Port State Control

MEMBER OF GROUP:
Purnama Putra
PORT STATE CONTROL Muhammad

Malikal Rohman Firdaus
Muhammad Rizky Pratama
Muhammad Sayakfika Ahadianto
Port State Control (PSC) – An agreed regime for the inspection of foreign
ships
Port State Control (PSC) is the inspection of foreign ships present in a nation’s
port for the purpose of verifying that the condition of the ships and their
equipment comply with the provisions of international conventions and codes
and that the ships are manned and operated in compliance with those
provisions.
Many of IMO’s most important technical conventions contain provisions for
ships to be inspected when they visit foreign ports to ensure that they meet
IMO requirements.
These inspections were originally intended to be a back up to flag State
implementation, but experience has shown that they can be extremely
effective, especially if organized on a regional basis. A ship going to a port in
one country will normally visit other countries in the region before embarking
on its return voyage and it is to everybody’s advantage if inspections can be
closely co-ordinated.
This ensures that as many ships as possible are inspected, but at the same time
prevents ships being delayed by unnecessary inspections. The primary
responsibility for ships standards rests with the flag state but Port State
Control provides a “safety net” to catch sub-standard ships.
Primary Responsibilities
The primary responsibility for maintaining ships standard rests with the
flag states, as well as their owners and masters. However, many flag states do
not, for various reasons, fulfill their obligations under international maritime
conventions, and PSC provides a useful “safety net” to catch substandard
ships. PSC effectively does what the Flag State control should, but in many
cases fails, to do.
History
In 1978 the ‘Hague Memorandum’ between a number of maritime
authorities in Western Europe was developed. It dealt mainly with
enforcement of shipboard living and working conditions as required by ILO
Convention no. 147.
However just as the memorandum was about to come into effect in March
1978 a massive oil spill occurred off the coast of Brittany (France) as a result of
the grounding of the VLCC ‘Amoco Cadiz’.
This incident caused a strong political and public outcry in Europe for far more
stringent regulations with regard to the safety of shipping. This pressure
resulted in a more comprehensive memorandum which covered:
safety of life at sea
prevention of pollution by ships, and
living and working conditions on board ships
Subsequently, a new Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control
was signed in January 1982 by fourteen European countries at a Ministerial
Conference held in Paris, France. It entered into operation on 1 July 1982.
Since that date, the Paris Memorandum has been amended several times to
accommodate new safety and marine environment requirements stemming
from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and requirements related
to working and living conditions of seafarers.
The organization expanded to twenty-seven member States over the past
years.
PSC regimes in operation worldwide

