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Port state control (PSC) is an inspection regime for countries to inspect foreign-registered ships in port other than those of the flag state and take action against ships that are not in compliance. Inspectors for PSC are called PSC officers (PSCOs), and are required to investigate compliance with the requirements of international conventions ...
In order to promote regional cooperation for the sharing of the task of ships to be inspected as well as the exchange of information, the IMO has encouraged the creation of regional agreements for Port State Control, like the two main ones, Paris Mou (Europe and East-Canada zone) and Tokyo Mou (Asia-Pacific zone). The Caribbean Memorandum was ...
Top 60 container ports of 2023 The Port of Miami is the world's busiest cruise port. List of busiest container ports – by number of twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) transported through the port List of countries by container port traffic; List of busiest ports by cargo tonnage – by weight of cargo transported through the port
Several other regional Memoranda of Understanding have been established based on the Paris model, including the "Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control in the Asia-Pacific Region", typically referred to as the "Tokyo MOU", and organizations for the Black Sea, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean, and Latin America. The ...
Georgia Ports Authority intermodal terminal at the Port of Savannah. In Canada, the United States and Spain, a port authority (less commonly a port district) is a governmental or quasi-governmental public authority for a special-purpose district usually formed by a legislative body (or bodies) to operate ports and other transportation infrastructure.
Terms include free port (porto Franco), free zone (zona franca), bonded area (US: foreign-trade zone), free economic zone, free-trade zone, export processing zone and maquiladora. Most commonly a free port is a special customs area or small customs territory with generally less strict customs regulations (or no customs duties or controls for ...
The Port of Portland is a seaport located in Portland, Maine. It is the second-largest [3] tonnage seaport in New England as well as one of the largest oil ports on the East Coast (the second-largest prior to 2016 [4]). It is the primary American port of call for Icelandic shipping company Eimskip. [5]
Maritime Safety Controls: The Ship Supervision Office of the Tianjin MSA (天津海事局船舶监督处) carries out the obligations of Port State Control according to the Tokyo Memorandum of Understanding, [13] and the obligations of Flag State Control according to the provisions of the Law of the Sea. It is tasked with monitoring the ...