Source: North of England P&I Club
19 November 2009
Members will be aware that the existing Paris MOU inspection regime will be replaced by the New Inspection Regime (NIR) on 01 January 2011. The purpose of the NIR is to refine the targeting of vessels in order that ships perceived by the MOU as poor quality will be subject to both more frequent and more in-depth inspections, whilst those regarded as quality ships will be rewarded with less inspections.
Paris MOU have developed a Ship Risk Profile calculator that will categorise ships as either High Risk Ships (HRS), Standard Risk Ships (SRS) or Low Risk Ships (LRS). Vessels will then be inspected at intervals associated with their risk category.
HRS - inspection interval 6 months
SRS - inspection interval 10 -12 months
LRS - inspection interval 24 - 36 months
There is a clear benefit to Members for having ships in the LRS category.
Members can get an early indication of how their vessels may be categorised by the NIR by visiting the Paris MOU website and calculating both their individual vessel risk category and their company performance.
Click here for the ship risk profile calculator.
Click here for the company performance calculator.
AMSA focussed campain from 1 Feb till 30 Apr 2010.
Full marine notice attached
AMSA Container focus.pdf
Source: BIMCO
Update
Paris MoU PSC - New Inspection Regime
A New Inspection Regime (NIR) will be implemented by the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control (PSC). The NIR will replace the existing PSC regime on 1 January 2011.
The aim of the NIR is that quality ships are to have fewer inspections, whereas high-risk ships will be subject to in-depth and frequent inspections.
The targeting of ships is based on a Ship Risk Profile. By using this profile, ships are categorised as high, standard or low risk ships and will be subject to inspections intervals as set out below:
§High Risk Ships (HRS) 6 months
§Standard Risk Ships (SRS) between 10 - 12 months
§Low Risk Ships (LRS) between 24 - 36 months
The NIR also consist of a Company Performance Calculator which is yet to be finalised.
The Hybrid European Targeting and Inspection System (THETIS) is a new PSC information database supporting the new inspection regime of the Paris MoU. THETIS will receive information about ship calls through SafeSeaNet (SSN), which is the European Community maritime information exchange system and from the Canadian and the Russian Federation systems.
From 1 January 2011, the following information must be transmitted for all ships arriving or leaving a port or anchorage within the EU/Paris MoU region:
- 72 hours pre-arrival notification for ships eligible for expanded inspection
- 24 hours pre-arrival notification
- Actual time of arrival
- Actual time of departure
The operator, agent or Master of a ship which is subject to an expanded inspection shall notify its arrival at least 72 hours before the expected time of arrival in the port or anchorage, or before leaving the previous port or anchorage if the voyage is expected to take less than 72 hours.
This provision already exists for certain ships but as from 1 January 2011 will be applicable to:
- All ships with a high-risk profile, and
- Any passenger ship, oil tanker, gas or chemical tanker or bulk carrier, older than 12 years of age.
Information on ships eligible for expanded inspection will be made available online.
At least the following information is to be notified:
1.Ship identification (name, call sign, IMO or MMSI number and flag)
2.Planned duration of the call (ETA/ETD)
3.For tankers: hull configuration: single hull, single hull with segregated ballast tanks, double hull; condition of the cargo and ballast tanks: full, empty, inerted; volume and type of cargo;
4.Planned operations at the port or anchorage of destination (loading, unloading, other)
5.Planned statutory survey inspections and substantial maintenance and repair work to be carried out whilst in the port of destination;
6.Date of the last expanded inspection in the Paris MoU region.
The operator, agent or Master of the ship shall notify the pre-arrival information (such as ship identification, port of destination, ETA/ETD and total number of persons onboard) to the port authority.
The notification shall be done at least 24 hours in advance or at the latest when the ship leaves the previous port if the voyage is less than 24 hours, in line with the requirements of the EU and the Paris MoU.
The actual time of arrival and the actual time of departure of any ship calling at a port or anchorage within the Paris MoU region will be transferred by the relevant authority to THETIS.
