Monthly PSC Report For August 2012

The following information have been gathered mainly from PSC MoUs sites and may serve only as reference for the inspections being carried out each month by each MoU. The consistency of the information may differ between MoU since there are slight differences on the way each organization presents the inspection info. For more information on the inspections carried out please refer to each organization’s site.

Caribbean MoU

Accurate data on PSC inspections could not be extracted from the MoU’s website. Information regarding inspection conducted can be found here.

Black Sea MoU

Total Inspections – 561
With Deficiencies – 385
Without Deficiencies – 176
Detentions – 13

For more information on inspections carried out by the Black Sea MoU please refer to the organization’s Inspection Database.

Mediterranean MoU

Total Inspections – 339
With Deficiencies – 201
Without Deficiencies – 138
Detentions – 30

For more information on inspections carried out by the Mediterranean MoU please refer to the organization’s Inspection Database.

Vina del Mar

The organization has not yet released any information regarding 2012. For more information on inspections carried out by Vina del Mar please click here.

Abuja MoU

Total Inspections – 4
With Deficiencies – 0
Without Deficiencies – 4
Detentions – 0

Above numbers have been extracted from the relevant internet database application available in the site of the MoU. The are displayed only for reference purposes since they seem to be unrealistic (maybe the MoU database is not updated frequently). For more information on inspections carried out by the Abuja MoU please refer to the organization’s Inspection Database.

Indian Ocean MoU

Total Inspections – 497
With Deficiencies – 307
Without Deficiencies – 190
Detentions – 30

For more information on inspections carried out by the Indian Ocean MoU please refer to the organization’s Inspection Database.

Paris MoU

Total Inspections – 1568
With Deficiencies – 1055
Without Deficiencies – 513
Detentions – 38

For more information on inspections carried out by the Paris MoU please refer to the organization’s Inspection Database.

Tokyo MoU

Total Inspections – 2792
With Deficiencies – 1946
Without Deficiencies – 846
Detentions – 93

For more information on inspections carried out by the Tokyo MoU please refer to the organization’s Inspection Database.

Riyadh MoU

Accurate data could not be extracted from the organization’s database. For information on inspections carried out by the Riyadh MoU please refer to the organization’s Inspection Database.

NKK Noted Detainable Deficiencies

This month the summary of detainable deficiencies noted in PSC inspection reports of NK-SMC ships presents the following findings:

Development of plans for shipboard operations (3 cases): The SMS has failed to ensure procedure for the safe operation of the ship are in place, The SMS fails to ensure the required navigation charts were onboard and in use for navigational passages, There was no passage plan available for sea passage executed.
Resources and personnel (2 cases): Senior officers were not aware of their tasks, duties & responsibilities, Vessels operators have failed to provide ship with appropriate large charts for this port.
Emergency source of power – Emergency Generator (2 cases): Emergency air compressor for starting emergency generator : malfunction, Emergency generator cannot started by second mean.

For more information on this month’s NKK report please click here.