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PSC Concentrated Inspection Campaign: Fire Safety Systems

From 1 September 2012 Launch of concentrated inspection campaign on Fire Safety Systems beginning 1 September 2012 by Paris Mou and Tokyo MoU on Port State ControlThe 43 Maritime Authorities of the Paris and the Tokyo Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control will launch a joint Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) with the purpose to ensure compliance with SOLAS Chapter II-2/ Construction - fire protection, fire detection and fire extinction arrangements on board ships. This inspection campaign will be held for three months, commencing from 1 September 2012 and ending on 30 November 2012.In practice, the CIC will mean that during a regular port State control inspection conducted under the regional ship selection criteria within the Paris and Tokyo MoU regions, the fire safety arrangements, maintenance records and other applicable documentation will be verified in more detail for compliance with SOLAS Chapter II-2.Port State Control Officers (PSCOs) will use a list of 12 selected items to verify critical areas for the shipboard fire safety systems, some of which are related to documentation, equipment and crew familiarisation.For this purpose, PSCOs will apply a questionnaire listing a number of items to be covered during the concentrated inspection.When deficiencies are found, actions ...

From 1 September 2012 Launch of concentrated inspection campaign on Fire Safety Systems beginning 1 September 2012 by Paris Mou and Tokyo MoU on Port State ControlThe 43 Maritime Authorities of the Paris and the Tokyo Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control will launch a joint Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) with the purpose to ensure compliance with SOLAS Chapter II-2/ Construction - fire protection, fire detection and fire extinction arrangements on board ships. This inspection campaign will be held for three months, commencing from 1 September 2012 and ending on 30 November 2012.In practice, the CIC will mean that during a regular port State control inspection conducted under the regional ship selection criteria within the Paris and Tokyo MoU regions, the fire safety arrangements, maintenance records and other applicable documentation will be verified in more detail for compliance with SOLAS Chapter II-2.Port State Control Officers (PSCOs) will use a list of 12 selected items to verify critical areas for the shipboard fire safety systems, some of which are related to documentation, equipment and crew familiarisation.For this purpose, PSCOs will apply a questionnaire listing a number of items to be covered during the concentrated inspection.When deficiencies are found, actions ...

Cargo Care Solutions warns A recent state inspection campaign that raises concerns over multiple problems with hatch openings should be welcomed by the industry, is the message from Peter Peltenburg, Group Director of Cargo Care Solutions. "We cut corners on maintenance at our peril. As the economic downturn bites the industry has seen a shift to lower quality products, and a less systematic approach to scheduled maintenance. This is false economy, and the results of this campaign show that ship owners are ultimately paying for these short cuts."The comments were made after a state inspection campaign supported by Tokyo MoU revealed a large number of vessel deficiencies relating to cargo hatch openings, and reported one casualty during the campaign period."Whilst operators are aware of the need to keep cargo in good condition, it's all too easy to overlook the fact that hatch covers are essential to protect and keep the structural safety of a vessel," he adds. "There have been a number of vessel losses known which were due to the loss of the weathertight integrity of the hatch covers. Some include human casualties."Approximately a third of all P&I claims are cargo-related. Numerous of these cases are related to ingress ...

Structural Safety and the International Convention on Load Lines : Sept- Nov 2011 The Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Structural Safety and theInternational Convention on Load Lines was carried out in the Tokyo MOU region from 1 September 2011 to 30 November 2011.This campaign was conducted jointly with the Paris MOU while regional PSC regimes of the Viña del Mar Agreement, the Indian Ocean MOU, the Mediterranean MOU and the Black Sea MOU also participated in the campaign.The 18 member Authorities carried out a total of 7,534 PSC inspections whichincluded 5,901 CIC inspections. During the campaign, 2,929 CIC-topic relateddeficiencies were found with 83 ships out of a total of 346 detentions being detained for CIC related deficiencies.The detention rate for the CIC is 1.41% while the overall detention rate for the period is 4.59%.The highest number of inspections were carried out on ships under the flags ofPanama 1,900 (32.20%), Hong Kong (China) 468 (7.93%), Liberia 366 (6.20%) and Singapore 347 (5.88%).The flags with the highest number of CIC related detentions were Cambodia 23 (27.71%), Panama 21 (25.30%), Sierra Leone 7 (8.43%) and Viet Nam 7 (8.43%).Bulk carriers were the ship type with the highest number of CIC inspections which accounted ...

