In the year 2018, Singapore ships have performed relatively well under Port State Control (PSC) in both the Tokyo and Paris MoU regimes. Under the Tokyo MoU regime, the detention ratio of Singapore is 0.82% against the regime's average of 2.97%. Under the Paris MoU regime, the detention ratio is 1.38% against the regime's average of 3.15%.
The detention ratio is calculated using the following formula:
- For the MOU regime's average = total no. of ships detained / total no. of ships inspected
- For SRS = total no. of SRS detained / total no. of SRS inspected
The year-on-year comparison is also shown below:
A total of 43 Singapore ships were detained under PSC worldwide in the year 2018 as compared to 41 for the same period in 2017. Majority of the detentions took place in the Australia (7 detentions), United States (7 detentions), China (5 detentions), Indonesia (3 detentions) and Russia (3 detentions). There is a significant reduction in the number of detentions in Australia (against 13 in 2017), however the number of detention in United States has raised slightly (against 3 in 2017).
We encourage SRS operators to continue putting in their best efforts for ships calling the United States in order to maintain the Singapore flag's USCG Qualship 21 status
Most Common Causes of Ship Detentions
From our analysis of detention statistics for 3Q 2018, the most common categories of PSC detention deficiencies are listed below:
Fire Safety, ISM, Life-Saving Appliances, Pollution Prevention and Structural Conditions remain the top categories of detainable deficiencies for Singapore ships.
Deficiencies related to Certificates and Documentation has risen and displaced Water/Weather Tight as one of the top detention deficiencies in Q3. They include expired or missing flag State endorsements (COE), expired Document of Compliance (DOC) and Ballast Water Management Certificate (BMWC).
We encourage SRS operators to continue to pay attention to effective implementation of SMS on their ships including proper inspection, testing and maintenance of systems on board. Operators should also ensure that they have good systems and processes in place to control the certificates and documentation on board in accordance with the regulation requirements.
