Regional port State control MoUs
The nine regional port State control arrangements: the Paris and Tokyo MoUs, and Abuja, Black Sea, Caribbean, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, Riyadh, Vina del Mar.
Regional port State control memoranda of understanding are the arrangements under which maritime Authorities in one region coordinate the inspection of foreign ships. Besides the Paris MoU and the Tokyo MoU , they are the Abuja, Black Sea, Caribbean, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean and Riyadh MoUs and the Viña del Mar Agreement for Latin America.
The full article will cover each regime’s members, targeting system, database and performance lists, and how they cooperate through observer status and joint campaigns. The Abuja, Black Sea, Caribbean, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean and Tokyo MoUs attended the Paris MoU’s 59th Committee in May 2026 as observers, with the Viña del Mar Agreement attending online.