The members of the BS MOU undertook a Concentrated Inspection Campaign on the harmful substances (marine pollutants) carried in packaged form (MARPOL Annex III, SOLAS VII and the IMDG Code) from April to June 2011 which was conducted by the Tokyo MOU in 2010. Maritime Transport Agency of Georgia acted as campaign co-ordinator.
Concentrated Inspection Campaigns
18 Aug 2011
Press Release CIC on Harmful Substances
Read the complete Press Release27 Jul 2011
CIC on Structural Safety on Load Lines
The 45 Maritime Authorities of the Paris and the Tokyo Memoranda on Port State Control will begin a joint concentrated inspection campaign with the purpose to ensure compliance with structural safety and the Load Line Convention. This inspection campaign will be held for 3 months, beginning 1 September ending on 30 November 2011.
In the light of the Black Sea Memoranda on Port State Control (BS MoU) follow-up action plan on the implementation of the Tokyo and Paris MOU Ministerial Declaration, the BS MOU has been conducting concentrated inspection campaigns jointly with the Paris and Tokyo MOUs.
In this respect, the six member Authorities of the (Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russian Federation, Turkey, Ukraine) will conduct a CIC on the compliance of all types of ships with the structural safety requirements and the provisions of the International Convention on Load Lines jointly with the Paris and Tokyo Memorandas. The States party of the Viсa del Mar Agreement, the Indian Ocean MOU, the Mediterranean MOU will also participate into the campaign.
The background for this CIC is that, as an average for the last 8 years, deficiencies related to structural safety and load lines account, for 15% of the total number of deficiencies.
Furthermore, structural safety for ship types other than bulk carrier and compliance with the Load Line Convention in general have never been addressed with the special attention typical for a CIC.
28 Dec 2010
Press Release CIC on Tanker Damage Stability
In accordance with the decision of the Port State Control Committee, the concentrated inspection campaign (CIC) on the Tanker Damage Stability in the Black Sea region was conducted from 01 September till 30 November 2010 under coordination of the Russian Federation.
Within the campaign the Black Sea MOU Authorities gathered information regarding the application of damage stability to tankers in order to ensure existing IMO instruments are enforced in a consistent manner.
27 Jul 2010
CIC on Tanker Damage Stability Compliance
The six member Maritime Authorities (Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russian Federation, Turkey, Ukraine) of the Black Sea Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control will start a
concentrated inspection campaign on Tanker Damage Stability compliance as of 1st September 2010 in parallel with the Paris MOU. The inspection campaign will last 3 months ending on 30 November 2010.
The CIC inspections will be conducted in conjunction with routine port State control inspections and during every port State control inspection within the Black Sea region.
28 Jan 2010
Press Release CIC on Lifeboat Launcing Arrangements
In accordance with the decision of the Port State Control Committee, the concentrated inspection campaign (CIC) on lifeboat arrangements (SOLAS Chapter III) in the Black Sea region was conducted from 01 September till 30 November 2009 under coordination of the Republic of Turkey Undersecretariat for Maritime Affairs.
Within the campaign the Black Sea MOU Authorities verified vital points of implementation of SOLAS Chapter III on all vessels regardless of type.