2025 Paris MoU Annual Report "Port State Control; Progress and performance, highlights of the Paris MoU 2025"
The Paris MoU publishes its 2025 Annual Report on 1 July 2026. This report provides an overview of the activities and statistics of the Paris MoU in 2025, including performance lists.
Some of the highlights of the report are set out in the press release below.
Cover Annual Report 2025
Bans, detentions and deficiencies
During 2025, the number of refusals-of-access (bans) increased to 19, marking a rise following several years of relatively low figures.
The detention rate also trended upward, reaching 4.18% in 2025, compared to 4.03% in 2024. This follows a period of consistently elevated detention percentages in recent years, including the 4.25% recorded in 2022. The Paris MoU will continue to closely monitor these developments.
An analysis of deficiencies and detainable deficiencies reveals no significant shift towards non-compliance within any single convention or regulatory area. Instead, the data underscores recurring areas of concern that consistently show higher rates of non-compliance in both absolute and relative terms. These include fire safety (SOLAS Chapter II-2: 16.8%), structural and electrical elements (SOLAS Chapter II-1: 11.6%), and health protection, medical care, welfare and social security protection (MLC Title IV: 10.0%).
At the specific deficiency level, fire doors (3.1%) and Seafarers’ Employment Agreements (1.3%) remain prominent areas of non-compliance. Additionally, broader ISM-related deficiencies accounted for 4.5% of the total.