Paris MoU’s White, Grey and Black List 2014 – Ranking the World’s Flag States from Best to Worst
The Paris MoU on Port State Control has printed its up to date “White, Grey and Black (WGB) List” for 2014, rating flag states from high quality flags to flags with a poor efficiency report which can be thought-about excessive or very excessive threat.
The listing is predicated on the full variety of inspections and detentions over a 3-year rolling interval for flags with at the very least 30 inspections within the interval.
On the “White, Grey and Black list” for 2014, a complete variety of 72 flags are listed, together with 43 on the “White List”, 19 on the “Grey List” and 10 on the “Black list”. In 2013 the variety of flags listed totaled 75 flags, specifically 46 on the “White List”, 19 on the “Grey List” and 10 on the “Black List”.
For the third 12 months in a row, France has positioned the very best on the White List, representing high quality flags with a persistently low detention report, adopted by Hong Kong, Bahamas, Norway and Sweden. The Paris MoU notes that in comparison with 2013, flags on the White List has decreased by 3. New to the White List in 2014 is India, which in 2013 was on the Grey List. The United States ranks as quantity 9 on the White List, behind the United Kingdom and forward of Italy, Singapore, Marshall Islands, China and Greece, respectively.
On the Grey List, which signifies common efficiency, at complete of 19 flags have been recorded for 2014, much like 2013. New on the Grey List are Spain, Lithuania, Poland and Thailand, which final 12 months have been on the White List, in accordance with Paris MoU.
The Black List, representing the poorest performing flags, are a complete of 10 flags, together with the United Republic of Tanzania, Republic of Moldova, Togo, Cook Islands and Dominica. New to the Black List in 2014 was Belize, which in 2013 was listed on the Grey List.
For a number of years the Paris MoU has additionally intently monitored the efficiency of classification societies appearing as Recognized Organizations (ROs) or flags. To calculate the efficiency of the Recognized Organizations, the identical method to calculate the surplus issue of the flags is used. A minimal variety of 60 inspections per RO are wanted earlier than the efficiency is taken under consideration for the listing. In 2014 37 ROs are recorded on the efficiency listing.
Among one of the best performing Recognized Organizations have been DNV GL AS (DNVGL); Det Norske Veritas (DNV); Lloyd’s Register (LR); American Bureau of Shipping (ABS); China Classification Society (CCS)/
The lowest performing Recognized Organizations included INCLAMAR; International Register of Shipping (IS); Bulgarian Register of Shipping (BRS).
The Paris MoU notes that in 2014, fewer organizations have been positioned within the very low and low performing components of the listing and extra organizations have been positioned within the medium a part of the listing.
Beginning 1 July 2015, the efficiency lists will probably be used for calculating the ship threat profile and flags on the Grey List and Black List are topic to the extra stringent banning measures in power since 1 January 2011.
More info may be discovered within the 2014 Annual Report (opens as PDF), which will probably be launched in July 2015.
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