S.L. 234.38 Art. 6Ship risk profile.

(1) The competent authority shall attribute a ship risk profile to all ships calling at a port or anchorage in the inspection database, determining their respective priority for inspection, the intervals between the inspections and the scope of inspections.

(2) The risk profile of a ship shall be determined by a combination of generic and historical risk parameters as follows:

(a) generic parameters shall be based on the type, age, flag, recognised organisations involved and company performance in accordance with Annex I Part I.1 and Annex II to the Directive;

(b) historical parameters shall be based on the number of deficiencies and detentions during a given period in accordance with Annex I, Part I.2 and Annex II to the Directive.