BELGRANO

The master, owner, operator, agent, or person in charge of a vessel equipped with ballast tanks that operates in the waters of the United States must employ one of the authorized ballast water management methods listed in 33 CFR 151.2025(a). Vessel’s ballast water management system is inoperable. Vessel has been granted an extraordinary circumstance to employ the ballast water management method listed in 33 CFR 151.2025(a)(3) to conduct cargo operations while in the Sector New Orleans COTP Zone. In accordance with 33 CFR 151.2040(b)(3), the vessel must discharge only that amount of ballast water operationally necessary to ensure the safety and stability of the vessel for cargo operations. 33 CFR 151.2025(a). Action Code: 40c.

FIRE-FIGHTING SYSTEMS AND APPLIANCES SHALL BE KEPT IN GOOD WORKING ORDER AND READILY AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE USE. TWO 100LB CO2 CYLINDERS LOCATED IN CO2 ROOM SHOW SIGNIFICANT CORROSION ON CYLINDER HEADS AND ASSOCIATED FITTINGS. 74SOLAS(2014)II-2/14.2.1.2 30ABC

EVERY STEAM PIPE AND EVERY FITTING CONNECTED THERETO THROUGH WHICH STEAM MAY PASS SHALL BE SO DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND INSTALLED AS TO WITHSTAND THE MAXIMUM WORKING STRESSES TO WHICH IT MAY BE SUBJECTED. A STEAM LEAK WAS DISCOVERED IN ENGINE ROOM USED TO HEAT FUEL. 74SOLAS(2014) II-1/33.1 10C

THE MACHINERY, BOILERS, AND OTHER PRESSURE VESSELS, ASSOCIATED PIPING SYSTEMS AND FITTINGS SHALL BE OF A DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ADEQUATE FOR THE SERVICE FOR WHICH THEY ARE INTENDED AND SHALL BE SO INSTALLED AND PROTECTED AS TO REDUCE TO A MINIMUM ANY DANGER TO PERSONS ON BOARD, DUE REGARD BEING PAID TO MOVING PARTS, HOT SURFACES, AND OTHER HAZARDS. A DIESEL FUEL LEAK, ONE DROP EVERY TWO SECONDS, WAS DISCOVERED ON FUEL FILTER LOCATED ON FUEL BOOSTER PUMP #2 NEXT TO SERVICE GENERATOR. 74SOLAS(2014) II-1/26.1 10c

SUCH CERTIFICATES, IF VALID, SHALL BE ACCEPTED UNLESS THERE ARE CLEAR GROUNDS FOR BELIEVING THAT THE CONDITION OF THE SHIP OR OF ITS EQUIPMENT DOES NOT CORRESPOND SUBSTANTIALLY WITH THE PARTICULARS OF ANY OF THE CERTIFICATES OR THAT THE SHIP AND ITS EQUIPMENT ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION 11(A) AND (B). OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE DURING AN EXPANDED ISM EXAM REVEALED THAT THE CREW DID NOT IDENTIFY THE CORRODED CYLINDER HEADS DURING THEIR MONTHLY CHECKS, WHICH RESULTED IN A SYSTEMIC LACK OF MAINTENENCE OF CRITICAL SYSTEMS AS IDENTIFIED IN THE SHIP'S SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (SMS). RECOMMEND AUDIT OF SHIP'S SMS CONCERNING FIXED CO2 SYSTEM INSPECTION PROCEDURES. 74SOLAS(2014) I/19(B) 30ABC OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE DURING AN EXPANDED ISM EXAM REVEALED THAT THE CREW DID NOT IDENTIFY THE CORRODED CYLINDER HEADS DURING THEIR MONTHLY CHECKS. RECOMMEND AUDIT OF SHIPS SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CONCERNING FIXED CO2 SYSTEM INSPECTION PROCEDURES. 74SOLAS(2014) I/19(B) 30ABC