07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system
Issued 9 September 2020
Resolved
Each towing vessel must have a fire detection system installed to detect engine room fires. Vessel does not have a fire detection system.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020
Resolved 15 October 2020
Resolution: Deficiency rectified in the presence of attending Marine Inspector
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Oil accumulation in engine room
Issued 9 September 2020
Resolved
All bilges and void spaces are kept free from accumulation of combustible and flammable materials and liquids insofar as practicable. Bilges have excessive amounts of oil due to leaking generators and marine gear.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020
Resolved 6 October 2020
Resolution: Deficiency rectified in the presence of attending Marine Inspector
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 9 September 2020
Resolved
Paints, coatings, or other flammable or combustible products on board a towing vessel must be stored in a designated storage room or cabinet when not in use. Forward storage area has fuel cans with unknown liquid inside.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020
Resolved 6 October 2020
Resolution: Deficiency rectified in the presence of attending Marine Inspector
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Protection machines/parts
Issued 9 September 2020
Resolved
Piping and machinery components that exceed 220*C, including fittings, flanges, valves, exhaust manifolds, and turbochargers, must be insulated. Portions of the exhaust system are not insulated.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020
Resolved 6 October 2020
Resolution: Deficiency rectified in the presence of attending Marine Inspector
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 9 September 2020
Resolved
Electrical systems and equipment must function properly and minimize system failures and fire and shock hazards. Vessel has multiple dead end wires, improperly installed electrical wiring and equipment, unlabeled circuit breaker panels, circuit breaker panel door that has been modified by cutting off the bottom and top, wires and connections not within an enclosure.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020
Resolved 15 October 2020
Resolution: Deficiency rectified in the presence of attending Marine Inspector
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Protection machinery
Issued 9 September 2020
Resolved
An exposed hazard such as gears and rotating machinery must be protected by a cover, guard, or rail. Guards are missing from hydraulic pump gears on the front of the MDEs and both generator prime movers have exposed rotating gears.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020
Resolved 6 October 2020
Resolution: Deficiency rectified in the presence of attending Marine Inspector
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 9 September 2020
Resolved
Each towing vessel must carry at least one appropriately sized life jacket for each person on board and additional life jackets must be carried so that a life jacket is immediately available for persons at each normally manned watch station. Vessel does not have any approved life jackets on board except work vests.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020
Resolved 15 October 2020
Resolution: Deficiency rectified in the presence of attending Marine Inspector
14 - Pollution Prevention › 144 - MARPOL Annex IV (Not Applicable to PSC Exams conducted in the U.S.) › Other (MARPOL Annex IV)
Issued 9 September 2020
Resolved
No person may operate any vessel equipped with installed toilet facilities unless it is equipped with an operable type II or type III device or an operable type I device. Vessel has and operates a toilet facility that discharged sewage directly overboard. VESSEL SHALL CEASE OPERATION OF INSTALLED TOILET FACILITY AND PREVENT DISCHARGE OF SEWAGE IMMEDIATELY.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020
Resolved 6 October 2020
Resolution: Deficiency rectified in the presence of attending Marine Inspector
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › On board training and instructions
Issued 9 September 2020
Resolved
The master of each towing vessel must keep an accurate list of crew members and their assigned positions and responsibilities aboard the vessel. The master was unable to provide a list of crew members and their assigned positions and responsibilities aboard the vessel.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020
Resolved 15 October 2020
Resolution: Deficiency rectified in the presence of attending Marine Inspector
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Evaluation, testing and approval
Issued 9 September 2020
Resolved
The master of a towing vessel must ensure that drills are conducted and instructions are given to ensure that all crew members are capable of performing the duties expected of them during emergencies. Crew was unable to conduct drills due to lack of practice. Drills will be required prior to issuance of COI.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020
Resolved 7 October 2020
Resolution: Deficiency rectified in the presence of attending Marine Inspector
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 9 September 2020
Resolved
