The Cayman Islands will host the 10th Annual Caribbean Port State Control meeting.
The event takes place Tuesday through Thursday at the Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort, according to a press release.
Port State Control falls under the responsibility of the Cayman Islands Shipping Registry, which, in conjunction with the Cayman Islands Investment Bureau, will coordinate the meeting.
The Cayman Islands is a part of the Caribbean Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control, under which the CISR helps ensure requirements for safety, security and pollution prevention of foreign ships visiting Cayman.
If standards are unmet, the Port State will take steps to minimize risks to the ship, passengers and crew, the marine environment, and may detain the craft if it is sufficiently non-compliant.
Under the MOU, member countries will adopt a common approach to conducting PSC inspections and information sharing on ships they have inspected.
The MOU ensures that PSC is a ‘level playing field’ for foreign ships visiting our region.
‘We are pleased to host this important regional body at another milestone in its development. We are also happy to see the progress of Caribbean Port State Control and to be able to actively participate in its continued developments,’ said CEO (Designate), MACI and Director of CISR, Joel Walton.
The Caribbean MOU was finalised in February 1996. The inaugural meeting of its committee was held in the Cayman Islands.
At that time there were some six members. The group has grown to 12
.
Member delegates of the Caribbean MOU will attend from Aruba, Antigua & Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Netherlands Antilles and Trinidad & Tobago.
Observer delegates are from Anguilla, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, St. Kitts & Nevis, Montserrat, Turks & Caicos Islands, St. Lucia and St. Vincent & the Grenadines.
In addition, a representatives from the International Maritime Organization, Paris MOU, Transport Canada, Vina Del Mar Agreement, United States Coast Guard and Lloyd’s Fairplay, who are assisting the region in developing a small-ship Identification Number system, will attend.
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