Port state control,ITS OBJECTIVE, KEY ELEMENTS AND AUTHORITY

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PORT STATE CONTROL:- It is an inspection programme under which all countries work together to ensure that all vessels entering their water are in compliance with strict international safety and antipollution standards. All countries share their findings with each other and the ships that are found to be in violation of laid down standards are detained in port, until their deficiencies are rectified.
OBJECTIVE OF PSC INSPECTION:- The objective of PSC inspection is to defeat and deter owners from operating substandard ships that endanger not only the ship crew and the port, but also the environment. This minimizes the threat to life, property and environment.
KEY ELEMENTS:- Key elements of PSC inspection are:-
1) Ensuring compliance with international rules regarding safety, marine pollution and threat to working environment.
2) Detaining substandard vessel till all deficiencies are rectified.
3) Implementing a initially agreed figure of annually inspecting the minimum number.
4) Applying a targeting system. Selection is such that well run vessels are not harassed where as blacklisted vessels will not be allowed to operate.
5) Harmonizing and strengthening to the greater extent PSC’s authority to carry out better surveillance.
6) Providing technical assistance and training, where the need is identified.
AUTHORITY:- Authorities of PSC are clearly defined under the following instruments of IMO:-
1) SOLAS 1974
Regulation 1/19 ( chapter 1, regulation 19) – General provision/ control
Chapter IX, regulation 6 --- Management of safe operation ship
Chapter XI , regulation 4—special measures to enhance maritime safety
Chapter XI, regulation 2 – special measures to enhance maritime security.
2) MARPOL 73/ 78
Article 5 – Certificate and special rules on inspection of ships
Article 6—Detection of violation and enforcement of convention
Regulation 11 of annex 1 – PSC on operational requirement
Regulation 16 of annex II -- – PSC on operational requirement
Regulation 8 of annex III -- – PSC on operational requirement
Regulation 13 of annex IV -– PSC on operational requirement
Regulation 8 of annex V -- – PSC on operational requirement
Regulation 10 of annex VI--– PSC on operational requirement
3) LOADLINE CONVENTION
Article 21:- Limitation of draught, to which a ship on its international voyage is to be loaded
4) STCW 1978
Article X – control regulation ( Rights of PSCO to ensure all seafarers have appropriate certificates)
Regulation ¼ -- control procedure
5) TONNAGE 1969
Article 12 – verification of tonnage certificate
Although Tonnage convention is not a safety convention, the revision A787 (19) has laid down the guidelines for PSC. However the control provision of article 12 of TONNAGE 1969 does not include the provision for detention of ships.
6) ILO CONVENTION
Article 4 of ILO convention number 147 gives provision for PSC.


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