MACI hosted CMOU seminar for Port State Control
The Maritime Authority of the Cayman Islands (MACI), the parent organization of the Cayman Islands Shipping Registry, hosted the Annual Caribbean Memorandum of Understanding (CMOU) Port State Control Seminar for port state control officers.
The seminar had the purpose to promote better consistency throughout the region, and develop the port state control activities within the CMOU. It was attended by delegates from Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, the Netherlands Antilles, Suriname, and the U.S. The delegates from the Maritime Authority of CI included Mr. Duncan Currie, Senior Surveyor; Saagar Kadiyala, Surveyor Trainee; Vassel Johnson III, Surveyor Intern, and Krista Dixon, Maritime Officer, Survey Administration. The Inaugural Seminar’s Chairman was Peter Southgate, MACI Deputy Divisional Director, Global Safety and Compliance.
The seminar was organized as an interactive event, contributed from high profile international speakers from Finnish Maritime Administration, the American Bureau of Shipping, Lloyd’s Register – North America.
Among the topic discussed there was an update on activities by the CMOU Secretariat; the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (PMOU); MARPOL (International Convention on the Prevention of Pollution from Ships); Port State Control (PSC) Measures, Prevention, and Deficiencies; Oil Tanker related issues; the AFS (Anti-Fouling Systems) Convention; a Statutory Update with respect to PSC enforcement; the BWM (Ballast Water Management) Convention, and a workshop on Lifeboat Safety.
Port State Control is conducted by maritime authorities in order to ensure that the condition, equipment and operation of foreign ships that call into national ports comply with requirements of international regulations.