Bahamas - Paris MOU "Low Risk" status
The Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MOU) implemented its New Inspection Regime (NIR) on 1st January 2011. One of the foundations of the new approach is a revised method of targetting visiting vessels based on a ship risk profile. The Bahamas has completed its IMO audit and is now shown on the Paris MOU website as being one of the relatively small number of States which has achieved the "Low Risk" status."
The Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) continues to attract many of the world's premier shipping companies to its Register. Why? Because we are totally committed to achieving and maintaining the highest possible international standards - in our fleet, from our crews, among our shipowners and of course from our staff, especially our teams of Inspectors worldwide
Our fleet is young and ships over 12 years old are admitted only if they meet exceptional criteria. We insist on, and enforce, workable regulations that match international conventions and in some cases exceed them.
Ship safety, security and the protection of the marine environment are our watchwords.
We are opening offices around the globe, which will enable round-the-clock support to shipowners and crew alike, dealing on a daily basis with registrations, manning and crew licences, investigation of casualties and follow-up on any port state interventions.
The range of our services, our global reach and our ability to span the world's time zones means that collectively the ships in our fleet are among the most successful in passing port state inspections.
Our Register is on all the White Lists of the USCG, Tokyo MOU and Paris MOU and we continually strive to ensure that our record continues to improve.
And, while we offer a world class service, our fees match or beat many of our principal competitors.
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