Application of Multivariate Statistical Techniques as an Indicator of Variability of the Effects of COVID-19 on the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control

Jose Manuel Prieto (), Víctor Amor-Esteban, David Almorza-Gomar, Ignacio Turias and Francisco Piniella
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Jose Manuel Prieto: Department of Maritime Studies, University of Cádiz, 11003 Cádiz, Spain
Víctor Amor-Esteban: Department of Statistics, University of Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
David Almorza-Gomar: Department of Statistics and Operational Research, University of Cádiz, 11003 Cádiz, Spain
Ignacio Turias: Department of Computer Engineering, University of Cádiz, 11003 Cádiz, Spain
Francisco Piniella: Department of Maritime Studies, University of Cádiz, 11003 Cádiz, Spain

Mathematics, 2023, vol. 11, issue 14, 1-22

Abstract: The first pandemic of the 21st Century was declared at the beginning of the year 2020 due to the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Its effects devastated the world economy and greatly affected maritime transport, one of the precursors of globalisation. This paper studies the effects of the pandemic on this type of transport, using data from 23,803 Paris Memorandum of Understanding Port State Control (PSC) inspections conducted in the top 10 major European ports. Comparisons have been made between Pre-COVID (2013–2019) and COVID (2020–2021) years, by way of multivariate methodologies: CO-X-STATIS, X-STATIS, and correspondence tables. The results were striking and indicate a clear change in the conduct of inspections during the COVID period, both quantitatively and qualitatively, showing a drastic reduction in the number of inspections and a change in type, with exhaustive inspections assuming a secondary role. Another notable result came from the use of the same methodology to study the different countries of registry and their evolution within PSC inspections during the Pre-COVID and COVID periods, where different behaviours were identified based on a ship’s flag. These results can help us to determine important supervisory objectives for each country’s maritime administration and their inspectors, to indicate weaknesses in the inspection routines caused by the pandemic, and to attempt corrections to improve maritime safety.

Keywords: multivariate analysis; CO-X-STATIS; maritime safety; Port State Control; Paris Memorandum of Understanding; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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