Achievements and challenges on the implementation of the European Directive on Port State Control

A Graziano, MQ Mejia Jr, JU Schröder-Hinrichs - Transport Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Complete harmonisation of the main elements of the EU Directive 2009/16/EC is
not yet achieved.•Training of PSCOs, Inspection Commitment/Info and Quality of Inspections …

Ship inspection by port state control—review of current research

R Yan, S Wang - Smart transportation systems 2019, 2019 - Springer
Port state control (PSC) is an international regime to inspect the foreign ships coming to the
port state in order to ensure that they are compliant with various international conventions. In …

An artificial intelligence model considering data imbalance for ship selection in port state control based on detention probabilities

R Yan, S Wang, C Peng - Journal of Computational Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Port state control inspection is seen as a safety net to guard marine safety, protect the
marine environment, and guarantee decent onboard working and living conditions for …

A semi-“smart predict then optimize”(semi-SPO) method for efficient ship inspection

R Yan, S Wang, K Fagerholt - Transportation Research Part B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Efficient inspection of ships at ports to ensure their compliance with safety and
environmental regulations is of vital significance to maritime transportation. Given that …

The effectiveness of the new inspection regime for port state control: application of the Tokyo MoU

Y Xiao, G Wang, KC Lin, G Qi, KX Li - marine policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Port State Control (PSC) ensures that foreign ships do not sail until they can
proceed at sea without posing a danger to maritime safety and environment. Since 2011, a …

Is port state control influenced by the COVID-19? Evidence from inspection data

R Yan, H Mo, X Guo, Y Yang, S Wang - Transport Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Maritime transport plays a key role in global trade. The safeguard of maritime transport is the
Port State Control (PSC) inspection implemented all over the world. The outbreak of the …

Port state control inspections in the European Union: Do inspector's number and background matter?

A Graziano, P Cariou, FC Wolff, MQ Mejia Jr… - Marine Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
The succession of maritime accidents in the last decades of the 20th Century caused a
strong political and public outcry for more stringent maritime safety regulations and …

Predictive power of inspection outcomes for future shipping accidents–an empirical appraisal with special attention for human factor aspects

C Heij, S Knapp - Maritime Policy & Management, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This paper investigates whether deficiencies detected during port state control (PSC)
inspections have predictive power for future accident risk, in addition to other vessel-specific …

Improving port state control through a transfer learning-enhanced XGBoost model

R Wang, M Zhang, F Gong, S Wang, R Yan - Reliability Engineering & …, 2025 - Elsevier
With the advancements in modern information technology, Port State Control (PSC)
inspections, as a crucial measure to protect ship safety and the marine environment, are …

Association rule mining for identification of port state control patterns in Malaysian ports

MT Osman, C Yuli, T Li, SF Senin - Maritime Policy & Management, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Port State Control (PSC) inspection data is used for determining the inspection
pattern of PSC in Malaysia and identifying the relationship between the inspection place …