The Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control (Paris MoU) held its 49th Committee meeting in Haugesund, Norway, last week, with high importance given to the Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) and the need for stricter limits on air pollution from ships. This lead to the decision to implement a CIC on MARPOL Annex VI in 2018.
The CIC focusses on areas where there have been high deficiencies by Port State Control officers where new convention requirements have recently entered into force.
Secretary General Richard Schiferli expressed the view of the Committee, stating that this decision to implement a CIC for MARPOL Annex VI demonstrates the importance to the Paris MoU of environmental awareness and compliance, and in particular, preventing air pollution from ships.
The Committee also reviewed the methodology of calculating Flag performance, introducing a Task Force to present detailed views and criteria on a possible future methodology of Flag performance, taking into account transparency and statistical fair treatment to any Flag.
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