Abstract
Port state control inspections implemented under the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) have become known as one of the best instruments for maritime administrations in European Union (EU) Member States to ensure that the ships docked in their ports comply with all maritime safety requirements. This paper focuses on the analysis of all inspections made between 2013 and 2018 in the top ten EU ports incorporated in the Paris MoU (17,880 inspections). The methodology consists of a multivariate statistical information system (STATIS) analysis using the inspected ship’s characteristics as explanatory variables. The variables used describe both the inspected ships (classification society, flag, age and gross tonnage) and the inspection (type of inspection and number of deficiencies), yielding a dataset with more than 600,000 elements in the data matrix. The most important results are that the classifications obtained match the performance lists published annually by the Paris MoU and the classification societies. Therefore, the approach is a potentially valid classification method and would then be useful to maritime authorities as an additional indicator of a ship’s risk profile to decide inspection priorities and as a tool to measure the evolution in the risk profile of the flag over time.
Highlights
Maritime transport is one of the pillars of globalisation
Its application may serve as a guide to maritime administrations by classifying ship risk into categories and selecting inspection objectives. This is where our study provides more relevant information, as the classification obtained by X-statistical information system (STATIS) can serve as an indicator of a ship’s risk profile
The results revealed that ship safety condition deficiencies, along with the technical characteristics of the inspected vessel, were the most influential factors determining port state control (PSC) inspections and ship detentions
Summary
Maritime transport is one of the pillars of globalisation. a proliferation of open registries, referred to as “flags of convenience” by the International TransportFederation (ITO), has accompanied the resulting increase in traffic. Maritime transport is one of the pillars of globalisation. A proliferation of open registries, referred to as “flags of convenience” by the International Transport. Federation (ITO), has accompanied the resulting increase in traffic. Maritime transport has undergone a generalisation of these so-called open registries. Modifications have been applied to the tools used to enforce international regulatory principles, as established by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), in matters of safety and pollution prevention [2]. To monitor compliance with safety standards, the IMO equipped the international community with control elements through periodic ship inspections in ports.
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