Work Vests, when worn at night, the work vest must be equipped with a light that meets the requirements of 46 CFR 141.340(g)(1). Work vests were not equipped with a light.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020
Resolved 15 October 2020
Resolution: Deficiency rectified in the presence of attending Marine Inspector
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Doors
Issued 9 September 2020
Resolved
Where installed, all watertight doors in watertight bulkheads must be closed during the operation of the vessel, unless they are being used for transit between compartments. Vessel has been operating with watertight doors secured in the open position. Vessel also has a water tight door that has been removed between aft steering and the engine room on the port side.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020
Resolved 6 October 2020
Resolution: Deficiency rectified in the presence of attending Marine Inspector
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (radio communication)
Issued 9 September 2020
Resolved
AIS Class A device. The following vessels must have on board a properly installed, operational Coast Guard type-approved AIS Class A device: (ii) A towing vessel of 26 feet or more in length and more than 600 horsepower, engaged in commercial service. Vessel did not have the AIS properly installed and was not operating.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020
Resolved 6 October 2020
Resolution: Deficiency rectified in the presence of attending Marine Inspector
14 - Pollution Prevention › 141 - MARPOL Annex I › Other (MARPOL Annex I)
Issued 9 September 2020
Resolved
The following list of items must be recorded in the TVR, official log book, or in accordance with the TSMS applicable to the vessel: (8) Oil residue discharges and disposals, in accordance with 46 CFR 140.655. Vessel does not have oil residue discharges recorded in the log book but is generating and removing oily water from bilges.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020
Resolved 6 October 2020
Resolution: Deficiency rectified in the presence of attending Marine Inspector
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 9 September 2020
Resolved
At least two lifebuoys on a towing vessel greater than 26 feet must be fitted with a floating electric water light approved under approval series 161.010 or 161.110. Vessel requires two lifebuoys but only one was fitted with a floating electric light.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020
Resolved 6 October 2020
Resolution: Deficiency rectified in the presence of attending Marine Inspector
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares
Issued 9 September 2020
Resolved
A towing vessel must carry a combination of day and night visual distress signals indicated in table 141.370 of 141.370 for specified areas where the vessel operates. The vessel does not have any visual distress signals.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020
Resolved 6 October 2020
Resolution: Deficiency rectified in the presence of attending Marine Inspector
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Gauges, thermometers, etc
Issued 9 September 2020
No resolution recorded
Each towing vessel must have a reliable means to provide notification when an emergency condition exists or an essential system develops problems that require attention. The following alarms use be provided: (1) Main engine low lubricating oil pressure; (2) Main engine high cooling water temperature; (3) Auxiliary generator engine high cooling water temperature; (4) Auxiliary generator engine high cooling water temperature; (5) High bilge levels; (6) Low hydraulic steering fluid level, if applicable. Vessel does not have audible and visual alarms for any of the listed conditions at the operating station, additionally many of the gauges are inoperable or missing.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020 — due date passed with no resolution recorded
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Remote Means of control (opening,pumps,ventilation,etc.) Machinery spaces
Issued 9 September 2020
Resolved
Each remote valve control must be marked in clearly legible letters, at least 1 inch high, indicating the purpose of the valve and the way to operate it. The remote valve controls are not marked indicating purpose (which engine) and how to operate it.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020
Resolved 6 October 2020
Resolution: Deficiency rectified in the presence of attending Marine Inspector
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency source of power - Emergency generator
Issued 9 September 2020
Resolved
A towing vessel must have a backup or a second power source that has adequate capacity to supply power to essential alarms, lighting, radios, navigation equipment, and any other essential system identified by the cognizant OCMI or TPO. Vessel does not have a backup nor secondary power source. The vessel is equipped with a secondary generator but it is inoperable.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020
Resolved 6 October 2020
Resolution: Deficiency rectified in the presence of attending Marine Inspector
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 9 September 2020
No resolution recorded
