Riyadh MoU

The Riyadh MoU is the regional port State control agreement for the Gulf Cooperation Council States, established in 2004 to harmonize inspection of foreign ships at member ports in the Arabian Gulf. Its members are the GCC States, and it is one of nine IMO-recognized regional PSC MoUs. Member administrations share inspection and detention results and coordinate targeting so that substandard ships are detected across the region. The Riyadh MoU operates in waters that overlap the Indian Ocean MoU’s area, and the two regimes cooperate on targeting and Concentrated Inspection Campaigns.