2018 Annual ParisMoU - Consistent Compliance

PORT STATE CONTROL - CONSISTENT COMPLIANCE
Introduction
CHAIR AND SECRETARY-GENERAL
During 2018 the Paris MoU continued with its
work of inspecting ships on the basis of the
relevant instruments of the Memorandum. This
annual report contains details of the main work
and developments within the Paris MoU for the
year. The annexes and tables contain details of
the outcome of the inspections carried out by
our Member Authorities. The Paris MoU website
continues to be a reliable source for information
and tools which assist in providing inspection
details to its users.
The Paris MoU held its 51st annual Port State Control
Committee meeting in Cascais, Portugal in May 2018.
The Committee meeting adopted several measures and
took decisions to further improve our port State control
regime. One of the important topics on the agenda was
the further development of the flag and recognized
organization (RO) performance lists. Furthermore, on the
basis of the decisions taken by Ministers in 2017 during
the 3rd Joint Ministerial Conference of Paris and Tokyo
MoU in Vancouver, follow-up actions were initiated to
further reduce the operation of sub-standard ships in
the region. For example, further agreements were made
with regard to the Concentrated Inspection Campaign on
MARPOL Annex VI from September to November 2018 and
the decision was taken to issue a Letter of Warning during
2019 in order to raise awareness with the new Sulphur
requirements that will enter into force in 2020.
The cooperation between the Paris MoU and other regional
agreements on port State control (including the United
States Coast Guard) was further strengthened during
this year. In that regard, we very much value the active
participation of these organisations as observers during
meetings of the Paris MoU, aimed at enhancing mutual
cooperation and harmonisation. Also the constructive
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