UK SHIP REGISTER UP TO 4TH PLACE ON PARIS MOU WHITE LIST

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency,  UK Ship Register is pleased to announce it has been ranked fourth in position on the Paris Memorandum of Understanding  2008-2010 White List.

During the three year rolling reporting period 2,007 UK flagged vessels were inspected and only 25 detained (1.24%).

The latest figures see the UK placed in the top five of the White List for an eleventh consecutive year and further demonstrates our continued commitment to quality. 

Philip Naylor, Director of Maritime Services at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said:

“The continuing strong performance of the UK Flag is testament to the ongoing efforts of owners and our own MCA survey organisation to maintain and operate UK flag ships to the very highest standards. That in turn helps owners to trade freely with their ships, secure in the knowledge that UK flag ships enjoy the respect of Port State Authorities.

Over the last year tonnage on the UK register has increased by over 1 million GT to stand at 17.8 million GT comprising 1,478 ships. This is against a background of very challenging economic conditions for international shipping and healthy competition from a number of other high quality flags.

Looking to the future we intend to maintain our focus on attracting quality owners with quality ships and working in close partnership with owners to maintain the quality of reputation.”

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