From 1 September 2024 to 30 November 2024, the Black Sea MoU carried out a Concentrated
Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Crew Wages and Seafarer Employment Agreement under the
Maritime Labour Convention (MLC, 2006). The campaign involved member Authorities of the Black
Sea MoU that have ratified the MLC, 2006. This CIC was conducted in conjunction with the Paris
and the Tokyo Memoranda, and other Regional PSC Regimes. The campaign was conducted under
the campaign coordination of the Maritime Administration of Bulgaria. Guidelines and
Questionnaires of the Paris and Tokyo Memoranda were used. The member authority of Georgia
used these resources for training purposes, given that the MLC, 2006 have been ratified but will
enter into force there on 14 February 2025.
This CIC applied to all ships and a ship was subjected to only one CIC inspection during the
campaign period. Over the course of the campaign, a total of 635 inspections were carried out by
the member Authorities of the BS MoU which are a party to MLC, 2006, covering 626 individual
ships. Among these, 553 inspections were carried out with the CIC questionnaire. During the CIC,
53 ships were detained in total. Of which, 45 detentions were the result of inspections with CIC
questionnaires and 4 of them were detained directly attributed to CIC-related deficiencies.
A total of 28 questionnaires had at least one non-compliance to any of the requirements, resulting
in 5.06 per cent of CIC inspections. The overall average per cent of nonconformities was 0.74 which
means that the “unsatisfactory” answer was given to any question under this CIC.
From 1 September 2023 to 30 November 2023, the Black Sea MoU carried out a Concentrated
Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Fire Safety throughout the region. This campaign involved all member
States of the BS MoU and was conducted in conjunction with the Paris and the Tokyo Memoranda,
and other Regional PSC Regimes. The campaign was conducted under the campaign coordination
of the Maritime Administration of Türkiye. Guidelines and Questionnaires of the Paris and Tokyo
Memoranda were used.
This CIC applied to all ships and a ship was subjected to a singular CIC inspection during the
campaign period. Over the course of the campaign, a total of 1,237 inspections were carried out,
covering 1,174 individual ships. Of these, 922 inspections were carried out with the CIC
questionnaire. During the CIC, 41 ships were detained in total. 34 of these detentions are the result
of inspections with CIC Questionnaires and 15 of them were detained under the CIC scope.
A total of 91 questionnaires had at least one non-compliance to any of the requirements, resulting
in 9.87 per cent of CIC inspections. The overall average per cent of nonconformities was 1.41 which
means that the “unsatisfactory” answer was given to any question under this CIC.
From 1 September 2022 to 30 November 2022, the Black Sea MoU carried out a Concentrated
Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping (STCW)
throughout the region. This campaign involved all member States of the BS MoU and was conducted
in conjunction with the Paris and the Tokyo Memoranda, and other Regional PSC regimes. The
campaign was conducted under the campaign coordination of the Bulgarian Maritime Administration.
Guidelines and Questionnaires of the Paris and Tokyo Memoranda were used
During the campaign, a total of 1,329 inspections were carried out for 1,258
individual ships. 1,140 of them were carried out with the CIC questionnaire. During the CIC, 47 ships
were detained in total. Of this quantity, 10 of the detentions are the result of inspections without CIC
Questionnaires and 5 of these 37 ships were detained under the CIC scope.
A total of 95 questionnaires had at least one non-compliance to any of the requirements, resulting
in 8.33 per cent of CIC inspections. The overall average per cent of nonconformities was 1.19 which
means that the “unsatisfactory” answer was given to any question under this CIC.
From 1st September 2021 to 30th November 2021, the BS MoU carried out a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Stability in General throughout the region. This campaign involved all member States of the BS MoU to the Stability in General and was conducted in conjunction with the Tokyo MoU and the Paris MoU, and other PSC regimes. The campaign was conducted under the campaign coordination of the Romanian Naval Authority. Guidelines and Questionnaire of the Paris and Tokyo MoUs were used.
During the campaign, a total of 983 inspections were carried out with the CIC questionnaire involving 983 individual ships. During the CIC, 43 ships were detained totally. Of this quantity, 10 of the detentions are the result of inspections without CIC Questionnaires and none of these 33 ships were detained under the CIC scope.
A total of 61 questionnaires had at least one non-compliance to any of the requirements, resulting in 6.2 per cent of CIC inspections. The overall average per cent of non-conformities was 0.83 which means that the “unsatisfactory” answer was given to a question on 0.83 % of occasions.
Report of CIC 2024 on MLC, 2006