India Ocea MOU on PSC has released its annual report for 2024 which also marks 25th anniversary on Indian Ocean MOU.
A total of 5,334 inspections were carried out in 2024. Out of these 5,334 inspections, 2,758 inspections had deficiencies and the total numbers of deficiencies were 11,999.
Serious deficiencies noted by the PSCOs led to the detention of 225 ships and needed to be rectified prior to the ships’ departure; the overall detention percentage for the year was 4.22%. There has been 8.45% decrease in the total number of inspections in 2024, compared to those were inspected in 2023, the detention percentage has also sightly decreased from 4.27% recorded in 2023.
The average number of deficiencies per inspection in 2024 (2.24) has slightly decreased compared to the previous year (2.30).
The information given in the following tables and charts represents the port State control activities of Australia, Bangladesh, Comoros, France, India, Iran, Kenya, Madagascar, Maldives, Mozambique, Myanmar, Oman, Seychelles, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, and Yemen. The remaining member Authorities are trying to overcome the challenges in carrying out their PSC inspection activities.
It should be noted that Australia, is a member of both the Tokyo MoU and the Indian Ocean MOU, South Africa is a member of the Abuja MoU and Indian Ocean MOU, Oman is a member of Riyadh MoU and the Indian Ocean MOU. Each record their PSC data with both MoUs, and so when considering a world picture of statistics, this duplication of data needs to be taken into account