Viña del Mar Agreement: Latin American PSC
The Viña del Mar Agreement is the Latin American port State control regime, adopted 5 November 1992 by ROCRAM, with 16 member Authorities in its 2023 text.
The Acuerdo Latinoamericano sobre Control de Buques por el Estado Rector del Puerto, the Viña del Mar Agreement, is the port State control regime of Latin America. It was adopted on 5 November 1992 by ROCRAM Resolution No.5 (VI) at Viña del Mar, Chile, and IMO counts it as the one Agreement among its nine regional PSC regimes.
Its 2023 text lists 16 Authorities: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela, joined later by Cuba (1 July 1995), Bolivia (18 August 1999), Honduras (5 September 2001), Guatemala and the Dominican Republic (16 October 2012) and El Salvador (1 January 2023). The Secretariat is provided by the Prefectura Naval Argentina in Buenos Aires.
The full article will cover the Agreement’s relevant instruments, targeting, database, Committee and how it relates to the Paris MoU , the Caribbean MoU and the wider port State control system.