Preliminary results from Paris MoU Concentrated Inspection Campaign on Tanker Damage Stability carried out from Sept 1st through Nov 30th, 2010 showed 16.2% of tankers do not comply with the stability requirements, PMoU press release said
A total of 173 tankers, including 77 oil tankers, 84 chemical tankers and 12 gas tankers could not demonstrate that they were normally loaded in accordance with the Stability Information Booklet (SIB).
Over recent years some concern had been shown by several Paris MoU members that in some cases tankers were not being loaded in compliance with IMO damage stability requirements, which means that in the case of a collision or grounding the ship may not survive, resulting in possible pollution or even loss of life.
The Paris MoU Committee decided to instigate a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on tanker damage stability in the region from the 1 September 2010 to 30 November 2010 to assess the situation regarding damage stability.
The CIC questionnaire was completed on a total of 1065 tankers (419 oil, 538 chemical and 108 gas tankers). A total of 94 (8.8%) inspections resulted in deficiencies directly related to the CIC,
A total of 4 tankers were detained as a direct result of the CIC for not complying with damage stability requirements. (2 oil tankers and 2 chemical tankers).