 1 September to 30 November 2012.During the three-month period, a total of 8,274 PSC inspections were conducted bythe eighteen member Authorities, of which 6,606 were related to a CIC inspection.There were a total of 217 detentions recorded during the CIC inspections, amongwhich 150 or 69% of them were detained as the direct results of the CIC. TheCIC-topic related detention rate is 2.3% while the overall CIC detention rate 3.3%. Atotal of 4,279 CIC related deficiencies were recorded. The most significant deficienciesfound during the campaign were related to fire-fighting equipment and appliances 659(15.40%), followed by ready availability of fire-fighting equipment 470 (11%) and firedetection and alarm system 410 (9.58%).The most CIC inspections relating to ship type were conducted on bulk carriers with2,124 (32%) inspections, followed by general cargo/multi-purpose ships with 1,639(25%) inspection and container ships with 1,136 (17%) inspections. 81 (54%) of theCIC-topic related detentions ...

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Tokyo MoU will introduce a New Inspection Regime (NIR) from 1st January, 2014

Under the NIR, ships would be identified into three categories At the 23rd meeting of the Port State Control Committee in Singapore last month, the Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control in the Asia-Pacific Region (Tokyo MOU) decided to introduce a New Inspection Regime (NIR) for selection of ships from 1 January 2014. Bearing in mind the request by the Ministers at the 2nd Joint Ministerial Conference of the Paris and Tokyo Memoranda to harmonize PSC procedures to the highest level between the two regions, the Tokyo MOU NIR was developed by taking advantage of the one introduced in the Paris MOU a couple of years ago. Tokyo MOU will adopt related instruments in the next meeting held in October 2013 in Tokyo, Japan.Under the NIR, ships would be identified into three categories (i.e. high risk ships-HRS, standard risk ships-SRS and low risk ships-LRS) based on ship risk profile, which will be calculated automatically in the PSC database system (APCIS). Under the NIR, different time windows/inspection intervals would be applied to the corresponding categories of ships in accordance with the risk levels so that high risk ships would be subject to more frequent inspections while the quality/low risk ships ...

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