Iran Press/ Asia: The Director General of Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) for Maritime Affairs, Mehdi Farahani, as the Islamic Republic of Iran's representative, attended the 26th annual IOMOU meeting on port state control in Mahe, Seychelles.
According to the website of the Iranian Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, Farahani said that the 26th meeting of the IOMOU on port state control was held with the participation of 20 member countries, representative of Paris MoU, the Tokyo MoU, Association of Asian Classification Societies, the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), and also the virtual presence of the member of the Black Sea Region (BS MoU) and Riyadh MoU.
He added that the Islamic Republic of Iran has been one of the most effective and active members of the MoU in preparing technical documents under the management of two correspondence working groups. Iran has also participated in 11 correspondence working groups.
"This year, the Islamic Republic of Iran prepared three technical documents, including remote technical and safety inspection instructions. Also, an analysis of a centralized inspection report on the requirements of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), which was reported at the ninth meeting of the specialized committee at the headquarters of the International Maritime Organization, was presented which establish Iran's specialized position among the members," Farahani added.
The Indian Ocean MoU is an inter-governmental organization on port state control (PSC) in the Indian Ocean Region, recognized by the International Maritime Organization as a specialized UN body. Its vision is to eliminate substandard shipping in the Indian Ocean Region and maintain inter-regional cooperation and harmonization among other MoUs.
The Secretary General of the Indian Ocean MoU thanked Iran as an active member in ship control and inspection, which was able to win the award by members for three consecutive years for reporting the most technical deficiencies in the meeting.
During the first Indian Ocean MoU Committee meeting in Goa in 1999, the countries that signed acceptance of the MoU included Australia, Eritrea, India, Sudan, South Africa, and Tanzania. Subsequently, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Iran, Kenya, Maldives, Oman, Yemen, France, Bangladesh, Comoros, Mozambique, Seychelles, Myanmar, and Madagascar acceded to the MOU. As of now, twenty countries have become parties to the Memorandum.
The Indian Ocean Memorandum of Understanding (IOMOU) on port State control (PSC) held the first preparatory meeting was held in India in October 1997 and the second meeting in June 1998 in South Africa.
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