Antifouling SystemsPort State Control Inspection

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Anti-fouling SystemsPort State Control
Inspection

• Huang Tianbing
• Marine Biosafety Section
• Bangkok, June 2009

Views expressed in this presentation are those of
the author and should not be construed as
necessarily reflecting the views of IMO or its
Secretariat.
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AFSPort State Control Inspection

• ARTICLE 11 - Inspections and detections of
  violations
• May be carried out in any Port, shipyard or
  offshore terminal to determine compliance with
  the Convention

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AFSPort State Control Inspection

• ARTICLE 11 (continue)
• A brief sampling is included in the process of
  initial inspection.
• The time required to process the result of such
  sampling shall not be used as a basis for
  preventing the movement and departure of the ship

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AFSPort State Control Inspection

• ARTICLE 13 - Undue delay or detention of ships
  
• All possible efforts shall be made to avoid a
  ship being unduly detained or delayed
• When being unduly detained or delayed, it shall
  be entitled to compensation for any loss or
  damage suffered

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AFSPort State Control Inspection

• Guidelines for inspection of anti-fouling
  systems on ships, adopted by resolution
  MEPC.105(49)
• Guidelines for brief sampling of anti-fouling
  systems on ships, adopted by resolution
  MEPC.104(49).

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AFSPort State Control Inspection

• Reference should also be made to
• - Procedures for port State control
  (resolution A.787(19), as amended by resolution
  A.882(21))
• - Procedure developed by regional PSC MoUs

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AFSPort State Control Inspection

• MEPC.105 (49)
• Initial inspection
• Detailed inspection
• Violation detection

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AFSPort State Control Inspection

• Tokyo MoU
• Initial inspection
• Detailed inspection
• Violation detection

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AFSPort State Control Inspection

• Initial inspection
• - ships of Parties to the AFS Convention
• IAFS Certificate or
• Declaration on anti-fouling system
• - ships of Non-Parties
• Statement of compliance or
• other documentation

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AFSPort State Control Inspection

• PSCO should verify
• - the certificate is properly completed
• - initial survey matches the drydock period
• - only one tick-box in the IAFS is marked
• - Record of anti-fouling system is up-to date

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AFSPort State Control Inspection

• More Detailed inspection
• clear grounds warrant a detailed inspection
• - the ship is from a flag of a non-party to the
  convention and there is no AFS documentation
• - the ship is from a flag of a party to the
  convention but there is no valid IAFS
  Certificate
• - the painting date shown on the IAFS
  Certificate does not match the drydock period
  of the ship
• - the ships hull shows excessive patches of
  different paints and
• - the IAFS Certificate is not properly
  completed.

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AFSPort State Control Inspection

• If the IAFS Certificate is not properly
  completed the following questions may be
  pertinent
• - When was the ships anti-fouling system last
  applied?
• - If the anti-fouling system is controlled under
  Annex 1 to AFS 2001 and was removed, what was
  the name of the facility and date of the work
  performed?
• - If the anti-fouling system is controlled under
  Annex 1 of AFS 2001 and has been covered by a
  sealer coat, what was the name of the facility
  and date applied?
• .

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AFSPort State Control Inspection

• If the IAFS Certificate is not properly
  completed the following questions may be
  pertinent (continue)
• - What is the name of the anti-fouling/sealer
  products and the manufacturer or distributor
  for the existing anti- fouling system? And
• - If the current anti-fouling system was changed
  from the previous system, what was the type of
  anti-fouling system and name of the previous
  manufacturer or distributor?

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AFSPort State Control Inspection

• More Detailed inspection
• - sampling and analysis may be included,
  subject to practical feasibility or to
  constraints relating to the safety of
  persons, the ship or the port
• - sample may be taken by contracted specialist
  company or trained PSCO

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AFSPort State Control Inspection

• More Detailed inspection
• sampling methodology
• The guidelines to the Convention allow that
  any other scientifically recognized method of
  sampling and analysis of AFS controlled by
  the Convention than those described in the
  appendix to the Guidelines may be used
  (subject to the satisfaction of the
  Administration or the port State).

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AFSPort State Control Inspection

• Sample analysis
• - It is to the discretion of the Authority to
  choose which analysis methods are used
• - a portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer or any
  other scientifically justified method
  allowing on-site analyses could be considered
  best practice
• - only make conclusions on compliance based on
  the second stage (organotin) analysis of the
  sample

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AFSDetention

• Detention could be appropriate in any of
  following cases
• .1 certificate is invalid or missing
• .2 ship admits it does not comply with
  Convention
• .3 sampling proves that it is non-compliant

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• Thank you for your attention