Indian Ocean MoU on Port State Control
The Indian Ocean MoU on port State control coordinates PSC among twenty Indian Ocean countries, with its Secretariat and IOCIS database in Goa, India.
The Indian Ocean Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control coordinates the inspection of foreign ships among twenty countries around the Indian Ocean. Its acceptance was signed at Goa between 20 and 22 January 1999 by Australia, Eritrea, India, South Africa, Sudan and Tanzania, and its Secretariat and the IOCIS inspection database are in Goa, India.
The full article will cover its membership, targeting, information system and statistics, and its overlap with the Tokyo MoU within the wider port State control system.