Failure to report the information outlined above may cause a ship to be targeted for inspection. Failure to comply with the relevant notification requirements will be considered an “unexpected factor” rendering the ship subject to inspection, regardless of the period since the last periodic inspection.
Also, penalties may be imposed for non-reporting by the national authorities as a result of breaches of national provisions adopted pursuant to the entry into force of the New Inspection Regime on port State control.
Owners should consult the appropriate authorities of the ports of call in order to become familiar with the national legislation, the local procedures and the means available to report the information required.
If necessary, owners should implement the required procedural changes to ensure that the information is transmitted to the relevant authority in due time.
Please also be advised that the correctness of the information transmitted is important for the smooth operation of ships in ports and anchorages.
The port State control related reporting obligations apply without prejudice to the need to fulfil other mandatory reporting requirements.
Further information on the New Inspection Regime and reporting requirements will be published in due course on the following websites:
http://www.emsa.europa.eu
http://www.parismou.org
Contact: marine@bimco.org
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Το νέο καθεστώς επιθεωρήσεων - NIR υιοθετεί συγκεκριμένο σύστημα επιλογής πλοίων σύμφωνα με το οποίο κάθε πλοίο που καταπλέει σε λιμένες ή αγκυροβόλια της περιοχής του Paris MOU χαρακτηρίζεται από ένα προφίλ επικινδυνότητας.
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AMSA - hours of work and rest
During routine port state control inspections, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is currently conducting a focused inspection of watchkeepers’ hours of rest, as required under the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW).
Please find below an AMSA statement to that effect:
“Incidents in Australian waters, such as the grounding of the Shen Neng 1, heighten concerns about the causal effect fatigue may have in relation to accidents and incidents, particularly where human error is identified as a possible factor.
Port State Control inspections incorporate checks for compliance with the hours of rest requirements of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping 78/95 (STCW 78/95).
During a routine PSC inspection these checks would normally be limited to checks of the records of hours of rest/work but recent incidents in Australian waters, where fatigue appears to have been a factor, have led AMSA to carry out more focussed examination on hours of rest as part of the initial PSC inspection. This may include an examination of other evidence, such as log books (including cargo and other operational records), and verbal confirmation with watchkeepers during the inspection.
It should be noted that where there is evidence that hours of rest are not in accordance with the STCW Convention AMSA will require corrective action and may consider detaining the vessel under the International Safety Management (ISM) Code where there is evidence that the non-compliance is of a repeated and systematic nature.”
For further information please see the AMSA web site: www.amsa.gov.au.
Owners and operators are encouraged to ensure that proper records of hours of rest are fully maintained on board in accordance with the requirements of STCW.
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Riyadh MoU – Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on safety of navigation
The Secretariat of the Riyadh PSC MoU has announced that it will embark on a concentrated inspection campaign (CIC) to verify Safety of Navigation in compliance with SOLAS Chapter V.
The CIC will last for three months, starting on 1 October 2010, and ending on 31 December 2010. During the campaign period, member authorities of the Riyadh MoU will inspect, within the resources available, as many ships as possible in conjunction with routine port state control inspections. Port State Control Officers (PSCOs) will verify the following items in more detail for compliance with SOLAS Chapter V:
Owners/operators may find it useful to view the relevant sections contained within Lloyd’s Register’s Maintenance Guide ChecklistOwners/Checklist and Port State Inspections Pocket Checklist which can be downloaded from the below link.
- Navigation-related equipment and documentation
- Relevant records of equipment
- They will also evaluate the familiarity of the Master and Watchkeeping Officers with bridge equipment
When deficiencies are found, the actions of the PSCOs may range from recording a deficiency and instructing the Master to rectify it within a certain period, to detaining the ship until deficiencies have been rectified.
Detentions will be published in the monthly list of detentions available on the Riyadh PSC MoU web site
Riyadh PSC MoU comprises the following member states: The Kingdom of Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, The Sultanate of Oman and The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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