The critical issue of Port State Controls was presented by the executives of ABS who organised a seminar under the title “How to avoid Port State Detentions”.
The agenda of the seminar included a welcome note by Dhaval Mehta (Vice President, Europe Operations, ABS) and speeches delivered by Louise O’ Donell (Assistant Chief Surveyor, ABS) and Christos Nomikos (Hemisphere Lead Surveyor, ABS) who discussed PSC detentions.
Konstantinos Theocharis (Engineer II Regulatory Affairs, ABS) and Filippos Nikolatsopoulos (Area Operations Manager, Eastern Europe, ABS) presented ABS’ initiatives on PSC detentions.
ABS also focused on the Port State Control resources-key to success with Port State Inspections such as pre-arrival check lists – quarter PSC early reports – ABS and MOU Annual Report.
In addition to the above shipping companies must be prepared for solid drills, crew competence, logs (up-to-date correct), ISM, vessel condition and maintenance.
It was also mentioned that ABS’ Digital tools on PSC Detentions include:
- EU ETS Calculator. All infos are easily accessible, streamlined and tailored to ABS clients’ needs.
- Fleet status which indicated the due dates of mandatory class / condition surveys
- Regulatory Tracker that shows the upcoming statutory requirements for ships
- Regulatory world map and
- PSC Tracker which identifies inspection risks and supports keeping a clean PSC record.
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