At its 46th meeting last month, the Paris MoU Committee approved the 2012 inspection results and adopted new performance lists for flags and Recognized Organizations. These lists will take effect from 1 July 2013.
The “White, Grey and Black (WGB) List” presents the full spectrum, from quality flags to flags with a poor
performance that are considered high or very high risk. It is based on the total number of inspections and detentions over a 3-year rolling period for flags with at least 30 inspections in the period.
On the “White, Grey and Black list” for 2012 a total number of 78 flags are listed: 45 on the “White list”, 19 on the “Grey list”, and 14 on the “Black list”.
The “White List” represents quality flags with a consistently low detention record. Compared with last year, the number of flags on the “White List” has increased by 2 flags to a total number of 45 flags. New on the “White List” are the United States and Thailand, which were still on the “Grey List” last year.
France has been placed highest on the list in terms of performance. The next in line of the best performing flags in 2012 are Germany, Hong Kong, Sweden and Greece.
Flags with an average performance are shown on the “Grey List”. Their appearance on this list may act as an incentive to improve and move to the “White List”. At the same time flags at the lower end of the “Grey List” should be careful not to neglect control over their ships and risk ending up on the “Black List” next year.
On this year’s “Grey List” a total number of 19 flags is recorded. Last year the “Grey List” recorded 20 flags. New on the “Grey List” are the Syrian Arab Republic, which were last year still on the “Black List”.
The poorest performing flag is Bolivia (very high risk), followed by Tanzania, Togo, Sierra Leone, Honduras and Moldova (medium to high risk). New on the “Black List” are the flags of Honduras and Dominica.
https://www.parismou.org/Content/PublishedMedia/1039b41c-e715-4b08-8f17-080dd9c7238d/Press%20release%20targeting%20list%20_final_.pdf
Source: Paris MOU