ABS published its Quarterly Report on Port State Control (PSC), providing information to owners on deficiencies identified on ABS vessels during inspections carried out by the various PSC regimes globally during the first quarter of 2023.
Top Categories for Grounds for Detention
For period January 1, 2023, to March 31, 2023, the top categories for Port State Control (PSC) detentions on ABS vessels in the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), Tokyo MoU and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) database are the following:
- ISM
- Fire-dampers
- Ventilators, air pipes, casings
- Rescue boats
- Emergency source of power – Emergency generator
- Emergency fire pump and its pipes
- Ballast, fuel and other tanks
- Fire drills
- Auxiliary engine
- Operation of Fire protection systems
- Covers (hatchway-, portable-, tarpaulins, etc.)
- Launching arrangements for rescue boats
- Fixed fire extinguishing installation
- Fire pumps and its pipes
- Fire doors/openings in fire-resisting divisions
- Means of escape
There were 558 total detained vessels per Paris MoU, Tokyo MoU and United States Coast Guard (USCG). Of those detained, only 24 vessels were ABS classed vessels.
Top Countries where ABS Vessels were Detained
The table below shows the breakdown of the countries where the 24 ABS vessels were detained. ABS assisted each owner/operator to address the deficiencies so that the PSC detention could be lifted and the vessel could sail.
Top Categories for Deficiencies
For the period January 1, 2023, to March 31, 2023, the top categories for deficiencies on ABS vessels that had Port State Control (PSC) interventions are:
- Lifeboats
- Fire detection
- Electric equipment in general
- ISM
- Fire doors/openings in fire-resisting divisions
- Auxiliary engine
- Electrical
- Emergency lighting, batteries, and switches
- Maintenance of the ship and equipment
- Firefighting equipment and appliances
- Launching arrangements for survival craft
- On board training and instructions
- Lifebuoys including provision and disposition
- Means of control (openings, pumps) Machinery spaces
- Fire prevention structural integrity
- Lights, shapes, sound signals
- Fixed fire extinguishing installation
- Operation of fire protection systems
- Magnetic compass
- Embarkation arrangement survival craft
- Fire-dampers
- Ballast water management certificate
- Anchoring devices
- Cargo operation
- Maintenance of fire protection systems
Top Countries for Interventions on ABS Vessels
For the period January 1, 2023, to March 31, 2023, the top countries where ABS had PSC interventions are listed in the table below:
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