The campaign commences on 1 September and will last for 3 months The Gard P&I Club issues Circular alert regarding Port State Control - Tokyo & Paris MOU's: Concentrated Inspection Campaign on Structural Safety and Load Lines as follows:IntroductionIn their press release of 21 July 2011, Paris and Tokyo MoUs announced that they will be running a joint Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) focusing on compliance with structural safety and the Load Line Convention.According to the Paris and Tokyo MoUs, deficiencies related to structural safety and load lines account for 15% of the total number of deficiencies found in their regions over the last 8 years.The campaign commences on 1 September and will last for 3 months, ending 30 November 2011.Campaign Focus AreasDuring the campaign, Port State Control Officers (PSCOs) will check the applicable documentation as well as the physical conditions of vessels.In the middle of August, a questionnaire was released further detailing the items to be covered by the PSCOs during this CIC. The questionnaire can be found via links on official web pages of both the Paris MoU and the Tokyo MoU.The questionnaire is divided into two parts:Part 1 shall be completed prior to a physical inspection onboard and ...

Information provided by German Administration The German Administration has sent the following quoted information by email, which concerns CIC on Structural Safety and Load Line (Paris and Tokyo MoU) from 01.09.2011 till 30.11.2011 :Please pay attention to the upcoming Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) of the Paris MoU as well as Tokyo MoU, starting on 1 September 2011 and ending on 30 November 2011. The States party of the Viña del Mar Agreement, the Indian Ocean MOU, the Mediterranean MOU and the Black Sea MOU will follow the same routine during the campaign. The CIC will verify applicable documents and aspects as loading instruments, the protection of hatch openings, the vessel's hull, bulkheads and deck and other features of the Load Line Convention. You may obtain the press release and the respective questionnaire (published in the beginning of august) on the website of the Paris MoU and Tokyo MoU.http://www.parismou.org/http://www.tokyo-mou.org/Referring to the planned campaign we like you to remind of ISM-Info-Mail 06-2011 concerning inoperative fire dampers.Information about the upcoming campaign and the respective questionnaire should be provided to the master and ship officers to avoid possible deficiencies and detentions. Further it should be verified whether relevant documents and information in the significant ...

Information by the UK P&I Club Over the last 8 years deficiencies related to structural safety and load lines account for 15% of the total number of deficiencies found in the Paris MOU region. With this in mind the Paris & Tokyo MOU have conjoined to take part in a joint concentrated inspection campaign (CIC)Structural safety for ship types other than bulk carriers and compliance with the Load Line Convention in general have never been addressed with the special attention typical for a CIC.The Paris MOU and Tokyo MOU will be joined by the members of the Viña del Mar Agreement, the Indian Ocean MOU, the Mediterranean MOU and the Black Sea MOU who will follow the same routine during the campaign. This means this concentrated inspection campaign will be in force in some form or another almost world wide. The only regions not covered will be the West African states, The United States and some Caribbean Islands (excepting of course those countries which are not party to any MOU regarding Port state control)This inspection campaign will begin 1 SEPTEMBER 2011 and will run for 3 months, ending on 30 November 2011. The focus of Port State Control Officers (PSCOs) ...

Beginning 1 September 2011 by Paris Mou and Tokyo MoU on Port State Control Launch of concentrated inspection campaign on structural safety and international convention on load lines beginning 1 September 2011 by Paris Mou and Tokyo MoU on Port State Control.The 45 Maritime Authorities of the Paris and the Tokyo Memoranda on Port State Control will begin a joint concentrated inspection campaign with the purpose to ensure compliance with structural safety and the Load Line Convention. This inspection campaign will be held for 3 months, ending on 30 November 2011.The States party of the Viña del Mar Agreement, the Indian Ocean MOU, the Mediterranean MOU and the Black Sea MOU will follow the same routine during the campaign. The background for this CIC is that, as an average for the last 8 years, deficiencies related to structural safety and load lines account, for 15% of the total number of deficiencies.Furthermore, structural safety for ship types other than bulk carrier and compliance with the Load Line Convention in general have never been addressed with the special attention typical for a CIC. During this campaign Port State Control Officers (PSCOs) will verify applicable documents and aspects as loading instruments, the protection ...

From 1 September to 30 November 2011 Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The Tokyo MoU on Port State Control Committee held its 21st meeting in Busan, Republic of Korea, from 18 to 21 April 2011.A subsequent press release from that meeting advises inter alia that the Committee approved the arrangements for the concentrated inspection campaign (CIC) on Structural Safety and Load Lines to be carried out from 1 September to 30 November 2011 simultaneously with the Paris MoU.The Committee also reconfirmed its decision to conduct a joint CIC on Fire Safety Systems (FSS) with the Paris MoU during the period September November 2012.Source : Tokyo MOU