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Press Release CIC on Propulsion Auxiliary Machinery

The six member Authorities of the Black Sea Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (the Republic of Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russian Federation, the Republic of Turkey and Ukraine) will start a concentrated inspection campaign on Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery. The three-month campaign will start on September 1, 2013 and end on November 30, 2013 under co-ordination of the State Inspectorate of Ukraine for Maritime and Inland Water Transport Safety. The campaign will be conducted simultaneously with the Paris MOU, Tokyo MOU and other MOUs.

Annual Report for 2012

We are pleased to present the eleventh issue of the Annual Report on Port State Control in the Black Sea region which is published under the auspices of the Port State Control Committee of the Black Sea MOU. The annual report outlines recent activities on port State control in the Black Sea region, as well as international perspectives on port State control and includes the statistical port State inspection data conducted by the member Authorities of the BS MOU during the year 2012.

During this period the BS MOU member Authorties conducted a total of 4,607 initial inspections, representing 1.07% decrease as compared 4,657 initial inspections in 2011. The regional inspection rate is 61.92% which is 7.96% decrease compared with 2011. A total of 215 detentions were warranted to ships found with serious deficiencies. This represents a detention percentage of 4.67% which is 0.68% decrease as compared with 249 detentions in 2011. During 2012 a total of 17,926 deficiencies were recorded. The average number of deficiencies per inspection was 3.89; resulting in a 0.24 deficiency point improvement.

The 14th session of the Port State Control Committee in the Black Sea region

Varna, Bulgaria – Representatives of the Port State Control Committee, the governing body under the Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control in the Black Sea Region (BS MOU), met in Varna, Bulgaria, for the Fourteenth session from 9 to 11 April 2013.

BS MoU Press Release CIC on Fire Safety Systems

33 SHIPS DETAINED BECAUSE OF DEFICIENCIES RELATED TO FIRE SAFETY SYSTEMS
Preliminary results from the Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Fire Safety Systems arrangements, carried out between 1 September 2012 and 30 November 2012 in the Black Sea MoU region reveals that 33 ships were detained as a direct result of the CIC for deficiencies related to fire safety systems in the Black Sea MoU region. The least favourable results related to maintenance plan (5.62%), maintenance of the fire fighting-systems and appliances (3.81%), followed by fire control plan (3.45%) and isolating valves (2.68%).

Annual Report for 2011

We are pleased to present the tenth issue of the Annual Report on Port State Control in the Black Sea region which is published under the auspices of the Port State Control Committee of the Black Sea MOU. The annual report outlines recent activities on port State control in the Black Sea region, as well as international perspectives on port State control and includes the statistical port State inspection data conducted by the member Authorities of the BS MOU during the year 2011.

During this period the BS MOU member Authorties conducted a total of 4,657 initial inspections, representing 5.5% decrease as compared 4,929 initial inspections in 2010. The regional inspection rate is 69.88%. A total of 249 detentions were warranted to ships found with serious deficiencies. This represents a detention percentage of 5.35% which is 0.45% decrease as compared with 286 detentions in 2010. During 2011 a total of 19,255 deficiencies were recorded. The average number of deficiencies per inspection was 4.13; resulting in a 0.22 deficiency point improvement.