EMSA THETIS helpdesk
EMSA THETIS helpdesk
Email
THETIS@emsa.europa.eu
5.01 THETIS database
Agency responsible
Data group
05. Ship Inspection Support and Port State Control
Coast Guard Functions with access
Maritime Safety Including Vessel Traffic Management
Maritime Ship and Port Security
Maritime Customs Activities
Prevention and Suppression of Trafficking and Smuggling and Connected Maritime Law Enforcement
Maritime Border Control
Maritime Monitoring and Surveillance
Maritime Environmental Protection & Response
Maritime Search and Rescue
Ship Casualty & Maritime Assistance Service
Maritime Accident and Disaster Response
Fisheries Inspection & Control
Status of implementation
Available
Dissemination channels
Agency web interface
Webservices to Member States
Point(s) of contact
Paris MoU Secretariat
Paris MoU Secretariat
Email
Secretariat@parismou.org
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Description
Information on performed inspections with the aim to enforce compliance with International Conventions and elements of the EU acquis. (as per Directive 2009/16/EC as amended).
Data elements
- name of the ship;
- IMO identification number;
- type of ship;
- tonnage (gt);
- year of construction as determined on the basis of the date indicated in the ship's safety certificates;
- name and address of the company of the ship;
- in the case of ships carrying liquid or solid cargoes in bulk, the name and address of the charterer responsible for the selection of the ship and the type of charter;
- flag State;
- classification and statutory certificates issued in accordance with the relevant Conventions, and the authority or organisation that issued each one of the certificates in question, including the date of issue and expiry;
- port and date of the last intermediate or annual survey for the certificates in point (i) above and the name of the authority or organisation which carried out the survey;
- date, country, port of detention.
For ships which have been detained, information published in accordance with Article 26 must also include:
- number of detentions during the previous 36 months;
- date when the detention was lifted;
- duration of detention, in days;
- the reasons for detention, in clear and explicit terms;
- indication, where relevant, of whether the recognised organisation that carried out the survey has a responsibility in relation to the deficiencies which, alone or in combination, led to detention;
- description of the measures taken in the case of a ship which has been allowed to proceed to the nearest appropriate repair yard;
- if the ship has been refused access to any port or anchorage within the Community, the reasons for the measure in clear and explicit terms.
Legal basis
Article 26 juncto Annex XIII of Directive 2009/16/EC as amended.
Scope and source of data
All foreign ships calling in a port and/or anchorage belonging to a Member State ships are subject to Port State Control (PSC) inspections. PSC is a second line of defence against substandard shipping, the monitoring of compliance with the international standards for safety, pollution prevention and on‑board living and working conditions should also be ensured by the port State, while recognising that port State control inspection is not a survey and the relevant inspection forms are not seaworthiness certificates.
The Directive stipulates that the Commission should manage and update the inspection database, in close collaboration with the Paris MOU[1]. The inspection database should incorporate inspection data of Member States and all signatories to the Paris MOU. The implies that inspections performed by Canada and Russia are also recorded in the system.
[1] The organization consists of 27 participating maritime Administrations and covers the waters of the European coastal States and the North Atlantic basin from North America to Europe. The current member States of the Paris MoU are: Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
Technical implementation
There is one PSC information system for the entire region: THETIS. This is a web-based application funded by the Commission, managed, operated and hosted by EMSA for and on behalf of all States of the Paris MoU. All data is stored centrally.
The system:
- is used by means of a graphical interface available to authorised users;
- has a mobile version for the creation of inspections (only)
- has a number of webservice to exchange information on inspections with IMO, ILO, Equasis;
- has webservices with the 12 Recognized Organizations for the import of digitized statutory inspections;
- has webservices for the export of inspection information to the respective participating States;
- has 2 versions of a public search engine on both the EMSA and the Paris MoU websites
Inspection information is available as far back as 1992 while inspection information up to 6 years before “today’s date” can be retrieved at any time through the public search engines using the appropriate filters.
Conditions of access
Access to data and the system is divided in three distinct methods:
- Access to data: Data is published as per Annex XIII of the Directive through various websites (EMSA, Paris MoU, Equasis). This is for the general public and for consultation only.
- Access to the system: Each participating State has a National Coordinator who decides on the relevance of the request for an account, and is responsible afterwards for user management
- Data exports: Each participating State is entitled to query and obtain relevant data from the system. In case of external requests, the annual meeting of the Paris MoU decides whether to grant the requestor the requested dataset.
Request for data and access beyond national level shall be directed at the Secretariat of the Paris MoU in The Hague, NL whom will then place the request on the agenda of the mentioned meeting.