Tag: ship inspections

Due to a mishap from improper testing of a vapor safety relief valve on a compressed air system, the Coast Guard Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance issued a report to remind all those concern of the risks and best practices in conducting or witnessing the testing of relief valves.

An IMO training in Malaysia has seen port State control officers practice inspecting air pollution and energy efficiency rules aboard a container ship in Johor Port. The participants from across Malaysia have been taking part in the three-day workshop (13-15 February) focusing on how to effectively enforce IMO’s MARPOL Annex VI regulations.

Every year, the Danish Maritime Authority performs flag State inspections of ships abroad that are flying the Danish flag. In 2017, the number of control inspections will be increased to 60, DMA says.

USCG has issued a policy letter which provides guidance that authorizes the utilization of a risk-based approach to prioritize and manage passenger vessel annual inspection activity.

AMSA has released its Annual Report on Port State Control for 2015. The changes to the shipping industry’s safety regulatory framework by the Navigation Act 2012 and the adoption of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006 had their second full year in effect in 2015.

ClassNK has released its annual report on Port State Control. The report aims to assist ship operators and management companies in maintaining compliant operations by providing information about ships detained by PSC as well as deficiencies that were found on board from many port states in 2015.

Paris MoU has published its Annual Report on Port State Controls which contains details of the main developments in the Paris MoU for the year and the outcomes of their inspections. The PSC Annual Report highlights large decrease in number of banned ships within the region during 2015.

Chilean Agriculture service warns that some actions will be taken on all Chilean ports for ships coming from Ecuador, due to the appearance of the pest Thyreinteina arnobia ( Lagarta Eucalyptus) in Chilean ports. ISS Chile says that delays in vessel arriving to Chile from ports in Ecuador are expected

Classification society DNV GL announced at the Posidonia trade fair that it had recently completed the first production surveys using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone. The survey took place on the MV Apollo, a chemical tanker owned by Carl Büttner Shipmanagement GmbH, in Bremerhaven, Germany. Two DNV GL surveyors used the drone to inspect 14 tanks over a period of two and a half days.

Lloyd's Register has issued a new guidance which supports industry in the safe and effective deployment of next generation drone and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) technology that can significantly improve productivity gains through reducing risk exposure, survey times and in-service inspection costs of offshore, marine and onshore infrastructure