Abstract
Port state control (PSC) inspection is an important measure to improve ship safety and reduce ship accident rate. To improve the effectiveness of PSC inspections, some MoUs have begun to implement new inspection regime (NIR). However, the effectiveness of NIR remains to be studied. Then this study aims to verify the effectiveness of NIR and improve shipping safety. In this study, Bayesian Network model is used to establish the relationship between NIR, ship deficiencies, detention and ship accident to explore the impact of NIR on maritime safety. The data in this study are from PSC inspection data in the Tokyo Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and accident data in the International Maritime Organization (IMO). By analyzing the changes of the number of ship deficiency, detention rate and accident rate before and after NIR implementation, the effectiveness of NIR can be verified. The results show that the implementation of NIR does not effectively reduce the number of substandard ships, but the number of ships with serious deficiencies is significantly reduced. However, ship accident rate has not declined. Therefore, it is believed that Tokyo MoU needs to further improve the effectiveness of NIR and strengthen supervision of defective ships.
Highlights
As is known to all, shipping plays an important and irreplaceable role in the international cargo transportation and trade exchange
This study uses Bayesian Network (BN) to analyze the changes of ship deficiencies, detention rate and accident rate before and after the implementation of new inspection regime (NIR) for Tokyo Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
It explores the effectiveness of the NIR implemented by Tokyo MoU and puts forward relevant suggestions based on research results
Summary
As is known to all, shipping plays an important and irreplaceable role in the international cargo transportation and trade exchange. Maritime transport is affected by environmental changes, human factors and ship inherent attributes, which causes maritime traffic accidents. They usually cause huge economic losses, environmental damage and even. It is generally believed that port state control (PSC) inspection can reduce substandard or high-risk vessels and play a very important role in improving maritime safety. Ports will inspect ships entering ports in order to ensure that they meet relevant international conventions and do not threaten maritime safety and environment
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