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IMO Publishes Onboard Fuel Oil Sampling Guidelines

  • Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI have been adopted, introducing procedures facilitating PSC’s sampling from fuel oil tanks to verify the sulphur content.
  • The amendments will enter into force on 1 April 2022.

The 75th session of International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 75) has in November 2020 adopted amendments to MARPOL Annex VI, introducing a method for fuel oil sampling from ships’ fuel oil tanks to verify the sulphur content, reports BIMCO.

The...

https://mfame.guru/imo-publishes-onboard-fuel-oil-sampling-guidelines/

Two Cargo Ships Banned from Paris MoU Region

  • Two cargo ships were detained in the Paris MoU region within December.
  • Both vessels flied flags that are black on the current Paris MoU list.

One was detained in Port Ravenna, Italy, on 1st December 2020. This is the fourth detention in the Paris MoU region within the last 36 months. Another was detained in Port Rasa, Croatia, on 10 December 2020. This is the third detention in the Paris MoU region within the last 36 months, says an article published in Safety 4 Sea.

Paris MoU 

Under the...

https://mfame.guru/two-cargo-ships-banned-from-paris-mou-region/

Marshall Islands Registry Scores Top Rankings by All Three Major Port State Control Regimes

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The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) is ranked 6th on the white list of the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Current Flag Performance List 2019. The Paris MoU’s “white, grey, and black (WGB) lists are based on the total number of inspections and detentions over a 3-year rolling period for flags with at least 30 inspections in the period.”

This high accolade follows the top rankings the RMI has already received from the United States Coast Guard and Tokyo MoU earlier this year. The...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/marshall-islands-registry-scores-top-rankings-by-all-three-major-port-state-control-regimes/

PSC Regimes Cooperate With IMO On Crew Changes And Certificate Renewals

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Port State control (PSC) regimes have expressed their willingness to be part of the solution to the urgent issue of crew changes and repatriation of seafarers. This is a key outcome of the second virtual meeting of all PSC regimes (17 June), organised by IMO in cooperation with the International Labour Organization (ILO) to address issues surrounding surveys and certificates renewals during the pandemic.

Image Credits: imo.org

Even though crew changes and repatriation are not directly under the...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/psc-regimes-cooperate-with-imo-on-crew-changes-and-certificate-renewals/

IMO reaches pragmatic approach with PSC regimes for inspections

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) met in an online video meeting with representatives of the 10 Port State Control regimes, highlighting their commitment on ensuring continuity of shipping and seafarers’ safety.

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the shipping industry in many ways, as many sectors are already experiencing the impacts. Therefore, the IMO and PSC discussed about the importance of protecting the seafarers as key workers.

Specifically, the port State control regimes...

https://safety4sea.com/imo-reaches-pragmatic-approach-with-psc-regimes-for-inspections/

Foreign flagged ship detentions in January 2020, UK

The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced that during January there were two new detention of foreign flagged vessels in a UK port, while five foreign flagged ships remained under detention during January 2020 after failing port state control (PSC) inspection.

Notes on the list of detentions

  • Full details of the ship. The accompanying detention list shows ship’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) number which is unchanging throughout the ship’s life and uniquely identifies it....

https://safety4sea.com/foreign-flagged-ship-detentions-in-january-2020-uk/

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