Cable hangers for overhead and vertical cable runs must be installed with metal supports and retention devices at least every 48 inches. Vessel has multiple unsupported wires throughout the vessel.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020 — due date passed with no resolution recorded
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 9 September 2020
Resolved
Extension cords must not be used as a permanent connection to a source of electrical power. Vessel has numerous extension cords installed as if they were permanent wiring.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020
Resolved 6 October 2020
Resolution: Deficiency rectified in the presence of attending Marine Inspector
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Marking of IMO number
Issued 9 September 2020
Resolved
The hull of each documented vessel must be marked as required by part 67 of this chapter IAW 46 CFR 144.160. The official number of the vessel, preceded by the abbreviation “NO.” must be marked in block-type Arabic numerals not less than three inches in height on some clearly visible interior structural part of the hull. The number must be permanently affixed to the vessel so that alteration, removal, or replacement would be obvious. If the official number is on a separate plate, the plate must be fastened in such a manner that its removal would normally cause some scarring of or damage to the surrounding hull area. The vessel was unable to show where the the official number is located on the visible interior part of the hull.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020
Resolved 6 October 2020
Resolution: Deficiency rectified in the presence of attending Marine Inspector
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Safe means of access
Issued 9 September 2020
Resolved
Each watertight door and watertight. Hatch must be marked on both sides in clearly legible letters at least 1 inch high: “WATERTIGHT DOOR - KEEP CLOSED” or “WATERTIGHT HATCH - KEEP CLOSED”. The vessel has 7 watertight doors/hatches and none of which are marked.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020
Resolved 6 October 2020
Resolution: Deficiency rectified in the presence of attending Marine Inspector
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Functionality of Safety Systems
Issued 9 September 2020
Resolved
Each escape hatch and emergency exit used as means of escape must be marked on both sides in clearly legible letters at least 2 inches high “EMERGENCY EXIT, KEEP CLEAR”. The vessel does not have the emergency exits marked.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020
Resolved 6 October 2020
Resolution: Deficiency rectified in the presence of attending Marine Inspector
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Ventilation
Issued 9 September 2020
No resolution recorded
Means must be provided for stopping each fan in a ventilation system serving machinery spaces and for closing, in case of fire, each doorway, ventilator, and annual space around funnels and other openings into such spaces. The vessel does not have a means to close the ventilation openings into the machinery space. Additionally, the vessel has a small section of the bulkhead removed providing direct ingress into the machinery space from the weather deck. The “hole” is located on the port side and is approximately 6”x8”.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020 — due date passed with no resolution recorded
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Navigation records
Issued 9 September 2020
No resolution recorded
The officer in charge of a navigation watch must conduct a navigation assessment for the intended route and operations prior to getting underway. The vessel has not been logging the navigation assessment.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020 — due date passed with no resolution recorded
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency towing arrangements and procedures
Issued 9 September 2020
Resolved
Emergency procedures related to the tow have been developed and appropriate training provided to the crew for carrying out their emergency duties. The vessel does not have emergency procedures for towing.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020
Resolved 7 October 2020
Resolution: Deficiency rectified in the presence of attending Marine Inspector
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Other (accident prevention)
Issued 9 September 2020
Resolved
All crew members must be provided with health and safety information and training IAW 46 CFR 140.515. The vessel does not have any logs of the crew obtaining any health and safety information and training.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 9 September 2020
Resolved 6 October 2020
Resolution: Deficiency rectified in the presence of attending Marine Inspector
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 31 July 2020
No resolution recorded
All owners and operators of an existing towing vessel must have a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel has not obtained a valid COI as of this date. The vessel shall be made available for a Coast Guard COI inspection within 90 days. If an inspection is not completed prior to this date, the action for this deficiency shall be changed to a 60 (Rectify deficiencies prior to movement) and the vessel may no longer be permitted to operate.
Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 31 October 2020 — due date passed with no resolution recorded