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.
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.
Please be advised that on 20, 21 February 2013 from 09:00 till 18:00 Moscow local time (UTC + 4) the BSIS may be not available due to maintenence. The periods of non-availability may reach up to three hours. We are sorry for the inconvenience caused and thank you for your kind understanding.
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%).
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.