Vanuatu Registry Stays On QUALSHIP 21
Vanuatu's shipping registry announced that for the fourth year in a row, Vanuatu’s
low detention rate in the United States made Vanuatu vessels eligible for the
US Coast Guard’s QUALSHIP 21 program. The QUALSHIP 21 eligibility continues
in 2006 with only 1 detention, and a three year rolling average detention rate
of 0.61%, more than three times better than the all ships/all flags rate of
2.00%. Vanuatu Maritime Services Ltd (VMSL), which runs the registry for Vanuatu,
says however that it is disappointed to note that Vanuatu remains on the Paris
MOU's ‘grey list’ of countries, with just 1 detention in 2005 (but
3 from 2003 and 2004 combined). These detentions resulted in a one year detention
rate of 2.17% versus the all ships/all flags rate of 4.67%, and a three year
rolling average rate for Vanuatu of 3.05% versus the all ships/all flags rate
of 5.83%. The Tokyo MOU on Asia/Pacific Port State Control statistics were more than
satisfactory, placing Vanuatu on the A/P ‘white list’ of countries,
with only 2 detentions recorded in 2005. The Vanuatu one year detention rate
of 2.50% was less than half the all ships/all flags detention rate of 5.21%.
The three year rolling average detention rate for Vanuatu was 3.62% versus the
all ships/all flags rate of 6.71%. VMSL is a privately held Vanuatu company operating under contract to the Vanuatu
government as the Maritime Administrator. VMSL operates the central registry
office and handles all details of vessel registration, mortgage recordation,
crew documentation, and all matters relating to safety and proper vessel inspection
and documentation. There are more than 600 ships on the Vanuatu register. .
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