Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
2nd INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM SERIES ON GRADUATE RESEARCHES 2023, İzmir, Türkiye, 14 - 15 Aralık 2023, ss.1-8
Ships
operating in maritime transport conduct their voyages within the framework of
national and international standards. These regulations, known as flag state requirements
at the national level, are referred to internationally as port state controls,
which authorise port owner states
to carry out inspections. Through their inspections, port states
assess the compliance of the ships they inspect with international standards. The Paris Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) is
a port state control system that performs these inspections and, in addition to
routine inspections, conducts consantrated inspection campaigns (CIC) on
different topics each year. The findings of the inspections are published in
the form of annual reports.
The
aim of the study is to reveal the deficiencies in the bridge area of the ships
in terms of SOLAS Chapter 5 Safety of Navigation provisions within the scope of
Paris MoU inspections. For this purpose, statistical data from 2008 and 2017 were
analysed based on the reports of the Paris MoU. CIC, particularly on SOLAS
Chapter 5 Safety of Navigation, was carried out during this period. In addition, the
inspection results of five vessels arrested for safety of navigation are presented
as case studies. As
a result of the inspections carried out in 2008, it was observed that a total
of 1872 deficiencies related to safety of navigation were recorded and 81 of
these deficiencies caused the ships to be arrested. From 2009 to 2016,
16.35% of all deficiencies identified were related to safety of navigation, 146
vessels were detained and 47 vessels were arrested as a result of the
inspections carried out in 2017. As a result, it is expected that the
findings of the study will create an awareness of the deficiency areas in the
bridge location of the ships and contribute to the maritime literature in this
direction.