Another port-state-control annual report, and another catalogue of appalling conditions onboard ships that put this industry to shame. This time, it is Europe's Paris MOU on Port State Control that exposes the ugly truth that for all the high standards and professionalism at one end of the market, there remains a dark and dirty underbelly that tarnishes everyone.
Bad enough are descriptions of rotting food and insanitary conditions, along with pictures of rusty and rotting safety equipment.
