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 2025.
Top categories for grounds for detention
For period January 1, 2025 to March 31, 2025, there were 526 total detained vessels in the first quarter per Paris MoU, Tokyo MoU and USCG. Of those detained, only 26 vessels or 4.9 percent were ABS vessels. The top categories for PSC detentions on ABS vessels under the three inspections regimes are are the following:
- ISM
- Fire prevention structural integrity
- Lifeboats
- Cargo & other hatchways
- Covers (hatchway-, portable-, tarpaulins, etc.)
- Fire doors/openings in fire-resisting divisions
- Launching arrangements for rescue boats
- Oil filtering equipment
- Maintenance of the ship and equipment
- Electrical installations in general
- Fire drills
- Emergency source of power – Emergency generator
- Ready availability of fire fighting equipment
- Fixed fire extinguishing installation
- Remote Means of control (opening, pumps, ventilation, etc.) Machinery spaces
- Fire-dampers
- Electronic charts (ECDIS)
- Sewage treatment plant
- Sleeping room, additional spaces
- Heating, air conditioning and ventilation
Top countries for interventions on ABS Vessels
For the period January 1, 2025 to March 31, 2025, the top countries where ABS vessels had PSC interventions identified are:
