Port State Control Flashcards
What is PSC?
vs
Flag State inspection
Port State Control:
- An internationally agreed regime for the inspection of foreign ships in other national ports by PSC inspectors.
- Purpose is to act as a safetynet to prevent access of substandard ships in their territorial waters
Port State Inspection:
- Inspection of foreign ships within a country’s territorial waters inspecting them to international minimum covention standard. SOLAS - MARPOL - MLC - STCW
- Ensures compliance
Flag State Inspection:
- British Ship looking at British Law onboard that ship
Ship Survey:
- If for the purposes of certifcation, and is a performed at a specified interval. Whether annual, intermediate, 5 yrs etc
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What is Paris MOU
What does it do?
- The Port State Control in N. Europe is known as the Paris Memorandums of Understanding. (A standard format, computer based risk assessment)
- The MOU is the harmonisation of inspections between countries and ensures substandard ships are inspected and prevents ships being un-necessarily inspected multiple times.
- The PARIS MOU is made up of 27 European countries and also Canada and Russia.
- Checking visiting foreign ships to check that they comply with international rules on safety, pollution prevention and seafarers living and working conditions.
- It is a means of enforcing compliance where the owner and flag state have failed in their responsibilty to implement or ensure compliance.
- The Port Sate can require that defects be put right, and detain the ship for this purpose if necessary. (A safety net)
- A port states defense against sub standard shipping
- Creates a Ship Risk Profile and shares all details with other members. Determines a priority for inspection, intervals between inspections.
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What happens at the end of a PSC Inspection?
- If the ship is found to comply, a ‘clean’ inspection report is issued (Form A) to the master
- if deficiencies are found, inspection report will include a deficiency report (Form B), indicating follow up actions
- Vessel may be issue with:
- Improvement notice
- Prohibition notice
- Detention notice
MSA 1995 (UK ONLY)
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What are these:
Improvement Notices?
Prohibition Notices?
Detention Notices?
Improvement Notice:
Where an inspector is of the opinion that a person is contravening one or more of the relevant statutory provisions and require the person on whom the notice is served to remedy the contravention within such period as may be specified in the notice
Prohibition Notice:
If any relevant activities which are being or are likely to be carried on on board any ship by or under the control of any person and the activities involve or (as the case may be) will involve the risk of—
(a)serious personal injury to any person (whether on board the ship or not), or
(b)serious pollution of any navigable waters,
Detention Notice:
Where an inspection reveals deficiencies which in the professional judgment of the
inspector are clearly hazardous to safety, health or the environment, the ship will be
detained or the operation revealing such deficiencies will be stopped. The detention notice or stoppage of an operation will not be lifted until the hazard is removed or the MCA has established that the ship can, subject to any necessary conditions, proceed to sea safely
- Persons under 16 years of age
- Hazardous work for under 18 year olds
- Insufficient manning
- Repeated breaches to hours of rest
- Sub standard accomodation, food, and water.
- No medical certs or equipment
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Ship Risk Profile based on?
SHIPS RISK PROFILE - Which looks at:
- Type of ship
- Age
- Flag - B/G/W List - IMO Audit
- Recognised organisation
- Company / Management
- Historic inspections - deficiencies or detentions etc
High Risk
- Periodic inspection every 5-6 months
- Recieve a more detailed inspection
Standard Risk
- Every 10-12 months
- Receive a more standard inspection
Low Risk
- Every 24-36 months
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What are the inspection windows?
- When a vessel falls into an inspection window then they are designated as a P2 (priority two) vessel and may be inspected
- If that window closes and they have yet to be inspected then they become a P1 Vessel and MUST be inspected by PSC as soon as a vessel comes into their district
- The regulation about PSC is in **SOLAS Ch.11
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‘Concerntrated Inspection Campaigns’?
- They run from Sept 1st - Nov 30th
- Have a particular focus on their inspections e.g. 2024 - Crew Wages and Seafarer Employment Agreements
- 2023 - Fire Safety
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PSC can inspect for the following?
- Minimum Age
- MEdical Certifcation
- Qualification of Seafarers
- Employement agreement
- Hours of Work and Rest
- Manning Levels
- Accomodation
- Onboard Recreational facilities
- Food and Catering
- Health and Safety and Accident Prevention
- Onboard Medical Care
- Onboard Complaints Procedure
- Payment of Wages
