Our bookstore “STAVRIDAKIS E. NIKOLAOS“, one of the oldest in Piraeus with a long- term tradition and experience on maritime publications,is proud to announce to you the publication of a Book entirely in English, titled “PORT STATE CONTROL INSPECTIONS”, which provides in a comprehensive way, Key information about the range of issues related to PARIS MOU regime on port state control inspections.Furthermore a very detailed guide-check list covering all the areas of all categories ships under the international conventions of SOLAS, MARPOL, STCW MLC 2006, etc.is included, which can be used as aPreparatory instrument for a successful PSC inspection or as a guide for routine Maintenance on board the vessels.
Also the most essential rules of the Maritime Labor Convention 2006(working and living conditions – employment agreements-complaints-medical certificates etc.), of the seafarers on Board the ships, are fully presented in this book.In general the aim of this book is To assist theseafarers to conduct their duties in a better way in order to make them able to identify on time the serious deficiencies that can lead to the detention of their ship and to rectify them by themselves prior to the PSC officer’sVisit onboard,avoiding inthis way the detention of their ship withthe well Known negative consequences.
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Contents:
Procedures for port state control
Definitions
Inspection systems
Inspections of ships
Annual inspection commitments
Postponement of inspections Exceptional circumstances
Selection scheme for inspections
Notification of arrival of ships
Initial and more detailed inspections
Expanded inspections
Access refusal measures for certain ships
Report of inspections
Rectification and detention of the ships
Criteria for detention of a ship
Accidental damage
Application of main criteria
Right of appeal
Follow-up to inspections and detentions
Reports from pilots and port authorities
Inspection database
Reimbursement of costs
Penalties
Annexes
- List of certificates and documents
- Expanded inspections of ships
- On board maintance check list
- Examples of clear grounds
- Provisions concerning refusal of access to ports/anchorages within the Community
- Banning notification in case of multiple detentions
- Inspection report [FORM A]
- Inspection report [FORM B]
- Notification of detention of a ship
- Notice of detention for master
10a. Notification of release of a ship
- List of deficiencies that they may warrant the detention of a ship
- Photos of deficiencies identified during PSC
- Detainable defects in Australian ports
13A. Detainable defects in INDIA
13B. Detainable defects in USCG
- Codes for action taken
- Functionalities of the inspection database
- Publication of information related to inspections, detentions and refusal of access
- White-grey-black lists 2010-2012 of Paris Mou.
- Design of ship risk profile
- Time window of periodic inspections
- Selections scheme for inspection
- MLC 2006 [Working and Living conditions of seafarers on board ships]
