Press release
31 July 2017

LAUNCH OF JOINT CONCENTRATED INSPECTION CAMPAIGN ON
SAFETY OF NAVIGATION (SOLAS CH.V)
The Maritime Authorities of the Tokyo and the Paris Memoranda ofUnderstanding (MoU) on Port State Control will launch a joint Concentrated
Inspection Campaign (CIC) on SAFETY OF NAVIGATION.
The aim of the CIC is to check compliance with the applicable requirements ofthe SOLAS Convention, the overall status of the vessel’s navigation safety, andthe competency of crew involved in navigation operations.
This inspection campaign will be held for three months, commencing from 1September 2017 and ending 30 November 2017. A ship will only be subject to one
inspection under this CIC during the period of the campaign.
Navigation equipment have always been major inspection items for PSC inspections.
The Tokyo MoU and the Paris MoU have conducted a joint CIC for SOLAS Chapter
V concerning safety of navigation in 2008. The regulations for navigation equipment
have undergone frequent changes according to a series of amendments to SOLAS
Chapter V (safety of navigation). Electronic Chart Display and Information System(ECDIS) have assisted watchkeepers to maintain navigation safety and reduce thenavigational workload since its application. Deficiencies relating to navigationequipment contribute a major proportion of the total deficiencies. From 2009 to 2016,a total of 174,559 deficiencies concerning safety of navigation were recorded,accounting for 15.27% of all deficiencies.
Port State Control Officers (PSCOs) will use a list of 12 questions to assure thatnavigation equipment carried onboard complies with the relevant statutory
certificates, the master and navigation officers are qualified and familiar with
operation of bridge equipment, especially ECDIS, and that navigation equipment isproperly maintained and functioning.
If deficiencies are found, actions by the port State may vary from recording a
deficiency and instructing the master to rectify it within a certain period of time to1

detaining the ship until the serious deficiencies have been rectified. In the case ofdetention, publication in the monthly detention lists of the Tokyo and Paris MoU web
sites will take place.
It is expected that the Tokyo and Paris MoUs will carry out approximately 10,000
inspections during the CIC.
The results of the campaign will be analyzed and findings will be presented to thegoverning bodies of the MoUs for submission to the IMO.

Paris MOU
Mr. Richard W.J. Schiferli
General Secretary Paris MoU
on Port State Control
PO Box 16191
2500 BD The Hague
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0)70 456 1508
E-mail: Richard.Schiferli@parismou.org
Web-site: www.parismou.org

Tokyo MOU
Mr.Hideo KUBOTA
Secretary, Tokyo MOU Secretariat
Ascend Shimbashi 8F
6-19-19, Shimbashi,
Minato-ku, TokyoJapan 105-0004
Tel: +81-3-3433 0621
Fax: +81-3-3433 0624
E-mail: secretariat@tokyo-mou.org
Web-site: www.tokyo-mou.org

Notes to editors:
Paris MOU

Tokyo MOU

Regional Port State Control was initiated in 1982
when fourteen European countries agreed tocoordinate their port State inspection effort
under a voluntary agreement known as the ParisMemorandum of Understanding on Port State
Control (Paris MOU). Currently 27 countries aremember of the Paris MOU. The EuropeanCommission, although not a signatory to theParis MOU, is also a member of the Committee.

The Memorandum of Understanding on Port
State Control in the Asia-Pacific Region, known
as the Tokyo MOU, was signed among eighteen
maritime Authorities in the region on 1
December 1993 and came into operation on 1April 1994. Currently, the Memorandum has 19
full members, namely: Australia, Canada, Chile,China, Fiji, Hong Kong (China), Indonesia,Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, theMarshall Islands, New Zealand, Papua New
Guinea, the Philippines, the Russian Federation,
Singapore, Thailand, Vanuatu and Vietnam.

The Paris MoU is supported by a central
database THETIS hosted and operated by theEuropean Maritime Safety Agency in Lisbon.
Inspection results are available for search anddaily updating by MoU Members. Inspection
results can be consulted on the Paris MoU
public website and are published on the Equasis
public website.

The Secretariat of the Memorandum is locatedin Tokyo, Japan. The PSC database system, theAsia-Pacific Computerized Information System(APCIS), was established. The APCIS center islocated in Moscow, under the auspices of theMinistry of Transport of the Russian Federation.

The Secretariat of the MoU is provided by theNetherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and theEnvironment and located in The Hague.

2Port State Control is a check on visiting foreign ships to verify their compliance with internationalrules on safety, pollution prevention and seafarers living and working conditions. It is a means ofenforcing compliance in cases where the owner and flag State have failed in their responsibility toimplement or ensure compliance. The port State can require defects to be put right, and detain theship for this purpose if necessary. It is therefore also a port State’s defence against visiting
substandard shipping.

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