Port State Control

Overview:

Introduction:

The Port State Control training program is a comprehensive initiative aimed at enhancing maritime safety and security. It focuses on equipping maritime professionals with the knowledge and skills through rigorous training modules.

Program Objectives:

At the end of this program the participants will be able to:

• Provide an understanding of how a Port State Control operates.

• Assist participants to avoid the Concentrated Inspection Campaigns organized by Paris and extensive checklists.

• Understand the relationship between PSC and administrations.

• Learn what type of Deficiencies & Detainable items exist under each convention.

Targeted Audience:

• Operation Managers.

• Technical Managers.

• DPAS and other shore-based personnel involved in port state control issues. 

• Perticular all the officers on board a vessel.

Program Outlines:

Unit 1: 

Navigating Legal Terrain: Understanding Clear Grounds, ISPS Code, PSC History, and MoUs:

• Legal Background - Clear.

• Clear Grounds and ISPS Code.

• PSC History.

• What is a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

Unit 2: 

Navigating Vessel Obligations: Reporting Protocols and Inspection Categories:

• Vessel's obligations.

• Reporting Obligation.

• Classification for Ships  and Companies Categories of Inspection.

Unit 3: 

Maritime Oversight: Tokyo MoU, USCG Port State Control, Equasis, and PSC Inspector Boarding Procedures:

• Tokyo MoU Targeting System.

• USCG Port State Control.

• What is Equasis?

• Boarding Procedures of PSC Inspectors.

Unit 4: 

Port State Control: Interactions, Consequences, and EU Port Access:

• Port State Contro.

• How to deal with Port State Control Officer-Inspector.

• What happens if the ship is not in order?

• Banning from EU Ports.
   

Unit 5: 

Consequences of Non-Compliance: Deficiencies, Detainable Items, and SOLAS Standards:

• What happens if the ship is not in order?

• Deficiencies and Detainable items-Solas.

• Deficiencies and detainable items.