Paris MOU: Concentrated inspection campaign on ISM compliance concluded-Full Presentation to take place in May in AthensFriday, 29.02.2008, 12:23am (GMT)
The 27 Maritime Authorities (EU Members plus Canada, Croatia, Iceland, Norway and the Russian Federation) of the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control conducted a concentrated inspection campaign focussing on compliance with the ISM code - 5 years after its global implementation on board ships.
In practice the concentrated inspection campaign meant that during almost every port State control inspection within the Paris MOU region, the safety management system was verified in more detail for compliance with the international standards. Port State Control Officers verified that the safety management system (SMS) on board was not a ''paper exercise'' but that the master was ''fully conversant'' with the SMS and ship's personnel were able to ''communicate effectively'' in the execution of their duties related to the SMS.
The previous ISM campaigns in 1998 and 2002 were mainly carried out to verify if a SMS was established on board. This campaign focussed on the effective implementation of the SMS on board.
In the period from 1 September to 30 November a total of 5427 inspections were carried out within the Paris MoU on 5120 ships. Several ships were inspected more than once.
A matter of serious concern is that 1 out of 5 inspections showed ISM deficiencies (non-conformities), corresponding with 1031 inspections. In total 1868 ISM non-conformities were recorded during the inspections.
176 inspections resulted in a detention where one or more major non-conformities (MNCs) were found. Most commonly found MNCs were issued against ''effective maintenance of the ship and equipment'', ''emergency preparedness'' and ''reports of non-conformities and accident occurrences''. All three are key areas with regard to the safety of the ship and its crew.
With regard to the performance of flag States the average detention rate during the campaign was 5.4%. The worst performing ships, with a detention rate of 16,2% (which is three times the average) or higher, were flying the flag of: Albania, Comoros, Cook Islands, DPR Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Syrian Arab Republic.
The best performing ships, with a detention rate of 0%, were flying the flag of: Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bermuda, China, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, India, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Isle of Man, Philippines, Spain, Thailand, and United States of America.
Although some serious problems were encountered in general it can be said that the CIC shows that the ISM system is starting to work onboard ships. Both ship-owners and crews on board understand the system and implement it. The Paris MoU will keep monitoring the implementation of the management systems to ensure the ISM requirements are complied with.
The complete report will be presented to the Port State Control Committee during their meeting in May in Athens.
This campaign was carried out in co-operation with the Tokyo MoU. Other Memoranda on Port State Control have also carried out an inspection campaign during this period.

Source: Paris MOU


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