A total of 5,958 inspections were carried out in 2025. Out of these 5,958 inspections, 3,072 inspections had deficiencies and the total numbers of deficiencies were 13,962.
Serious deficiencies noted by the PSCOs led to the detention of 261 ships and needed to be rectified prior to the ships’ departure; the overall detention percentage for the year was 4.38%. There has been 11.68% increase in the total number of inspections in 2025, compared to those which were inspected in 2024, the detention percentage has also sightly increased from 4.24% recorded in 2024.
The average number of deficiencies per inspection in 2025 (2.34) has slightly increased compared to the previous year (2.24).
The information given in the following tables and charts represents the port State control activities of Australia, Bangladesh, Comoros, France, India, Iran, Kenya, Madagascar, 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.