Ship registries now take a closer look
Vessels that violate current United Nations Security Council resolutions (UNSCRs) on trading with North Korea will not be registered with the Palau international ship registry (PISR).
Both the government of Palau and PISR have introduced measures for the due diligence in screening vessels before they are registered under the Palau flag, including using the latest technology that includes the PurpleTRAC sanction compliance platform, monitoring of AIS transmissions and LRIT ship position tracking.
As part of these steps, members of PISR have recently attended several trainings on conducting due diligence to comply with US sanctions and UNSCRs sponsored by the US department of state’s bureau of international security and non-proliferation (ISN).
PISR also joined the memorandum of understanding between Liberia, Marshal Islands and Panama in January. This MOU offers collaboration between the four major ship registries on sharing information when a flag registry deregisters or is in process of deregistering, or when it denies registration of a vessel due to engagement in a sanctionable activity. (mw)