Nine regional agreements on port State control – Memoranda of
Understanding or MoUs – have been signed:
Europe and the north Atlantic (Paris MoU)
Asia and the Pacific (Tokyo MoU)
Latin America (Acuerdo de Viña del Mar)
Caribbean (Caribbean MoU)
West and Central Africa (Abuja MoU)
the Black Sea region (Black Sea MoU)
the Mediterranean (Mediterranean MoU)
the Indian Ocean (Indian Ocean MoU)
the Riyadh MoU
The United States Coast Guard maintain the tenth PSC regime.
Who boards a ship to carry out Port State Control inspection?
A Port State Control Officer (PSCO) carries out port State control. The PSCO is a
properly qualified person, authorized to carry out port State control
inspections in accordance with the MoU, by the Maritime Authority of the port
State and acts under its responsibility. All PSCO’s carry an identity card, issued
by their maritime authorities.
The object of this Code is to assist PSCOs in conducting their inspections to the
highest professional level. Port State Control Officers are central to achieving
the aims of the MOU. They are the daily contact of the MOU with the shipping
world. They are expected to act within the law, within the rules of their
Government and in a fair, open, impartial and consistent manner.
Pic Courtesy: Class NK Port State Control Annual Report
If deficiencies are found the PSCO must:
decide on the appropriate action to be taken.
be satisfied that they will be rectified.
decide if it is a ground for detention.
In principle, all deficiencies should be rectified before the departure of the
ship. This does not
mean that every deficiency must be checked as rectified by the PSCO.
Fundamental Principles of the Code
The Code of Good Practice encompasses three fundamental principles against
which all actions of PSCOs are judged: integrity, professionalism, and
transparency. These are defined as follows:
1. Integrity is the state of moral soundness, honesty, and freedom from
corrupting influences or motives.
2. Professionalism is applying accepted professional standards of conduct
and technical knowledge. For PSCOs standards of behavior are
established by the competent authority and the general consent of the
port State members.
3. Transparency implies openness and accountability
General Criteria as laid down by the PSC MOUs to carry out Inspection
1. Ships visiting a port of a state for the first time or after an absence of 12
months or more
2. Ships which have been permitted to leave the port of a state with
deficiencies to be rectified
3. Ships which have been reported by pilots or port authorities as being
deficient
4. Ships whose certificates are not in orderShips carrying dangerous or
5. polluting goods which have failed to report relevant information
6. Ships which have been suspended from class in the preceding 6 months
7. Ships which have been subject of a report or notification by another
authority
8. Ships which have been involved in a collision, grounding or stranding on
their way to port
9. Ships accused of an alleged violation of the provisions of IMO as to pose
a threat persons, property or environment.
10.Ships are permitted to leave the port of a member state on conditions
such as deficiencies are to be rectified before departure or at the next
port or within 14days.
Certificates and Documents are to be inspected for the PSC

1. International Tonnage Certificate (1969)
2. Passenger Ship Safety Certificate
3. Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate
4. Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate
5. Cargo Ship Safety Radiotelegraphy Certificate
6. Cargo Ship Safety Radiotelephony Certificate
7. Cargo Ship Safety Radio Certificate
8. Cargo Ship Safety Certificate
9. Exemption Certificate including where appropriate the list of cargoes
10.International Certificate of Fitness for Carriage of Liquefied Gases in Bulk
11.International Certificate of fitness for the carriage of Dangerous
Chemical in Bulk
12.International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate
13.International Pollution Prevention Certificate for the Carriage of Noxious
Liquid Substance in Bulk
14.International Load Line Certificate
15.International Load Line Exemption Certificate
16.Oil Record Book, part I and II
17.Cargo Record Book
18.Minimum Safe Manning Document
19.Certificate of Competency including Dangerous Goods Endorsement
20.Medical Fitness Certificate
21.Stability information including grain loading information and Document
of Authorisation
22.Document of Compliance and Safety Management Certificate issued in
accordance with the ISM Code
23.Certificates as to ship’s hull strength and machinery installations issued
by the classification society in question
24.Document of Compliance with the special requirements for Ships
Carrying Dangerous Goods
25.High-Speed Craft Safety Certificate and Permit To Operate High-Speed
Craft
26.Dangerous goods special list or manifest, or detailed stowage plan
27.Ship’s log book (OLB) with respect to the records of tests and drills and
the log for records of inspection and maintenance of lifesaving appliance
and arrangements
28.Special Purpose Ship Safety Certificate
29.Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) Safety Certificate
30.For oil tankers, the record of oil discharge monitoring and control system
for the last ballast voyage
31.Muster list, fire control plan, and for passenger ships, a damage control
plan
32.Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan (SOPEP)
33.Survey report files (in case of bulk carriers and oil tankers)
34.Reports of previous port state control inspections
35.For RO-RO passenger ships, information on the A/A maximum ratio
(A/Amax Certificate)
36.Document of authorization for the carriage of grain
37.Cargo Securing Manual
38.Garbage Management Plan and Garbage Record Book
39.Decision Support System for masters of passenger ships
40.SAR Co-operation Plan for passenger ships trading on fixed routes
41.List of operational limitations for passenger ships
42.Bulk carrier booklet
43.Loading and unloading plan for bulk carriers

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