Tag: ship deficiencies

On 13th of February of 2023 a General Cargo Ship Flying the Panama Flag, inspected in Nakhodka, Russia (Port UNLOCODE RUNEV) resulting in a detention with 40 Deficiencies.

The Republic of the Marshall Islands has issued a Marine Notice, advising fire teams to always wear fire fighting outfits and protective clothes.

On 6th of December of 2022 a Supramax Bulk Carrier Flying the Indonesian Flag, inspected in Port Elizabeth, South Africa (Port UNLOCODE ZAPLZ) resulting in a detention and 85 Deficiencies.

Norway detained a Vietnam-registered ship, after issuing the vessel 19 orders to rectify due to several major deficiencies that were identified during a Port State Control (PSC) inspection. The ship had a crew of 22 on board.

PSC MoUs have a common system to assist PSC Officers (PSCO) identify deficiencies during ship inspections, using a 5 digit code with a specific description attached to it, so that PSCOs report class and codify PSC findings. All PSC Regimes, including the US Cost Guard, use the same unique deficiency codes and the list includes 578 of them.

During 2021, an increased number of inspections and detentions was noticed in comparison with 2020. A total of 1,394 detentions marked worldwide on all ship types. The global Detention rate (for all ship types) has been marked to 2.23%, while the last 3 years (2018-2019-2020) average was 2.43%

The Republic of the Marshall Islands stressed the importance of properly inspecting and maintaining all immersion suits, following recent cases of defective immersion suits found onboard RMI-flagged vessels. 

Abuja MoU issued its annual PSC report, recording a total of 2,337 inspections, 937 deficiencies and nine detentions in 2020. SOLAS-related deficiencies still ranked the highest with 55.7% of all deficiencies recorded.

Caribbean MoU published its annual PSC report, recording a total of 293 ship inspections, 492 deficiencies and 7 ship detentions in 2020. Fire safety measures was the highest deficiency recorded, followed by Life Saving Appliances. 

The Paris MoU issued its annual PSC report recording a 27% decrease in the number of inspections in 2020: from almost 18,000 in recent years to 13,148. The detention percentage of 2.81% has decreased only slightly (2.96% in 2019) but the number of detentions has decreased significantly from 531 in 2019 to 369 in 2020.