WORLDWIDE MARITIME NEWS (XVI)
1.- PORT STATE CONTROL: 2013 ANNUAL REPORT
The Paris MOU "White, Grey and Black Lists", the worldwide index for flag perfomance, has just been published. The introduction of the New Inspection Regime in 2011 has had an impact on the 2013 figures.
With 1.188 inspections and 154 detentions the ships flying a "black listed flag" score a detention rate of 12,96%. For ships flying a "grey listed flag" the detention rate was 7,64%. And for ships flying a "white listed flag", 2,88%.
The deficiencies in certificate and documentation, fire safety, safety of navigation and working and living conditions accounted for approximately 55% of the total number of deficiencies.
Spain, that contributed to 1.554 inspections out of 17.687, is ranked 41 on the "white ist" out of 46, while France has been placed highest on it in terms of performance. 
2.-CMA CGM: AGREEMENT WITH ADANI
The CMA CGM Group has just announced the signing of an agreement with the Indian Adani Group for the construction of a new container terminal in the Port of Mundra. This port, located in the Gulf of Kutch on the west coast of India, is Adani Group's crown jewel and the largest por in India.
3.- FRANCE: RATIFICATION OF HONG KONG CONVENTION
France, after Norway and the Congo, has become the third country that ratified the International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships. This Convention, adopted at a diplomatic conference held in Hong Kong from 11 to 15 May 2009, is aimed at ensuring that ships, when being recycled after reaching the end of their operational lives, do not pose any unnecessary risks to human health, safety and to the environment.
It will enter into force 24 months after the date on which 15 States, representing 40% of world merchant shipping by gross tonnage, have deposited instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with the IMO's Secretary-General. Furthermore, the combined maximum annual ship recycling volume of those States, during the preceding 10 years, have to constitute no less than 3% of their combined merchant shipping tonnage.