psc_report Operational riskCompliance & regulation Mediterranean MoU
746 El Cornish, Blue Horizon Tower, Alexandria, Egypt -Mail Box 3101 +20-355-05770 / 773 secretariat@medmou.org April 2, 2026 FromSeptember1,2025,toNovember30,2025,theMedMoUonPSC participatedtoConcentratedInspectionCampaign(CIC)onBallastWater ManagementConvention,whichjointlypreparedbytheParisandTokyo MoUs. Duringthecourseofthecampaign,1,645portStatecontrolinspections on1,574individualvesselswerecarriedoutand111detentionswas recorded. Outof1,645PSCinspections,1,213inspectionsconductedwiththeCIC Questionnaire,on1,188individualvessels.Inaddition,atotalof90 detentionsrecordedwith20detentionsasadirectresultofthisCIC. Theoveralldetentionrate(Percentageofalldetentionsperall inspectionsusingCICquestionnaire)was7.4%.TheCICtopicrelated detentionratewas1.6%. TheleastfavorableresponseswererecordedforQuestion8,"Isthe BallastWaterRecordBook(BWRB)properlyfilledincludingexemptionsif granted?”With7.83%negativeanswers. Mediterranean MoU on PSC Secretariat ThemostpositiveresponseswererecordedforQuestion10,“Ifan exemptionhasbeengranted,aretheconditionsofexemption implemented?”whichwasfoundtobesatisfactorywithnonegative answers. Outofthe1,213CICinspectionsthattookplace,General cargo/multipurposerecordedthelargestnumberofCICinspectionsby 476inspectionsand63detentionswith70%detentionpercentage. Outofthe1,213CICinspectionsthattookplace,flagofPanamarecorded thelargestnumberofCICinspectionsby284inspectionsand21detention with23%detentionpercentage. FurtheranalysisofthecampaignresultswillbediscussedatthePotState ControlCommitteeMeetingscheduledforOctober2026. 0 100 200 300 400 500 340 44 128 17 476 60 51 26 10 13 38 10 17 5 63 11111 No. of InspectionsNo. of detentions
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