Search results:

Introduction On the 1 January 2011 the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MoU) will implement European Union Directive 2009/16/EC throughout the EU by introducing a New Inspection...

The six maritime authorities of the Riyadh MOU on Port State Control (PSC) have announced that they will be running a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) from 1 October 2014 until 31 December 2014 addressing...

The 17 maritime authorities of the Indian Ocean MOU on Port State Control (PSC) have announced that they will be running a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) from 1 September 2015 until 30 November...

Members operating passenger vessels to any of the 27 maritime authorities of the Paris MOU on Port State Control (PSC) are reminded that the organisation will be running a Harmonised Verification Programme...

Translations: Chinese  Vietnamese   Members will be aware that following the H5N1 pandemic which claimed 332 lives, another strain of avian influenza (or “bird flu”) has been identified in China which...

In May 2024, IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) adopted the amendments to the IMDG Code contained in Resolution MSC.556(108) Amendments to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code.

At the 113th Session of the International Labour Conference (2–13 June 2025), the International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted the fifth set of amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC,...

The Tokyo MOU on Port State Control (PSC) has announced that it will be introducing a New Inspection Regime (NIR) from the 1 January 2014, replacing the existing ship target factor system. The move will...

The UK Government has announced that testing for the presence of COVID-19 antigens is being rolled out to essential (symptomatic) workers, including seafarers.