3.8.1 Port State control officers perform compliance
review throughout the operational life of an alternative and/or equivalency
when it calls at a port and is subjected to port State control, which
has become an increasingly important instrument of enforcing rules
and regulations.
3.8.2 Port State control officers need at least
an introduction to the approaches equivalent to that given to supervisors
and surveyors. It is necessary to promulgate knowledge on the way
of work and to provide port State control officers with tools to assure
the safety of an inspected ship. A port State control file and physical
inspections along the same lines as the inspections performed by the
crew can provide such tools and methods of gauging the safety of the
ship if doubts prevail after reviewing the documentation.