INDIAN OCEAN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON PORT STATE CONTROL

The Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control for the Indian Ocean Region came into effect on 1st April 1999. As of today a total of, twenty countries of the Indian Ocean region viz. Australia, Bangladesh, Comoros, Eritrea, France (La Reunion), India, Iran, Kenya, Madagascar , Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Oman, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Sudan Tanzania and Yemen have become parties to the Memorandum.