On the occasion of its 47th meeting, the
Paris MoU (Paris Memorandum of Understanding) Committee
approved the 2013 inspection results and adopted new performance
lists for flags and recognised organisations.
Consisting in 27 participating maritime administrations, the
Paris MoU annually inspects more than 18.000 board foreign ships
calling at ports in the coverage area of the memorandum. Main
objectives of these inspections are to ensure that ships meet
international safety, security and environmental standards, and
that crew members have adequate living and working conditions.
White, Grey and Black lists are then established to present the
full spectrum, from quality flags to flags with a poor performance
that are considered high or very high risk. These results are based
on the total number of inspections and detentions over a 3-year
rolling period for flags with at least 30 inspections in the
period.
