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• The Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has announced that it will be conducting a concentrated inspection campaign (CIC) jointly with the Tokyo MoU with focus on navigation safety, including Electronic Chart Display Information Systems (ECDIS).

• The inspection campaign will be held for three (3) months, commencing from 1^st September 2017 and ending on 30^th November 2017.

• The CIC aims at checking the compliance with Safety of Navigation, including Electronic Chart Display Information Systems (ECDIS).

• Port State Control officer shall be using a standard questionnaire which lists areas to be covered during CIC. The questionnaire is expected to be published by August 2017. Once published, same will be forwarded to Owners/ ship managers.

• Deficiencies found during the inspection will be recorded by the PSC officer and actions may vary from recording a deficiency and instructing the master to rectify it within a certain period, to detaining the ship until serious deficiencies have been rectified.

• Ship Owners / managers and Masters of vessels trading in Paris and Tokyo MOU region are advised to be guided by above and ensure compliance with the requirements.

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