AUSTRALIA – Port Sate Control Areas of Concern
Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has posted detailed information and advice on its Port State Control Continuing Areas of Concern which account for almost 90% of detentions by AMSA, including such things as: hours of rest and fatigue, life-saving appliances, firefighting equipment, oily water separators, communications equipment, emergency generators, Load Line items and ISM related deficiencies.
These are areas that continue to be of concern to the Maritime Administrator as well, and not necessarily just in Australian waters, but everywhere.
Source: AMSA