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Notice to PSCOs No.12 (2021) DNV GL To Change Name To DNV06 Jul 2020
Annual Report for 2019
We are pleased to present the nineteenth 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.
Port State Control is of particular importance to the BS MOU member Authorities due to the role of shipping in region’s trade, the sensitivity of the Black Sea basin and its coastline to nvironmental damage. PSC inspections are conducted to ensure that foreign ships visiting the Black Sea ports are seaworthy, do not pose a pollution risk, provide a healthy and safe environment and comply with relevant international regulations and within the scope of the member Authorities’ national governing laws and regulations.
This PSC Annual report covers the period between 1st January and 31st December 2019. During this period the BS MOU member Authorities conducted a total of 6,036 inspections, representing slight 0.02 per cent increase as compared with 5,214 initial inspections in 2018. The regional inspection rate is 75.31% which is 7.26 per cent decease as compared with 2018. A total of 212 detentions were warranted to ships found with serious deficiencies. This represents a detention percentage of 3.51% which is 0.25 per cent decrease as compared with 278 detentions in 2018.
28 Jan 2020
Preliminary results of the CIC on Emergency Systems and Procedures
From 1st September 2019 to 30th November 2019, the Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control in the Black Sea Region (BS MOU) carried out a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Emergency Systems and Procedures. This campaign was conducted in conjunction with the Tokyo and Paris MOUs as well as other MOUs shows following preliminary results
During the CIC period a total of 1,530 inspections were carried out involving ships. Of these inspections 1,175 inspections were performed using the CIC questionnaire. The data from BSIS indicates that 17 ships were detained for issues related to the CIC (a detention rate of 1.6%).
31 May 2019
Annual Report for 2018
We are pleased to present the eighteenth 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.
Port State Control is of particular importance to the BS MOU member Authorities due to the role of shipping in region’s trade, the sensitivity of the Black Sea basin and its coastline to environmental damage. PSC inspections are conducted to ensure that foreign ships visiting the Black Sea ports are seaworthy, do not pose a pollution risk, provide a healthy and safe environment and comply with relevant international regulations and within the scope of the member Authorities’ national governing laws and regulations.
This PSC Annual report covers the period between 1st January and 31st December 2018. During this period the BS MOU member Authorities conducted a total of 5,214 inspections, representing slight 2.0 per cent increase as compared with 5,112 initial inspections in 2017. The regional inspection rate is 72.33% which is 1.26 per cent increase as compared with 2017. A total of 278 detentions were warranted to ships found with serious deficiencies. This represents a detention percentage of 5.33% which is 1.77 per cent decrease as compared with 283 detentions in 2017.