August 2, 2010 No. 28/2010 STATUTORY ALERT Port State Control ...

August 2, 2010 No. 28/2010
STATUTORY ALERT
APPLICABILITY
INFORMATION
Port State Control – Paris MOU and Black Sea MOU Concentrated
Inspection Campaign
Owners and operators of oil tankers, chemical tankers and gas carriers trading to ports
within the Paris and Black Sea MOU regions
The Secretariats of the Paris and Black Sea MOUs have announced they will embark on a
Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) to verify correct damage stability on oil tankers,
chemical tankers and gas carriers. The CIC will last for three months, starting on
September 1, 2010, and ending on November 30, 2010.
The CIC is taking place because it has been concluded that tankers frequently sail:
• when not complying with damage stability requirements
• without a means of assessing damage stability
or
• in a loaded condition not covered by the approved stability book.
In practice, the CIC means that during every port state control inspection of a tanker within
the Paris and Black Sea MOU regions, the stability information book and other applicable
documentation will be verified in more detail for compliance with relevant regulations.
Port State Control Officers (PSCOs) will use a list of nine selected items to verify critical
areas for tanker stability. A copy of the questionnaire they will use is attached and can
also be obtained from the Paris MOU web site www.parismou.org and the Black Sea
MOU web site www.bsmou.org
When deficiencies are found, the actions of 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 Paris and Black Sea MOU web sites.
Owners and operators should ensure that tankers carrying cargo are operated in
accordance with loading conditions specifically approved for the applicable damage
stability requirements, or have been assessed for compliance using approved damage
stability KG/GM limit curves or an onboard damage stability programme acceptable to the
Administration.
The results of the CIC will be analysed and findings will be presented to the governing
bodies of the Paris and Black Sea MOUs for submission to the International Maritime
Organization (IMO).
HELP US TO HELP YOU – if you are an owner or operator and require further assistance,
please get in touch with your local Lloyd’s Register Group office at the earliest opportunity
and we will be happy to assist.
Further information
Contact: Jim Barclay
T +44 (0)20 7423 2463
F +44 (0)20 7423 2056
E jim.barclay@lr.org
www.lr.org
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PARIS MOU CIC ON TANKER DAMAGE STABILITY
TANKER DAMAGE STABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE
Name
IMO Number
Type: Gas, Chemical, Oil
No Question
1 Does the ship have an approved stability information
book (SIB)?
2 Is the SIB written in a language understood by the
master?
3 Does the approved stability information cover damage
conditions?
4 Can the master demonstrate that the ship is normally
loaded in accordance with the SIB?
5 Has the master verified an alternate loading condition
by written authority from flag/class?
6 Has the master verified an alternate loading condition
by assessing loaded condition against critical damage
KG data, included in the approved stability information?
7 Is there an on-board stability computer program that
includes damage stability?
8 Has the master verified an alternate loading condition
by using the on-board stability computer program for
carrying out damage stability checks?
9 Was the ship detained as a result of this CIC?
Yes No N/A