Concentrated Inspection Campaign

Time-limited port-state-control focus area announced in advance and run for typically three months across multiple MoUs in coordination. Recent CICs have addressed crew familiarisation with safety procedures, ballast water management compliance, MARPOL Annex VI fuel sulphur, and crew rest hours. Inspectors apply a CIC questionnaire alongside the routine inspection, and CIC-related deficiencies feed the regular detention statistics. The Paris MoU and Tokyo MoU publish CIC results six months after closure, providing the industry with feedback on systemic weaknesses identified.