Evaluation of Paris MoU Maritime Inspections Using a STATIS Approach
Port state control inspections implemented under the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) have become known as one of the best instruments for maritime administrations in European Union (EU) Member States to ensure that the ships docked in their ports comply with all maritime safety requirements....
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| description | Port state control inspections implemented under the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) have become known as one of the best instruments for maritime administrations in European Union (EU) Member States to ensure that the ships docked in their ports comply with all maritime safety requirements. This paper focuses on the analysis of all inspections made between 2013 and 2018 in the top ten EU ports incorporated in the Paris MoU (17,880 inspections). The methodology consists of a multivariate statistical information system (STATIS) analysis using the inspected ship’s characteristics as explanatory variables. The variables used describe both the inspected ships (classification society, flag, age and gross tonnage) and the inspection (type of inspection and number of deficiencies), yielding a dataset with more than 600,000 elements in the data matrix. The most important results are that the classifications obtained match the performance lists published annually by the Paris MoU and the classification societies. Therefore, the approach is a potentially valid classification method and would then be useful to maritime authorities as an additional indicator of a ship’s risk profile to decide inspection priorities and as a tool to measure the evolution in the risk profile of the flag over time. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b7c9feb7fbfc49abac2d75556a65c7f42023-11-22T10:57:47ZengMDPI AGMathematics2227-73902021-08-01917209210.3390/math9172092Evaluation of Paris MoU Maritime Inspections Using a STATIS ApproachJose Manuel Prieto0Victor Amor1Ignacio Turias2David Almorza3Francisco Piniella4Department of Maritime Studies, University of Cádiz, 11003 Cádiz, SpainDepartment of Statistics, University of Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, SpainDepartment of Computer Engineering, University of Cádiz, 11003 Cádiz, SpainDepartment of Statistics and Operational Research, University of Cádiz, 11003 Cádiz, SpainDepartment of Maritime Studies, University of Cádiz, 11003 Cádiz, SpainPort state control inspections implemented under the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) have become known as one of the best instruments for maritime administrations in European Union (EU) Member States to ensure that the ships docked in their ports comply with all maritime safety requirements. This paper focuses on the analysis of all inspections made between 2013 and 2018 in the top ten EU ports incorporated in the Paris MoU (17,880 inspections). The methodology consists of a multivariate statistical information system (STATIS) analysis using the inspected ship’s characteristics as explanatory variables. The variables used describe both the inspected ships (classification society, flag, age and gross tonnage) and the inspection (type of inspection and number of deficiencies), yielding a dataset with more than 600,000 elements in the data matrix. The most important results are that the classifications obtained match the performance lists published annually by the Paris MoU and the classification societies. Therefore, the approach is a potentially valid classification method and would then be useful to maritime authorities as an additional indicator of a ship’s risk profile to decide inspection priorities and as a tool to measure the evolution in the risk profile of the flag over time.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/9/17/2092maritime safetyport state controlParis Memorandum of UnderstandingSTATIS |
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| title | Evaluation of Paris MoU Maritime Inspections Using a STATIS Approach |
| title_full | Evaluation of Paris MoU Maritime Inspections Using a STATIS Approach |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of Paris MoU Maritime Inspections Using a STATIS Approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of Paris MoU Maritime Inspections Using a STATIS Approach |
| title_short | Evaluation of Paris MoU Maritime Inspections Using a STATIS Approach |
| title_sort | evaluation of paris mou maritime inspections using a statis approach |
| topic | maritime safety port state control Paris Memorandum of Understanding STATIS |
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