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The major port state control authorities have advised that they will be carrying out a concentrated inspection campaign (CIC) focusing on the International Safety Management Code. This is due to commence on September 1, 2007 and will continue until November 30, 2007. The CIC will be conducted in conjunction with routine port state control inspections. The purpose of the campaign is to verify the effective implementation of a Safety Management System (SMS) on board ships of all flags. This CIC will be tougher and more demanding than the 2002 campaign carried out to verify SMS set-up.
To ensure a uniform approach, port state control officers (PSCOs) will use a standard checklist/questionnaire. Unsatisfactory questionnaire answers will not automatically cause a ship to be detained, but PSCOs may consider it. A copy of the questionnaire is included with this Classification News for reference, together with some explanatory notes. The following 10 deficiencies will be considered as major non-conformities under the CIC:
• ISM Certificates not on board
• Safety Management documentation not on board
• Senior officers unable to identify the designated person responsible for the ship
• No procedures to contact the company in emergency situations
• Stand by equipment or critical equipment not included in the maintenance routine or tested
• Relevant safety management information not in a working language or a language understood by crew members
• Drills have not been carried out according to programme
• All detainable deficiencies related to hull, structure or equipment
• Crew members are not familiar with their duties within the SMS
• Crew members cannot communicate with each other
Once the campaign has finished, the Secretariats of the various MOUs will publish a press release summarising the results.
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