Gennaio 2010
Il Paris MOU ha reso noti i risultati di una campagna di controlli e ispezioni effettuata nei mesi (tre) di settembre e novembre scorsi per verificare le deficienze delle lifeboat drill in dotazione alle navi. Durante la campagna di controllo , condotta in collaborazione con il Tokyo MOU, le autorità dei Paesi che fanno capo al Paris MOU hanno effettuato 5.749 ispezioni incentrate sulle attrezzature e mezzi di salvataggio delle navi con riferimento alle prescrizioni delle convenzioni internazionali SOLAS (International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea), ISM (International Safety Management) e LSA (International Life-Saving Appliance).
I risultati della campagna non possono certo essere definiti c incoraggianti.
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07 Jan 2010
Rsults from Paris MOU PSC inspections over a recent three-month period show one in five inspections revealed lifeboat drill related deficiencies.
Between the 1st of September and the 30th of November 2009 a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on lifeboat launching arrangements was conducted jointly with the Tokyo MoU.
The 27 member authorities of the Paris MoU carried out 5,749 inspections. During each inspection vital points of SOLAS Chapter III, ISM and the LSA Code requirements were verified.
Preliminary results from the Paris MoU inspections show that one out of every five inspections revealed CIC-related deficiencies. During the 3 month period 246 ships have been detained. 30% of these detentions were CIC related. This means that in 80 cases the lifeboat launching appliances had deficiencies which were serious enough to detain the ship.
During the campaign 2,136 CIC-related deficiencies were found. The campaign revealed that one out of every eight drills, when conducted, was not performed satisfactorily. This is an issue of serious concern to the Paris MoU Member States, and is often caused by lack of training.
Of the procedures or instructions and identification of hazards associated with launching and recovery of lifeboats one out of 6 was found unsatisfactory. These are related to the safety management system on board the ship.
All other items inspected showed good overall compliance. Full details of the CIC questionnaire are published on the Paris MoU website at: www.parismou.org
A total of 32 flags had 1 or more CIC related detention. These flags cover 76% of the inspections. The flags, which were subject to 10 or more inspections, with the highest CIC related detention record were:
• Switzerland with 12 inspections and 2 detentions (17%),
• Sierra Leone with 47 inspections and 5 detentions (11%),
• Togo with 10 inspections and 1 detention (10%)
• Cambodia with 62 inspections and 6 detentions (10%).
A total of 67 flags, which cover 24% of the inspections, had no CIC related detentions at all.
Most CIC inspections took place on general dry cargo ships (38%), followed by Ro-Ro container ships (15%) and bulk carriers (13%). Bulk carriers have the highest detention rate of (3%), followed by the general dry cargo ships ( 2%) and refrigerated cargo ships (1.2%).
The Port State Control Committee will consider final analysis of the results of the campaign at its meeting in May 2010 and more detailed results will be presented to the International Maritime Organization.
Background to PSC
Port State Control is a check on visiting foreign ships to see that they comply with international rules on safety, pollution prevention and seafarers living and working conditions. It is a means of enforcing compliance where the owner and flag State have failed in their responsibility to implement or ensure compliance. The port State can require defects to be put right, and detain the ship for this purpose if necessary. It is therefore also a port State’s defence against visiting substandard shipping.
Regional Port State Control was initiated in 1982 when fourteen European countries agreed to co-ordinate their port State inspection effort under a voluntary agreement known as the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MoU). Current membership includes 27 countries. The European Commission, although not a signatory to the Paris MoU, is also a member of the Committee.
Inspection reports are recorded on a central database SIReNaC located in St Malo - France, available for search and daily updating by MoU member countries. Inspection results can be viewed on the Paris MoU public website and are also provided to the Equasis public database. The Secretariat of the MoU is provided by the Netherlands Ministry of Transport, Public works and Water Management and located in The Hague
Fonte : http://www.motorship.com/features/ships-equipment/paris-mou-concerned-about-poor-boat-drills
Vedi anche ilsito:
http://www.parismou.org/ParisMOU/Organisation/About+Us/Inspection/xp/menu.4424/default.aspx
