SEAWAYS WARWICK

IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS IN PARAGRAPHS 5.7.1 AND 5.7.2, OIL TANKERS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A FIXED HYDROCARBON GAS DETECTION SYSTEM COMPLYING WITH THE FIRE SAFETY SYSTEMS CODE FOR MEASURING HYDROCARBON GAS CONCENTRATIONS IN ALL BALLAST TANKS AND VOID SPACES OF DOUBLE-HULL AND DOUBLE-BOTTOM SPACES ADJACENT TO THE CARGO TANKS, INCLUDING THE FOREPEAK TANK AND ANY OTHER TANKS AND SPACES UNDER THE BULKHEAD DECK ADJACENT TO CARGO TANKS. VESSEL HAS REPORTED THAT DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION THE FIXED GAS DETECTION SYSTEM IS HAVING A MALFUNCTION/CONSTANT ERROR. VESSEL REPORTS THEY DISMANTLED THE DIAPHRAGM PUMPS AND FOUND THAT ITS UNABEL TO MAKE A VACUUM AND SHOWING THE FLOW FAULT. REPAIR PARTS ARE UNAVAILABLE WHILE VESSEL IS IN PORT. CLASS (ABS) HAS ISSUED A SHORT TERM CARGO SHIP SAFETY CONSTRUCTION CERTIFICATE. cite:74SOLAS(20)II-2 4/5.7.3.1

To discharge ballast water into waters of US, the master, owner, operator, agent or person in charge of a vsl subject to 151.2025 of this subpart must either ensure that the ballast waters meets the ballast water discharge standard as defined in 151.2030(a), use an AMS as described in 151.2025(a)(3) or ballast w/water from a US public water system as described in 151.2025(a)(2) according to the schedule in paragraph (b) of this section. The Ballast Water Treatment System is inoperable.

Failure of master, owner, operator, agent, or PIC of a VSL employing a Coast Guard-approved BWMS to meet the applicable ballast water discharge standard (BWDS) found in 33 CFR 151.2030 at all times of ballast water discharge into the waters of the US.