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Even if I have to say it one hundred times, I would say it.
Port state control inspections are the lifeblood of the maritime trade.
It isn't that the responsibility of the ship safety lies with the port state control.
The responsibility of the ship safety primarily lies with the ship staff, ship owners/managers, and flag states.
But what if the people primarily responsible for the ship safety fail to do their job well.
In fact, in the ideal world, there should not be any port state control. But that is only if we lived in the ideal world.
And in 1976, with the grounding of Amoco Cadiz, it proved that we do not live in ideal world.
This is what happened to the tanker Amoco Cadiz.
In a way, this incident led to having port state inspections of the foreign ships in the national ports.
The idea of having Port state control has traveled a long way since then.
In this post, I will discuss port state c...
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About Capt Rajeev Jassal
Capt. Rajeev Jassal has sailed for over 24 years mainly on crude oil, product and chemical tankers. He holds MBA in shipping & Logistics degree from London. He has done extensive research on quantitatively measuring Safety culture onboard and safety climate ashore which he believes is the most important element for safer shipping.
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