The Singapore's Flag Performance

In the first quarter of 2017, Singapore ships have performed well under Port State Control (PSC) in both Tokyo and Paris MoU regimes:
  • Tokyo MoU regime - the detention ratio of Singapore ships is 0.90% against the regime's average of 3.52%.
  • Paris MoU regime - the detention ratio of Singapore ships is 0.63% against the regime's average of 4.66%.
The SRS performance under the Tokyo and Paris MoU regimes over the past five years are illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 below.
Figure 1
Figure 2
A total of 9 Singapore ships were detained under PSC worldwide, of which 78% took place in Australia (5 detentions) and the United States (2 detentions).
The breakdown of Singapore ship detentions by Port State is given in Figure 3 below.

Figure 3


Most Common Causes of Ship Detentions

From the analysis of detention statistics for the first quarter of 2017, the four most common categories of PSC detention deficiencies are emergency systems, certificate & documentation, dangerous goods and ISM. These categories make up 58% of the total detention deficiencies. The PSC detention deficiencies under these four categories are summarised as follows:
The breakdown of all the PSC detention deficiencies found on Singapore ships in first quarter of 2017 are given in Figure 4 and 5 below.

Figure 4

Figure 5

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