MEPC.181(59) and A.1119(30) both offer basic guidance on the conduct of PSC
inspections for Annex VI and promotes a harmonized approach among inspectors
worldwide. At the commencement of an inspection, port state control officers
examine the following certificates and documents where applicable
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• International Air Pollution Prevention (IAPP) Certificate;
• Engine International Air Pollution Prevention (EIAPP) Certificate;
• Technical File for each applicable marine diesel engine;
• Depending on the method used for demonstrating NOx compliance for each
applicable marine diesel engine:
– Record Book of Engine Parameters for each marine diesel engine;
– Documentation relating to the simplified measurement method; or
– documentation related to the direct measurement and monitoring method;
• Approved Method File;
• Written procedures covering fuel oil change over operations where separate fuel
oils are used in order to achieve compliance;
• Approved documentation relating to any installed exhaust gas cleaning systems,
or equivalent means, to reduce SOx emissions;
• Bunker delivery notes and associated samples or records thereof;
• Copy of the type approval certificate of any shipboard incinerator installed on or
after 1 January 2000;
• Ozone Depleting Substances Record Book;
• VOC Management Plan; and
• Any notification to the ship’s flag Administration issued by the master or officer
in charge of the bunker operation together with any available commercial documentation relevant to non-compliant bunker delivery.
Inspectors are expected to accept a ship’s certificates as prima facie evidence of
compliance with the relevant Annex VI standards. However, should a port state
control inspector observe clear grounds “for believing that the condition of the ship
or its equipment do not correspond substantially with the particulars of the certificates or the documents, the (inspector) should proceed to a more detailed inspection.”
64 Should the inspector observe and discover in the course of a more detailed
inspection that a serious departure from the standards such that it constitutes a
63 IMO (2009), Chapter 2; IMO (2017), Appendix 12.
64 IMO (2009). According to sec. 2.1.7 of MEPC.181(59) clear grounds to conduct a more detailed
inspection include evidence of the following: (1) missing or clearly invalid certificates; (2) documents required by the Annex missing or clearly invalid; (3) absence of principal equipment or
arrangements; (4) presence of equipment or arrangements not specified in the certificates or
documents; (5) PSCO’s general impressions or observations that serious deficiencies exist in the
equipment or arrangements; (6) master or crew are not familiar with essential shipboard operations
relating to the prevention of air pollution, or that such operations have not been carried out;
(7) quality of fuel oil, delivered to and used on board the ship, appears to be substandard; (8) receipt
of a report or complaint containing information that the ship appears to be substandard.
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inspections for Annex VI and promotes a harmonized approach among inspectors
worldwide. At the commencement of an inspection, port state control officers
examine the following certificates and documents where applicable
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• International Air Pollution Prevention (IAPP) Certificate;
• Engine International Air Pollution Prevention (EIAPP) Certificate;
• Technical File for each applicable marine diesel engine;
• Depending on the method used for demonstrating NOx compliance for each
applicable marine diesel engine:
– Record Book of Engine Parameters for each marine diesel engine;
– Documentation relating to the simplified measurement method; or
– documentation related to the direct measurement and monitoring method;
• Approved Method File;
• Written procedures covering fuel oil change over operations where separate fuel
oils are used in order to achieve compliance;
• Approved documentation relating to any installed exhaust gas cleaning systems,
or equivalent means, to reduce SOx emissions;
• Bunker delivery notes and associated samples or records thereof;
• Copy of the type approval certificate of any shipboard incinerator installed on or
after 1 January 2000;
• Ozone Depleting Substances Record Book;
• VOC Management Plan; and
• Any notification to the ship’s flag Administration issued by the master or officer
in charge of the bunker operation together with any available commercial documentation relevant to non-compliant bunker delivery.
Inspectors are expected to accept a ship’s certificates as prima facie evidence of
compliance with the relevant Annex VI standards. However, should a port state
control inspector observe clear grounds “for believing that the condition of the ship
or its equipment do not correspond substantially with the particulars of the certificates or the documents, the (inspector) should proceed to a more detailed inspection.”
64 Should the inspector observe and discover in the course of a more detailed
inspection that a serious departure from the standards such that it constitutes a
63 IMO (2009), Chapter 2; IMO (2017), Appendix 12.
64 IMO (2009). According to sec. 2.1.7 of MEPC.181(59) clear grounds to conduct a more detailed
inspection include evidence of the following: (1) missing or clearly invalid certificates; (2) documents required by the Annex missing or clearly invalid; (3) absence of principal equipment or
arrangements; (4) presence of equipment or arrangements not specified in the certificates or
documents; (5) PSCO’s general impressions or observations that serious deficiencies exist in the
equipment or arrangements; (6) master or crew are not familiar with essential shipboard operations
relating to the prevention of air pollution, or that such operations have not been carried out;
(7) quality of fuel oil, delivered to and used on board the ship, appears to be substandard; (8) receipt
of a report or complaint containing information that the ship appears to be substandard.
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