DIAMOND QUEEN

14105-Pollution Prevention - After any survey of the ship under paragraph 1 of this regulation has been completed, no change shall be made in the structure, equipment, systems, fittings, arragements or materials covered by the survey, without the sanction of the administration, except the direct replacement of such equipment and fittings. Vessel modified bilge piping arragements, specifically non-return valve 027VPG in the bilge piping sytem to allow the direct overboard discharge of oily bilge water. MARPOL 17 Annex I, Reg. 6.4.2

14107 - Pollution Prevention - Any ship of 400 gross tonnage and above but less than 10,000 gross tonnage shall be fitted with oil filtering equipment complying with paragraph 6 of this regulation. Vessel does not currently have the ability to record operation of the oily water separator/oil content meter as required by MEPC. 107(49). - MARPOL 17 Annex I Reg. 14.1

14121 -Pollution Prevention - Subject to the provisions of REG. 4 of this annex and paragraphs 2, 3 and 6 of this regulation, any discharge into the sea of oil or oily mixtures from ships shall be prohibited. The Chief Engineer directed the overboard discharge of oily water through means other than through the approved oil filtering equipment on or about the following dates: 05JAN2020, 20JAN2020, 03MAY2020, 18MAY2020. - MARPOL 17, ANNEX I, REG 15.1

01315 -Documents - Each operation described in paragraph 2 of this regulation shall be fully recorded without delay in the oil record book part I, so that entries in the book appropriate to that operation are completed. The Chief Engineer admitted falsifying entries (E.G. tank soundings, disposal methods and quantities)into the oil record book part I on the following dates: 06JAN2020, 02MAY2020, 19MAY2020. - MARPOL 17, ANNEX I, REG. 17.4

15106 -Shipboard Operations - The company and the ship shall comply with the requirements of the international safety management code. The company should ensure that the safety and environmental-protection policy is implemented and maintained at all levels of the organization, both ship-based and shore-based. The company policy states, "under no circumstances modifications are to be made to the bilge pumping system or oily water separator that may by-pass operation of separator". The Chief Engineer directed members of the engineering department to manipulate non-return valve (#027 VPG) and interconnect valve (#013 VPG) to discharge the contents of the bilge tank directly overboard utilizing the general service/bilge ballast pump. Recommend external ISM audit. - 74 SOLAS 14 con. IX/3.1 & ISM Code A/2.2

15106 -Shipboard Operations - The company should establish and maintain procedures to control all documents and data which are relevant to the SMS. The company procedure states, "Records of all bilge water overboard discharges shall be maintained in the oil record book as per the instructions in the ORB". The Chief Engineer entered false information in the oil record book and into the Chief's sounding log. Recommend external ISM audit. - 74 SOLAS 14 con. IX/3.1 & ISM Code A/11.1

13199 -Other (Machinery) - The condition of the ship and its equipment shall be maintained to conform with the provisions of the present regulations. The number one main engine cooling water pump was observed leaking excessively. - 74 SOLAS 14 con. I/11(a)

11129 -Life Saving Appliances - Before the ship leaves port and at all times during the voyage, all life-saving appliances shall be in working order and ready for immediate use. Lifeboat was unable to start upon inspection. - 74 SOLAS 14 con. III/20.2