The Paris MoU Committee approved at its 54th meeting the 2020 inspection results
and adopted new performance lists for flag States and Recognized Organizations
(ROs). These lists will take effect from the 1st of July 2021.
The “White, Grey and Black (WGB) List” presents the full spectrum, from quality flags to
flags with a poor performance that are considered high or very high risk. It is based on the
total number of inspections and detentions during a 3-year rolling period for flags with at
least 30 inspections in the period.
The “White List” represents quality flags with a consistently low detention record.
Flags with an average performance are shown on the “Grey List”. Their appearance on
this list may serve as an incentive to improve and move to the “White List”. At the same
time flags at the lower end of the “Grey List” should be careful not to neglect control over
their ships and risk ending up on the “Black List” next year.
Regarding the “White, Grey and Black List” for 2020, a total number of 70 flags are listed:
39 on the “White List”, 22 on the “Grey List” and 9 on the “Black List”. In 2019 the total
number of flag States on the list was also 70 of which 41 on the “White List”, 16 on the
“Grey List” and 13 on the “Black List”.
For several years the Committee has closely monitored the performance of ROs acting on
behalf of flag States. To calculate the performance of ROs, the same formula to calculate
the excess factor of the flags is used. A minimum number of 60 inspections per RO is
needed before the performance is taken into account for the list. In 2020 32 ROs were
recorded on the performance list.
Compared to last year’s performance level, the RO performance level has slightly
improved. It is noteworthy that, unlike in the past 3 years, no more ROs are categorised as
very low performing.
Details of the responsibility of ROs for detainable deficiencies have been published since
1999. When one or more detainable deficiencies are attributed to an RO in accordance
with the Paris MoU criteria, it is recorded “RO responsible” and the RO is informed. Out of
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369 detentions recorded in 2020, 37 (10%) were considered RO related (15% in 2019).
Both in terms of numbers and in relative terms, a significant decrease.
From the 1st of July 2021 the newperformance lists will be used for calculating the Ship
Risk Profile. More information can be found in the 2020 Annual Report that will be
published 1st of July. The annexed lists will also be published the 1st of July 2021 on the
Paris MoU website (www.parismou.org).