Batumi, Georgia - Representatives of the Port State Control Committee, the governing body under the Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control in the Black Sea Regions (BS MoU), met in Batumi, Georgia, for the Twelfth session from 29 to 31 March 2011.
The meeting was chaired by Captain Ilker TUNCER, Undersecretariat Maritime Affairs of Turkey. The meeting was officially opened by the Head of Maritime Administration of Georgia Mr. Teimuraz IOBIDZE. In his speech Mr. Iobidze welcomed all delegates to Batumi and expressed the pleasure to host the Committee meeting in Batumi. He commended the significant development and the success of activities of the BS MOU and highlighted progress on port State control achieved in Georgia. Finally, Mr. Iobidze reaffirmed the commitment of Georgia to continue to take an active role in the activities of the BS MOU to eliminate substandard shipping in the region.
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.
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.
The Maritime Authorities of the Memorandum of Understanding on PSC in the Black Sea Region (BS MoU) celebrated 10 years of co-operation during the 11th session of the Port State Control Committee (PSCC) that was held at Istanbul, Turkey, 6-8 April 2011.
The meeting was chaired by Dr. Vitaly Klyuev, Deputy Director of the Department of State Policy for Maritime and River Transport, Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation. The meeting was officially opened by Dr. Ozkan POYRAZ General Director Maritime Transport Undersecretary for Maritime Affairs of Turkey. In his opening speech Dr. POYRAZ welcomed all delegates to İstanbul and expressed the pleasure to host the Committee meeting on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Memorandum. He informed the meeting of the development made and planned projects to be implemented in the field of maritime transport in Turkey.
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.
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