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.
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.
06 Jul 2011
Annual Report for 2010
We are pleased to present the ninth 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 2010.
During the period between 1 January and 31 December 2010 time 4929 initial inspections carried out on foreign ships which resulted in 286 detentions. This represents a detention percentage of 5,80% which is almost same when compared with the previous year's detention percentage of 5,79%. The average number of deficiencies found per inspection decreased in 2010 (4,35) over 2009 (4,76).
25 Apr 2011
The 12th session of the Port State Control Committee in the Black Sea region
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.
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.