JULY 27, 2015 — Around 10,000 ships will be inspected in a new CIC (concentrated inspection campaign) aimed at ensuring that effective procedures and measures are in place to safeguard seafarers when
MAY 26, 2015 — The Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MoU) is ready to roll with more Concentrated Inspection Campaigns (CICs) following its recent 48th Committee meeting (PSCC48)
JANUARY 22, 2015 — A Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) by port state control authorities between September 1 and November 1, 2014 found “unsatisfactory” compliance with the hours of rest required by the
JULY 29, 2014 — Port State Control authorities are to launch a crackdown to ensure that watchkeepers are getting the hours of rest set by the STCW Convention. A Concentrated Inspection Campaign
JULY 21, 2014 — Shipowners are fearful that enforcement will be spotty when the 0.1% limit on sulfur in fuel takes effect in Emission Control Areas (ECAs) in January 2015. Last week,
MARCH 25, 2014 — The Paris MOU Secretariat says that a crack down on cruise ships and other passenger vessels carried out in the wake of the Costa Concordia incident showed “reasonable
FEBRUARY 18, 2014 — Propulsion and machinery deficiencies led to 68 ships being detained in a three month crack down by port state control authorities. The deficiencies accounted for 41% of those
DECEMBER 19, 2013 — Some EU Member States are struggling to meet their commitment to ratify international maritime conventions, according to a European Commission report on compliance with flag state requirements. The
AUGUST 12, 2013 — Port state control agencies in Paris MOU countries are getting set to include the requirements of the Maritime Labor Convention, 2006 (MLC) in their inspection criteria. A Paris
JULY 30, 2013 — Port state control authorities are to crack down on the safety of propulsion and auxiliary machinery. Countries that are signatories to the the Paris and the Tokyo Memoranda