In the Tokyo MoU, one of the world’s leading port state control memorandums, our Turkish flag was included in the White List for the first time.
Announcing this important development on his social media account, Unal Baylan, General Manager of Maritime Affairs, made the following statement;
”Our Turkish Flag is on the White List of the Tokyo MoU, the world’s second most prestigious port state control memorandum, which consists of 21 full member countries! According to the annual reports published, our country was on the Black List in 2010 and on the Gray List in 2011. In this process, the deficiencies detected in our ships were eliminated and the arrest rates of our ships decreased. Between 2020-2022, 71 of our ships were inspected under the Tokyo MoU and none of our ships were detained. Thanks to this successful performance of our ships, our country has been included in the White List for the first time in Tokyo MoU, as it has been in Paris MoU, the world’s most prestigious port state control memorandum for years. With the increase in our flag performance, which is one of the important issues in maritime, our ship operators will be prevented from losing time and money, and the preferability of our ships in this region and freight revenues will be higher. We would like to thank all our ship operators and seafarers who contributed to our placement on the White List in Tokyo MoU by increasing the performance of our Turkish Flag…”
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