by Mariska Buitendijk | Aug 24, 2021 | Maritime regulations, News, Ports
After a year’s delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Paris and Tokyo MoU are about to launch a new Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC). During this campaign, which will run from 1 September to 30 November 2021, Port State Control inspections will focus on...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 17, 2021 | Maritime regulations, Ports
The Dutch fleet moves down from fourth to fifth place on the Performance List of the Paris MoU. Both the lists of best performing flag states and worst performing flag states got smaller, causing the so-called “Grey List” in between to grow. The lists are...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Aug 20, 2020 | News
With the MSC Zoe accident investigation reports being published, the safety of container transport is once again a hot topic. SWZ|Maritime’s July/August safety special discusses the MSC Zoe reports in detail and looks at how loss of containers at sea can be...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 9, 2020 | News
The Dutch fleet moves up from 6th to 4th place on the Performance List of the Paris MoU. This list is based on the total number of Port State Control inspections and detentions in the past three years. The Performance List, also known as the “White, Grey and Black...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Sep 2, 2019 | News
Accumulation of dirt in a fire main isolation valve can cause it to start leaking. In a recent Mars Report, this deficiency was found during a port state control inspection and needed to be repaired before the ship could leave the port. A transcript of the incident as...
