Membership
Countries that have deposited Letters of Acceptance of the MoU and therefore full members:
- Benin • Nigeria
- Congo • Senegal
- Gabon • Sierra Leone
- Ghana • The Gambia
- Guinea Conakry • Togo
- Cote D'ivoire
Formal acceptance of the Memorandum confers on the country the right to inspect foreign ships visiting her ports. However, it is compulsory that such a country should have all the relevant International Conventions ratified and domesticated into its municipal laws before exercising Port State Control measures.
Signatories:
Benin, Cape Verde, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, The Gambia, and Togo.
OBSERVERS
- Mali
- Burkina-Faso
- The Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MOU)
- The Acuerdo De Viña del Mar Agreement on Port State Control (Latin American Agreement)
- The Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control in the Asia-Pacific Region (Tokyo MOU)
- The Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control in the Caribbean Region (Caribbean MOU)
- The Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control in the Mediterranean Region (Mediterranean MOU)
- The Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control For the Indian Ocean Region (Indian Ocean MOU)
- The Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control in the Black Sea Region (Black Sea MOU)
- The Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control in the Gulf Region (Riyadh MoU)
- Maritime Organization of West and Central Africa (MOWCA)
- International Maritime Organization (IMO)
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Asia-Pacific Maritime Information and Advisory Services (APMIAS) of the Russian Federation
- Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)