TECHNICAL AND REGULATORY NEWS No.

20/2022 – PSC

PSC CONCENTRATED INSPECTION

CAMPAIGN STARTING ON 1 SEPTEMBER
Relevant for ship owners and managers. July 2022

The PSC’s joint Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Standards of Training, Certification
and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) starts on 1 September. The PSC regimes will maintain
their focus on crew certification and competencies, as they have done for more than two years now
during the COVID-19 pandemic. This PSC news summarizes the upcoming CIC campaign.

Every year, the PSC regimes focus on a specific area for a
three-month period. This CIC is commonly initiated by the
Paris and Tokyo MoUs and will be joined by the majority of
other PSC regimes.
In addition to the regular PSC inspection items, a separate
questionnaire will be used by the Port State Control Officers
(PSCOs). This questionnaire will be published by the PSC
regimes in early-August to allow owners and crews to be
prepared. Once the questionnaire is published, we will issue
an additional news.
Paris and Tokyo MoUs’ CIC on STCW
Already some years ago, the Paris and Tokyo MoUs agreed to
carry out a CIC on STCW lasting three months, from 1 September
until 30 November 2022. Nearly all other PSC regimes – such
as the Black Sea, Caribbean, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean,
Riyadh, and Vina del Mar MoUs – have agreed to join this cam-
paign. After the COVID-19 pandemic, the inspection numbers
have returned to normal in most PSC areas, except in some
countries or ports, for example China.
As always, the upcoming CIC will be included in routine PSC
inspections, and every PSCO will be provided with a common
additional checklist with focus items related to this year’s topic.
The basis for the CIC in 2022 is laid down in IMO Res. A.1155(32)
“Procedures for Port State Control, 2021”, with very detailed
instructions provided in Appendix 11 “Guidelines for Port
State Control Officers on certification of seafarers, manning
and hours of rest”.
We anticipate that the CIC will not be limited to certifica-
tion or document control due to several fake crew certifi-
cates and lack of competence of seafarers regarding their
certification in the past. Therefore, DNV’s view is that one
part of the CIC will focus on the evaluation of competences
of the Master, officers and crew when performing duties
and during emergency scenarios. These are explained in
detail in Appendix 7 of Res. A.1155(32) “Guidelines for con-
trol of operational requirements”. This appendix was com-
pletely revised and published in the beginning of 2022.
It covers a huge variety of operational inspection areas –
from efficient communication between crew members, and
assessing navigational controls such as ECDIS, to voyage
planning or safe navigation, and witnessing emergency
drills.
Finally, we often observe that deficiencies in STCW certifica-
tion and other operational requirements are likely to trigger
an ISM-related deficiency, because they are affecting the
Safety Management System (SMS).
DNV will offer a complementary online session for our cus-
tomers on 16 August. Invitations and a link for the webinar will
be published in due course.

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Other CICs:
Paris MoU launches Polar Code inspection campaign
The Polar Code inspection campaign is only carried out by
the Paris MoU and in addition to the regular CIC on STCW
(1 September to 30 November). It is scheduled for two
different time frames:
• 13 June – 1 July 2022
• 1 August – 19 August 2022
The inspection campaign is based on an additional checklist
which was published by the Paris MoU on 3 June 2022. The
press release, including the questionnaire, can be found at
this link. Additional questions to DNV related to this CIC for
ships sailing in polar waters should be addressed via (DATE)
in Veracity.
Whilst we at this point have no information about any other
CIC planned for this year by other MoUs, such as the USCG,
we would like to point out that there might be additional local
inspection campaigns on short notice.
References
• Decision of the Tokyo MoU PSC Committee:
TOKYO MOU SECRETARIAT (tokyo-mou.org)
• IMO Res. A.1155(32):
Procedures for Port State Control, 2021
• Appendix 11: Guidelines for Port State Control Officers
on Certification of Seafarers, Manning and Hours of Rest
• Appendix 7: Guidelines for Control of Operational
Requirements
• Press release from the Paris MoU on the Polar Code CIC:
Paris MOU -polar-code-inspection-campaign
• Further information on PSC at DNV’s PSC webpage
Contact
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Recommendations
• Check if all crew members’ certificates of competence are
at hand and valid
• Check if the Muster List is up-to-date and crew members
are familiar with their assigned duties
• Keep hours of rest updated
• Evaluate the effectiveness of familiarization for the Master
and officers in charge
• Familiarize the crew with their duties and with the
additional checklist when published
• Consider joining the online session on 16 August with
DNV experts

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