of the marine Explains that the primary responsibility for maintaining rests with their flag ships‘standards environment (ML) States, as well as their owners and masters. However, many flag States do not, for (Cont) various reasons, fulfill their obligations under international maritime conventions, and port State control provides a to catch substandard ships. useful ―safety net States that a Port State Control regime, where set up under a memorandum of understanding (MOU) or similar accord between neighboring port States, is a system of harmonized inspection procedures designed to target substandard ships with the main objective being their eventual elimination from the region covered by the MOU‘s participating States 2 Hours States that there are eight international PSC agreements currently in force world-wide Identifies how to ascertain which port state agreement a particular port state might be party to and any areas of particular focus that may currently be in place Outlines that in addition to the general control of above listed certificate and documents, examinations/inspections of the following are generally given priority by Port State Control Officer (PSCO): Nautical publication (SOLAS 74 R V/20) － Navigational equipment (SOLAS 74 R V/12 and 19) － Emergency starting and running tests (SOLAS 74 R II-2 - 4.3) － Lifesaving equipment. Rafts FF (SOLAS 74 R III/20, 23, 26 and 29) － Emergency Generator (start/stop only) (SOLAS 74 R II-1/42&43) corrosion and － damages (Load Lines) (SOLAS 74 R I/11) Main engine & aux. engines (SOLAS 74 R II/26, 27&28) － Oily water separator 15 ppm alarm (MARPOL Annex I/16(1)) － Oil discharge monitor (ODM) (MARPOL Annex I/16) － Monitor and control .6 responsibilities under Charts corrected and proper scale (SOLAS 74 R V/20) － compliance with international Fire safety Control plan (SOLAS 74 R II-2/20) － legislative requirements instruments affecting Ventilation inlets/outlets (SOLAS 74 R II-2/16.9&48) －
of the marine environment (ML) (Cont) Monitor and control compliance with legislative requirements .6 responsibilities under international instruments affecting Explains that the primary responsibility for maintaining ships‘standards rests with their flag States, as well as their owners and masters. However, many flag States do not, for various reasons, fulfill their obligations under international maritime conventions, and port State control provides a useful ―safety net to catch substandard ships. States that a Port State Control regime, where set up under a memorandum of understanding (MOU) or similar accord between neighboring port States, is a system of harmonized inspection procedures designed to target substandard ships with the main objective being their eventual elimination from the region covered by the MOU‘s participating States States that there are eight international PSC agreements currently in force world-wide Identifies how to ascertain which port state agreement a particular port state might be party to and any areas of particular focus that may currently be in place Outlines that in addition to the general control of above listed certificate and documents, examinations/inspections of the following are generally given priority by Port State Control Officer (PSCO): － Nautical publication (SOLAS 74 R V/20) － Navigational equipment (SOLAS 74 R V/12 and 19) － Emergency starting and running tests (SOLAS 74 R II-2 - 4.3) － Lifesaving equipment. Rafts FF (SOLAS 74 R III/20, 23, 26 and 29) － Emergency Generator (start/stop only) (SOLAS 74 R II-1/42&43) corrosion and damages (Load Lines) (SOLAS 74 R I/11) － Main engine & aux. engines (SOLAS 74 R II/26, 27&28) － Oily water separator 15 ppm alarm (MARPOL Annex I/16(1)) － Oil discharge monitor (ODM) (MARPOL Annex I/16) － Charts corrected and proper scale (SOLAS 74 R V/20) － Fire safety Control plan (SOLAS 74 R II-2/20) － Ventilation inlets/outlets (SOLAS 74 R II-2/16.9&48) 2 Hours