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Source: Bahamas Maritime Authority - "1. Purpose - 1.1. This Technical Alert is issued by the Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) to provide information on COVID-19 (formerly called novel coronavirus or 2019-nCoV) related issues . . .

4. Inspections, surveys and audits

Source: Paris MOU - Following the outbreak of COVID-19, the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MoU) acknowledged the crisis which the international shipping industry was facing. In view of the continuing effects of the crisis, the end of which cannot yet be foreseen, the Paris MoU has amended its previously drafted guidelines.

 5/4/2018 - USCG: in response to Safety recommendation #3 of the El Faro Marine Accident Investigation Report the USCG Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance has issued Marine Safety Information Bulletin 04-18 announcing a Concentrated Inspection Campaign for open lifeboats fo

The list covers the period 2012- 2014. France continued at the top of the White list with Hong Kong moving up 4 spots to number 2 and Bahamas moving up 8 to number 3. The United State made the biggest move up 17 spots courtesy of having 34 inspections and 5 detentions from 2011 dropping off the score card. Who says statistics aren't your friend.

Again from our friends at Lloyd's Register - The Paris, Tokyo, Indian Ocean and Black Sea Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) on port state control will launch a joint concentrated inspection campaign (CIC) on 1 September, 2014.

Our friends at Lloyd's Register brought the following to our attention - The Caribbean Memorandum of Understanding (CMOU) on port state control will launch its second concentrated inspection campaign (CIC) on 1 September, 2014. This will focus on ensuring compliance with SOLAS Chapter II-2 and the International Code for Fire Safety Systems on board ships.