Methods of port state control assessment of ships flying a specific flag

This study discusses the principles and methods of assessment based on Port State Control inspections of various flag ships. These inspections are aimed at checking to what extent international convention requirements concerning navigational safety and marine environment protection are fulfilled. This study makes use of annual statistical reports of the Paris Memorandum of Understanding, and incorporates the author’s presentation of calculating methods, on which the assessments of the national merchant vessel fleets are based.