No More Favourable Treatment Clause
The no more favourable treatment clause requires a convention Party to apply its rules to non-Party ships in its ports, the basis of port State control reach.
The no more favourable treatment clause requires a Party to a convention to apply that convention’s requirements to ships of non-Parties calling at its ports, so that they gain no advantage from staying outside it. IMO resolution A.1206(34) paragraph 1.5.1 lists the clauses: Article I(3) of the SOLAS 1988 Protocol, Article I(3) of the Load Lines 1988 Protocol, Article 5(4) of MARPOL, Article X(5) of STCW 1978, Article 3(3) of AFS 2001 and Article 3(3) of BWM 2004. MLC 2006 Article V(7) does the same for labour standards.
The full article will cover the wording of each clause, its limits, and how port State control applies it to non-Party ships.