RuleCheck – A decision

supporting tool for PSC Officers

and Flag State Surveyors

Nicolas Charalambous/ Project Officer Ship Inspection Support and Capacity Building
Unit B.3.2

Lisbon 16-10-2018
RuleCheck-Presentation

Background information

Overview of RuleCheck and its functionalities.

Examples for each functionality

Future Developments

Granting access to non EU States or PSC

Regimes

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A tool for Paris MoU PSCO

PMoU PSCO

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 Configurable for other communities

PMoU PSCO

MedMoU PSCO

BS MoU PSCO

AI, Flag
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Configurable for other communities

PMoU PSCO

CMoU PSCO

MedMoU PSCO

BS MoU PSCO
IOMoU PSCO

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AI, Flag
RuleCheck – Background

What do I need
in today’s
inspection?
Use RuleCheck the
best supporting
decision tool
designed to
facilitate PSCO in
applying IMO/ILO
instruments

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What do you see when opening RuleCheck ?

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What can the user see when opening
RuleCheck ?

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RuleCheck – Overview

Selection Criteria:
• Search by Deficiency Code
• Search by Defective item
• Search by Convention or
Code
• Search by Deficiency
Area/Subarea
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 PSC Scenario to find deficiency code
and Reference to Regulation

• Ship Type: General Cargo

• Gross Tonnage: 1700
• Ships Overall Length: 100 m
• Construction date: 15.06.2010

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 PSC Scenario to find deficiency code
and Reference to Regulation

PSC officer findings:

Lifeboat launching
arrangements not working
properly
Wire rope sheaves are seized.
Lifeboat cannot be safely and
promptly lowered to the water.

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PSC Scenario to find deficiency code
and Reference to Regulation

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PSC Scenario to find deficiency code
and Reference to Regulation

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RuleCheck – Overview

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RuleCheck – Overview

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RuleCheck-Overview

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RuleCheck – Overview

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RuleCheck – Overview

Selection Criteria:
• Search by Deficiency Code
• Search by Defective item
• Search by Convention or
Code
• Search by Deficiency
Area/Subarea
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RuleCheck – Overview

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My Ship EU content

• 2009/45/EC • 2000/59/EC
• 1997/70/EC • 2016/802/EU
• 1998/41/EC

Safety Environment

Labour Security

• To be added in • To be added in
Future Future
Enhancements Enhancements

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The Added value of RuleCheck
• Improve the
harmonization of
PSC activities and
procedures.
Support • Improve the
Maritime
Administrations
Unified
Support interpretation of
Accident IMO Conventions.
Investigators
• Improve the
quality of the PSC
reports and
therefore the
RuleCheck to:
quality of the PSC
data.
Support PSC
officers • Better
implementation of
the relevant legal
instruments during
Support MoU’s the Flag State
Control inspections
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 Possible Future Developments
Development of a mobile app for using RuleCheck.

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Questions

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