Research Article

Evaluation of Port State Control (PSC) Performance of Turkish Flagged Merchant Ships in Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on PSC

Volume: 6 Number: 1 November 1, 2020
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Evaluation of Port State Control (PSC) Performance of Turkish Flagged Merchant Ships in Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on PSC

Abstract

Today, about 90% of the world commodity trade is carried out by sea and merchant ships are the most important elements of the international logistics, supply and transportation chain. The primary responsibility for ships' safety standards rests with the flag State but PSC provides a "safety net" to catch identify sub-standard ships. Many studies in the literature show that the PSC is a very important tool not only to improve the safety of ships but also to enhance the maritime safety and marine environmental protection. To date, there have been nine regional agreements established on PSC and one of the most important of those is the Paris MoU. In this study, it is aimed to carry out an evaluation of PSC performance of the Turkish flagged merchant ships in the Paris MoU. With this aim, “Excess Factor (EF)” and “Detention Rate” indicators have been used for carrying out an overview of PSC performance of the Turkish flagged merchant ships in the Paris MoU.
As a result, it has been observed that the Turkish flagged ships have EF values lower than zero between 2008 and 2018 and have a detention rate (2.30% in 2018) below than 3.15% in the Paris MoU, although the detention rates increased extremely in 2015 and 2016 compared to previous years. Accordingly, it seems that Turkish flagged ships have recently a “good” PSC performance in the Paris MoU from the view of both indicators, however, some recommendations for the sustainability of this performance have also been presented.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

November 1, 2020

Submission Date

May 9, 2020

Acceptance Date

May 19, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 6 Number: 1

APA
Yılmaz, F. (2020). Evaluation of Port State Control (PSC) Performance of Turkish Flagged Merchant Ships in Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on PSC. Turkish Journal of Maritime and Marine Sciences, 6(1), 111-119. https://izlik.org/JA64FD88NG
AMA
1.Yılmaz F. Evaluation of Port State Control (PSC) Performance of Turkish Flagged Merchant Ships in Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on PSC. TRJMMS. 2020;6(1):111-119. https://izlik.org/JA64FD88NG
Chicago
Yılmaz, Fatih. 2020. “Evaluation of Port State Control (PSC) Performance of Turkish Flagged Merchant Ships in Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on PSC”. Turkish Journal of Maritime and Marine Sciences 6 (1): 111-19. https://izlik.org/JA64FD88NG.
EndNote
Yılmaz F (November 1, 2020) Evaluation of Port State Control (PSC) Performance of Turkish Flagged Merchant Ships in Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on PSC. Turkish Journal of Maritime and Marine Sciences 6 1 111–119.
IEEE
[1]F. Yılmaz, “Evaluation of Port State Control (PSC) Performance of Turkish Flagged Merchant Ships in Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on PSC”, TRJMMS, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 111–119, Nov. 2020, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA64FD88NG
ISNAD
Yılmaz, Fatih. “Evaluation of Port State Control (PSC) Performance of Turkish Flagged Merchant Ships in Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on PSC”. Turkish Journal of Maritime and Marine Sciences 6/1 (November 1, 2020): 111-119. https://izlik.org/JA64FD88NG.
JAMA
1.Yılmaz F. Evaluation of Port State Control (PSC) Performance of Turkish Flagged Merchant Ships in Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on PSC. TRJMMS. 2020;6:111–119.
MLA
Yılmaz, Fatih. “Evaluation of Port State Control (PSC) Performance of Turkish Flagged Merchant Ships in Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on PSC”. Turkish Journal of Maritime and Marine Sciences, vol. 6, no. 1, Nov. 2020, pp. 111-9, https://izlik.org/JA64FD88NG.
Vancouver
1.Fatih Yılmaz. Evaluation of Port State Control (PSC) Performance of Turkish Flagged Merchant Ships in Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on PSC. TRJMMS [Internet]. 2020 Nov. 1;6(1):111-9. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA64FD88NG

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