The Paris Memorandum of
Understanding (Paris MoU) on Port State Control held its 52nd Committee meeting
in St. Petersburg, the Russian Federation, from 13-17 May 2019, chaired by
Brian Hogan. The meeting was opened by Yuri Kostin, Director of
Department on State Policy on Maritime and River Transport, Ministry of
Transport of the Russian Federation. The Committee reviewed the work of the
Paris MoU of the last year, also taking into account the declaration of the 3rd
Joint Ministerial Conference, and took decisions for the period ahead.
The Committee considered the report of the Concentrated Inspection Campaign
(CIC) on MARPOL Annex VI. The CIC was carried out from September to November
2018. The general conclusion was that the overall compliance with MARPOL Annex
VI was satisfactory. The Committee reminds the industry to ensure that a fuel
change-over procedure is provided on board and used as required and that bunker
delivery notes are kept on board for a minimum of three years.
The Committee approved the questionnaire for the CIC on Emergency Systems and Procedures
to be carried out jointly with the Tokyo Memorandum of Understanding on port
state control. The CIC aims at ensuring compliance with the requirements
for the preparation of emergency equipment and the crew’s ability to respond to
emergency situations. The CIC will be carried out from September to November
2019 and the questionnaire will be published in August.
The Committee discussed the issue of access to PSC data by third parties and
agreed this would require further consideration at the next Committee meeting.
The Committee adopted the 2018 Annual Report, including the White, Grey
and Black List and the performance list of recognized organizations. The lists
will be published in early June and used for targeting purposes from 1 July 2019.
The Annual Report will be published in July this year. The Committee took note
of a considerable decrease in the number of ships which have been detained in
the Paris MoU region, reducing the detention percentage from 3.87% in 2017 to
3.15% in 2018. Decisions were taken on a new methodology to calculate flag
state performance based on the average detention rate and recognized
organization (RO) fleet performance based on detainable deficiencies. When the
new methodology is implemented, performance tables will be listed
alphabetically and categorized as high, medium and low performance.