Evaluation of Port State Control Inspections in Türkiye

Abstract

With technological developments, transportation has become easier and maritime trade between countries has reached very important dimensions, but this situation has led to the emergence of various risks in terms of both environment and maritime safety due to accidents or other reasons. The most important factor threatening the environment and maritime safety is the continued operation of substandard ships. There are various inspection mechanisms to prevent the operation of these ships and one of these mechanisms is port state control inspections. In this context, in this study, Port State Control inspections carried out in Türkiye between 2018 and 2022 were statistically examined and frequency analysis was performed and Pearson Chi-Square Independence test was utilized to analyse the hypotheses and the degree of relationship between the hypotheses was analysed by Phi- Cramer’s V test. The study contributes to the literature in terms of statistical analysis of PSC Inspections in Turkish Ports within the scope of Black Sea Memorandum and Mediterranean Memorandum.

Keywords

• Black Sea MoU
• Chi-Square
• Mediterranean MoU
• Phi- Cramer’s V
• Port State Control

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