REGIONAL CO-OPERATION AND FUTURE OF PSC.
REGIONAL CO-OPERATION/AGREEMENT:-
While national port state control alone will enhance the safety of ships and protection of marine environment, only a regional approach will ensure that substandard ships and operators have fewer places left to hide.
Unless a regional approach is adopted, operator will just divert the vessel to ports where less stringent inspections are conducted causing economical disadvantage to countries who conduct proper inspection. To remedy this and to generally improve the effectiveness of inspection, many regions of the world have already or are beginning to enter into regional agreements on PSC. Countries of same region come on common agreements called memorandum of understanding(MOU). It ensures proper exchange of information about ship,their record and the result of inspection carried out. This enables to target only ships that have not been recently inspected.It also ensures that identified substandard ships are effectively monitored. This applies especially to those ships that have been allowed to sail with minor deficiencies on the condition that these are rectified in the next port of call.
It also ensures that PSC inspection is carried out in uniform manner in all countries and similar standards are applied to all ships regarding detention.
FUTURE OF PSC:-
The impact of PSC on ship's and shipowners has grown, with concern members of regional PSC becoming more organized and professional in their approach to inspection. When detention occurs, the name of ship is publicly announced and quoted in their regional shipping magazines. Ships with history of detention will find it increasingly difficult to trade unless they and their companies gear up fully to inspection criteria laid by the PSC. The prospect of global PSC with exchange of information and harmonization of procedure and training has even more exciting implication.This will also provide means for better analysis of the cause of incident and casualties and keep in preventing their recurrence. The development of PSC gives us a chance to replace secrecy with transparency and openness in shipping.
The PSC officers have been now a days more trained and professionalized. New inspection regime (NIR) of Paris MOU says that low risk ships are rewarded with 36 months interval and high risk ships subjected to inspection every 6 months. The PSC officer now a days is more trained and they get special training on safety and environment. Now a days the different MOUs organize concentrated inspection campaign focusing on particular area of compliance.
While national port state control alone will enhance the safety of ships and protection of marine environment, only a regional approach will ensure that substandard ships and operators have fewer places left to hide.
Unless a regional approach is adopted, operator will just divert the vessel to ports where less stringent inspections are conducted causing economical disadvantage to countries who conduct proper inspection. To remedy this and to generally improve the effectiveness of inspection, many regions of the world have already or are beginning to enter into regional agreements on PSC. Countries of same region come on common agreements called memorandum of understanding(MOU). It ensures proper exchange of information about ship,their record and the result of inspection carried out. This enables to target only ships that have not been recently inspected.It also ensures that identified substandard ships are effectively monitored. This applies especially to those ships that have been allowed to sail with minor deficiencies on the condition that these are rectified in the next port of call.
It also ensures that PSC inspection is carried out in uniform manner in all countries and similar standards are applied to all ships regarding detention.
FUTURE OF PSC:-
The impact of PSC on ship's and shipowners has grown, with concern members of regional PSC becoming more organized and professional in their approach to inspection. When detention occurs, the name of ship is publicly announced and quoted in their regional shipping magazines. Ships with history of detention will find it increasingly difficult to trade unless they and their companies gear up fully to inspection criteria laid by the PSC. The prospect of global PSC with exchange of information and harmonization of procedure and training has even more exciting implication.This will also provide means for better analysis of the cause of incident and casualties and keep in preventing their recurrence. The development of PSC gives us a chance to replace secrecy with transparency and openness in shipping.
The PSC officers have been now a days more trained and professionalized. New inspection regime (NIR) of Paris MOU says that low risk ships are rewarded with 36 months interval and high risk ships subjected to inspection every 6 months. The PSC officer now a days is more trained and they get special training on safety and environment. Now a days the different MOUs organize concentrated inspection campaign focusing on particular area of compliance.
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