Abuja MoU carried out a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Emergency Systems and Procedures from 1 September 2019 to 30 November 2019. During this period, 680 individual ships were inspected and of these 430 (63.23%) were CIC-related inspections.
The objective of the CIC was to provide information on the ship’s level of compliance with emergency equipment onboard, to ensure immediate use in emergency and hazardous situations.
The preparation of emergency equipment, such as emergency power source and fire pump and the ability of the crew to respond to emergency situations are critical factors in saving human lives and minimizing damage to ships.
During the three months, inspection took place on 680 individual ships. Of these, 430 (63.23%) were CIC-related inspections. 296 inspections took place without CIC questionnaire.
Specifically, the following numbers of deficiencies were recorded under the corresponding number of inspections:
- Public address system
- Emergency fire pump and its pipes
- Emergency lighting, batteries and switches
- Muster list
- Fire drills
- Emergency source of power, Emergency generator
- Crew familiarization with Emergency Systems
In addition, only one (0.23%) non-conformity came as a result of this campaign out of 430 questionnaires submitted. Of this number, 429 (99.77%) were with satisfactory responses.
The most unfavourable results on the questionnaire was question no. 5: Does the muster list specify details in accordance with the requirements of SOLAS 1996-1998 Amendment, Chapter III, Regulation 37?
Meanwhile, the three highest rates of Not Applicable (N/A) on the questionnaire were on:
Q7b – Where the emergency source of electrical power is an accumulator battery, are the batteries and its switchboard in good condition? –101 (23.49%);
Q9 – Where a fire drill and/or abandon ship drill was witnessed, was it found to be satisfactory? -72 (16.74%);
Q3 – For ships with water level detectors installed, is the system and alarm arrangements operational? -53 (12.32%).
Abuja MoU carried out this CIC simultaneously with Paris MoU, Tokyo MoU and Black Sea MoU using the Paris and Tokyo MoUs guidelines and questionnaire for the exercise.
Namely, the following ten member States participated in the CIC, with corresponding numbers of CIC inspections: Benin – 12; Republic of Congo – 6; The Gambia – 1; Ghana – 23; Guinea – 15; Liberia – 17; Nigeria – 180; Senegal – 81; South Africa – 46; and Togo – 49.
The results are part of the Abuja MoU’s annual PSC figures for 2019.
