Port State Control

in the Paris MoU Region

Secretariat of the
Paris MoU on Port State Control
Amoco Cadiz - 1982

The AMOCO CADIZ ran

aground off the coast of
Brittany, France on 16 March
1978, spilling 68.7 million
gallons of oil. It currently is
nr.8 on the list of the largest
Paris MOU on Port State Control oil spills of all time. 2
Responsibility

 Owner, operator
 Flag state
 Recognized Organization
 Port State Control
 Others:
– Charterers
– Cargo owners
– Insurance Companies
– Bankers

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What is Port State Control?

Port State Control:

 Is a spot-check on visiting foreign merchant ships, not a full
survey
 Is a harmonized system,
 Is enforcing compliance where the owner and flag State have
failed in their responsibilities
 Requires deficiencies to be rectified
 Can detain the ship if unseaworthy
 Can refuse access to the region

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The growing importance of PSC

AIM:
Elimination of “sub-standard” ships
in the region.

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Conventions and agreements
 Port State Control is laid down in International Maritime
Conventions of the ILO and IMO.
 Regional agreement is laid down in Paris MoU on Port
State Control
 Legally binding for EU Members through EC Directive
on Port State Control 2009/16/EC.
– Any other EC Directive requirements exceeding the
requirements of the IMO/ILO Conventions can be
inspected/enforced by EU-member States PSCOs, but shall not
be recorded on the Paris MoU on PSC inspection forms, nor
entered into THETIS. Any EC Directive related deficiencies
found, should be recorded on a separate national inspection
form.
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 ‘Relevant instruments’
 LOAD LINES 66 plus Protocol.
 SOLAS 74 plus Protocols.
 MARPOL 73/78 plus Protocol.
 STCW 78
 COLREG 72
 TONNAGE 69
 ILO Convention No. 147 and Protocol
 Protocol to Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992
 AFS Convention
 Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001
 Control and Management of Ships’Ballast Water and Sediment
 MLC,2006 (effective from entry into force date in 2013)
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MoU’s worldwide

 Paris MoU
 Tokyo MoU
 Aquerdo de Viña del
Mar
 Caribbean MoU
 Mediterranean MoU
 Black SeaMoU
 Indian Ocean MoU
 Abuja MoU
 Riyadh MoU  US Coast Guard

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Regional scope: (from 01-01-2011 incl. anchorages)

MONTENEGRO Co-operative member

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 Organizational structure :

Maritime Port State Control

THETIS
SIRENAC
Authorities Committee
Information
Ship System
European
Inspection Commission
Services of Secretariat
Paris MoU (The Hague, NL.)
port States Co-operating
Maritime
Authorities
MoU Advisory Board
Owners/operators Observers:
flag States and ILO, IMO, Technical Evaluation
Recognized other MoU’s Group
Organizations

Taskforces
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 Poll 1:

 How often do you visit the Paris MoU website to

obtain PSC inspection data?

» Daily
» Weekly
» Monthly
» Few times a year
» Never
PSC Inspection system features:

 Risk based targeting

 Ship Risk Profile, PI and PII, Overriding Factors, Unexpected Factors

Inspection intervals, Complaints

 Fair Share commitment, Postponement and Missed inspections

 Refusal of access provisions (Banning)

All ship types, Grey and Black-list flags

 Benchmarking of Flags, RO’s and Companies

BGW-list, Company and RO Performance

 Full coverage of ships visiting Paris MoU region incl. anchorages

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Inspection Priority

Inspection Window If not inspected within

Window, ship becomes

Priority II Priority I

Ship may be Ship must be

inspected inspected

Overriding Factors Priority I

But…
Unexpected Factors Priority II

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Ship Risk Profile

• Generic Factors • Historical Factors

– Type of Ship – Deficiencies
– Age of Ship – Detentions
– Flag
– RO
– Company

HRS – High Risk Ship

SRS – Standard Risk Ship
LRS – Low Risk Ships
(SRP is recalculated on a daily basis)

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 High Risk Ship (HRS) Low Risk Ship (LRS)

Weighting
Criteria Criteria
points

Oil, Chemical, Gas Bulk,

Type 2 All types
Passenger

Age > 12 yrs 1 All ages

Black - VHR, HR, M to HR 2
BGW-list White
Flag Black – MR 1
IMO-Audit - - Yes
H - - High
M - - -
Recognized Performance
L Low -
Organisation 1
VL Very Low -
EU recognised - - Yes
H - - High
M - - -
Company Performance
L Low -
2
VL Very Low -

≤ 5 (and at least 1 insp.

Nr of def. recorded in each insp.
Deficiencies Not eligible - carried out in pr. 36
within pr. 36 months
months)

No
Nr of detentions within pr. 36 months Detentions ≥ 2 detentions 1
Detention

HRS = 5 points * LRS = all criteria * SRS = not HRS or LRS

 Types of inspection
Inspection Type
Ship Risk
Category Profile
Initial More detailed Expanded

HRS NO NO YES

Periodic SRS If the ship is of a risk ship

If clear grounds
YES type and more than 12
are found
years old
LRS

According to the
Additional: professional judgement
overriding or All NO YES of the PSCO if HRS or
unexpected SRS/LRS of a risky ship
factor type and more than 12
years old

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Additional Inspections

Other factors can trigger an additional inspection

 Overriding factors are Priority I – for example:
• reports by other MoU member (no UF)
• collision, grounding
• illegal discharge
• unsafe manoeuvring
• class suspended or withdrawn
• ship not in database

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Additional Inspections

 Unexpected factors are Priority II – for example:

• Ships reported by pilots, VTS, master, crew member or
others with a legitimate interest in the safe operation of the
ship, shipboard living and working conditions or the
prevention of pollution.
• not complying with reporting obligations
• outstanding deficiencies
• previously detained ships (after 3 months)
• cargo problems
• RO recognition withdrawn

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Information system:
 Poll 2:

 Did you get a better understanding of PSC

inspections in relation to the PSC data used in your
insurance work?

» Yes
» No
» Don’t know
Paris MoU Website Public

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 QUESTIONS?

 Secretariat of Paris MoU on

Port State Control,
P.O.Box 16191
2500 BD The Hague
The Netherlands

 secretariat@parismou.org
 www.parismou.org
 Thank you for joining!

 Survey

 Recording available upon request

 Next session: 22 November 2016 on “Project Cargo

on Container Vessels”

 Questions? Hendrike.Kuehl@iumi.com