Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Standards
(asked on 29th May 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's (MCA) targets were for ship (a) survey and (b) inspection work in each of the last 10 years; and what the MCA's performance was against each such target in each of those years.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) targets for ship survey and inspection work for the last 10 years, and its performance against these targets is shown below:
Port State Control (PSC) Inspections | ||
Year | Target | Performance |
2005 | 1614 | 1768 |
2006 | 1630 | 1661 |
2007 | 1626 | 1639 |
In 2008 the measure changed to inspecting at least 25% of foreign ships visiting the UK | ||
2008 | 25% | Achieved – (1660) |
2009 | 25% | Achieved – (1684) |
2010 | 25% | Achieved – (1666) |
2011 | 25% | Achieved – (1459) |
2012 | 25% | Achieved – (1452) |
In 2013 the measure changed to a fair shared commitment that is set by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) | ||
2013 | 1535 | Met – (1384) |
2014 | 1177 | Met – (1279) |
EMSA does not recognise Gibraltar as a separate flag-State, so taking Gibraltar’s performance into account the UK has met its PSC target for the past 10 years.There are no published targets for UK vessel inspections or survey and certification work that is performed annually by MCA surveyors. However, the two tables below show the number of survey and inspections that have been completed in the last 10 years.
Survey & Certification | |
Year | Total |
2005 | 4028 |
2006 | 3968 |
2007 | 3900 |
2008 | 3869 |
2009 | 3664 |
2010 | 3747 |
2011 | 4165 |
2012 | 3817 |
2013 | 3633 |
2014 | 3426 |
UK Vessel Inspections | |
Year | Total |
2005 | 5352 |
2006 | 4818 |
2007 | 5350 |
2008 | 4485 |
2009 | 5941 |
2010 | 4500 |
2011 | 4315 |
2012 | 3879 |
2013 | 3730 |
2014 | 3446 |