Paris MOU issues new performance lists
JUNE 8, 2016 — The Paris MoU has adopted new performance lists for flags and Recognized Organizations. These lists will take effect from July 1, 2016, affecting the way in which port
JUNE 8, 2016 — The Paris MoU has adopted new performance lists for flags and Recognized Organizations. These lists will take effect from July 1, 2016, affecting the way in which port
JUNE 7, 2016 — At a committee meeting held in Haugesund, Norway last month, the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MoU) agreed to hold a Concentrated Inspection Campaign
APRIL 27, 2016 — Classification society ABS held its 153rd Annual Meeting in New York yesterday. Chairman, President & CEO Christopher J. Wiernicki reported that “2015 was a year of moving forward
MARCH 29, 2016 —The U.S. Coast Guard looks set to trim the number of flag states on its Qualship 21 list. The Republic of the Marshall Islands registry reports that at an
FEBRUARY 9, 2016 —The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has published its Shipping Industry Flag State Performance Table for 2015/2016. The table provides an annual overview of the performance of the world’s
FEBRUARY 8, 2016 — The Coast Guard reports that Port State Control officers from Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound discovered significant safety violations during an inspection of the 685-foot Liberian-flagged container ship
JANUARY 5, 2015 — Coast Guard personnel detained the 8,2206 dwt, Panamanian-flag bulker Lowlands Kamsar in Seattle, Monday, saying that a Port State Control exam had detected several significant violations. The vessel
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015 — The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned an Indonesian flagged general cargo ship from entering or using any port in Australia for three months. The ship is
JUNE 11, 2015 — Two separate marine pollution incidents within the Great Barrier Reef have seen fines imposed on Reeftwo shipping companies and the masters of the ships involved following prosecutions brought
JUNE 8, 2015 — The Paris MoU Committee has approved a new lists for flags and Recognized Organizations, based on 2014 performances. These lists will take effect from July 1, 2015 when