A Delphi Study: Improving ship safety by Port State Control

This research project is related to the implication of Port State Control, especially on ship safety. Port State Control, as a method was provided by International Maritime Organisation,particular adopted in such area to eliminate substandardship for shipping industry. Although Port State Control contributes to shipping industry a lot, still a growth of substandard ships were survived in the shipping industry over the past few years which could affect human life and destroy marine environment. Nowadays, inefficient Port State Control might influence portstate’s sustainable development and surrounding circumstance,therefore efficient Port State Control foreach state becomes a necessity. This research mainly aims to investigate the effectiveness of Port State Control has a positive effect on improving ship safety. It provides a general description in the development of Port State Control and identifies the causes of growth of substandard ships. Meanwhile, it will examineand comparethe operation of Port State Control in different regions, as well as the operation of Port State Control inspection. Moreover, it will define how to efficiently eliminate substandard ship by Port State Control in the future to achieve a fair trade in the shipping industry. Moreover, this research focuses on the ship safetyand highlights the difference of implementation of Port State Control in different regions;meanwhile provides a recommendation for the further implementation of Port State Control