The Maritime Authorities of the Paris and the Tokyo Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control will launch a joint Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) with the purpose to ensure compliance with  SOLAS Chapter II-1 commencing from 1 September 2013 and ending on 30 November 2013.

The scope of the CIC is the safety of propulsion and auxiliary machinery, especially the working order and maintenance of the main engines, auxiliary engines, auxiliary equipment and their related alarm systems. Special attention will be given to familiarity of the crew with safety and emergency procedures with regard to these systems.The propulsion and machinery installations will be verified in more detail for compliance with the mentioned scope of the CIC during a regular Port State  Control inspection conducted under the regional ship selection criteria within the  Paris and Tokyo MoU regions.

Port State Control Officers (PSCOs) will use a list of 12 selected items to verify  critical areas for the propulsion and auxiliary machinery installations, some of which are related to documentation, main and auxiliary equipment, crew  familiarization and operational controls. For this purpose, PSCOs will apply a questionnaire listing a number of items to be covered during the concentrated  inspection campaign. You can click here to download the questionnaire .

When deficiencies are found, actions by the port State may vary from recording a  deficiency and instructing the master to rectify it within a certain period to detaining  the ship until serious deficiencies have been rectified. In the case of detention,  publication in the monthly detention lists of the Paris and Tokyo MoU web sites will  take place. It is expected that the Paris and Tokyo MoUs will carry out approximately 10,000  inspections during the CIC.

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