Unsatisfactory compliance with hours of rest

Paris MoU issues preliminary results from CIC carried from September to November 2014

Paris MoU has issued the preliminary results from the Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on STCW Hours of Rest, carried out between 1 September 2014 and 30 November 2014 in the Paris MoU region showing that:

16 ships (14% of detentions during CIC) were detained over the 3 month period as a direct result of the CIC for deficiencies related to hours of rest.
Main areas of concern are hours of rest not being recorded properly and watchkeeping personnel without sufficient rest.

In recent years there has been a growing concern regarding hours of rest for watchkeeping personnel. Supported by PSC inspection results and a number of incidents, the Paris and Tokyo MoU, as well as other MoUs, decided to organize a joint campaign to verify a list of 10 selected items against the STCW requirements.

The CIC questionnaire was completed during 4,041 inspections. A total of 912CIC-related deficiencies were recorded and 16 ships (14% of the detentions) weredetained as a direct result of the CIC during the 3 month period.

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Secretary General Richard Schiferli expressed serious concerns: “Insufficient restof watchkeeping personnel has already caused several incidents over the pastyears. It may be the cause of fatigue, which can have major consequences forsafety and the environment. 2 watch systems are particularly vulnerable in thisrespect”.

During the campaign most inspections concerned general cargo/multi-purposeships with 1,207 (30%) inspections, followed by bulk carriers with 948 (23%)inspections, container ships with 407 (11%) inspections, chemical tankers with 375(9%) inspections and oil tankers with 325 (8%) inspections.

11 (70%) of the detained ships were general cargo/multipurpose ships, 3 (19%) were bulk carriers, 1 container ship and 1 other ship type.

Analysis of the recorded deficiencies shows that

most deficiencies relate to hoursof rest not being recorded correctly in 449 cases (11%)
watchkeeping personneldid not have sufficient rest in 203 cases (5%) and
bridge lookout not maintained in101 cases (3%)
A total of 21 inspections revealed that the manning level was not
in accordance with the Minimum Safe Manning Document.
The flag with the highest number of CIC-topic related detentions was Moldova with3 CIC-topic related detentions.
The inspections showed that a total of 1268 ships were operating with a 2 watchsystem for the navigational watch and 13 of these ships were detained..

The CIC was a joint campaign with the Tokyo MoU. Others co-operating MoUs have followed the same routine during the campaign. The detailed results of the campaign will be further analysed and findings will be presented to the 48th meeting of the Port State Control Committee in May 2015, after which the report will be submitted to the International Maritime Organization.

Also read the preliminary results from other CICs on STCW Hours of Rest at the following SAFETY4SEA articles:

Black Sea MOU issues CIC preliminary results on STCW Hours of Rest

Indian Ocean MOU issues CIC preliminary results on STCW Hours of Rest

Source: Paris MoU