A study on the effectiveness of the ISM Code through a comparative analysis of ISM and PSC Data - Min-Jung Lee [2016, PDF]

Contents

DECLARATION ....................................................................................................Ⅱ
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .....................................................................................Ⅲ
ABSTRACT...........................................................................................................Ⅳ
TABLE OF CONTENTS........................................................................................Ⅴ
LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................Ⅶ
LIST OF FIGURES................................................................................................Ⅷ
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ..................................................................................Ⅸ
1. INTRODUCTION................................................................................................ 1
1.1 Background................................................................................................. 1
1.2 Objectives ................................................................................................... 4
1.3 Scope of study ............................................................................................ 5
2. LITERATURE REVIEW...................................................................................... 7
2.1 The International Safety Management Code ............................................... 7
2.2 Port State Control...................................................................................... 13
3. INTERNATIONAL SAFETY MANAGEMENT CODE........................................ 19
3.1 The Herald of Free Enterprise ................................................................. 19
3.2 New safety management approach of IMO instruments ............................ 20
3.3 Flag State responsibility and the ISM Code............................................... 21
3.4 Traits of the ISM Code............................................................................... 23
3.5 The ISM Code in the Republic of Korea .................................................... 25
3.6 Implications and roles of the ISM Code ..................................................... 27
4. PORT STATE CONTROL ................................................................................ 28
4.1 The Amoco Cadiz...................................................................................... 28
4.2 Emerging of PSC MoUs ............................................................................ 29
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4.3 PSC in Conventions .................................................................................. 31
4.4 PSC practice in the Tokyo-MoU ............................................................... 33
4.5 Implications and roles of PSC.................................................................... 34
5. HYPOTHESIS AND METHODOLOGY............................................................. 36
5.1 Hypothesis ................................................................................................ 36
5.2 Datasets .................................................................................................. 39
5.3 Methodology.............................................................................................. 41
6. DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSIONS........................................................... 44
6.1 Analysis of ISM audit followed by PSC inspection (ISM-first group)........... 44
6.1.1 Overview of ISM-first group ............................................................. 44
6.1.2 Analysis by the number of findings .................................................. 45
6.1.3 Similarity analysis ........................................................................... 47
6.1.4 Analysis by the nature of findings .................................................... 51
6.1.5 Discussions ..................................................................................... 54
6.1.6 Summary of analysis of the ISM-first group ..................................... 58
6.2 Analysis of PSC inspection followed by ISM audit (PSC-first group).......... 59
6.2.1 Overview of PSC-first group ............................................................. 59
6.2.2 Analysis by the number of findings .................................................. 59
6.2.3 Similarity analysis ........................................................................... 62
6.2.4 Analysis by the nature of findings .................................................... 64
6.2.5 Discussions ..................................................................................... 67
6.2.6 Summary of analysis of the PSC-first group ..................................... 70
7. CONCLUSION ................................................................................................. 72