Records from 2020 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 11 February 2024.
15 - Safety Management Systems (ISM) › N/A - No Subsystem › Shipboard operations
Issued 1 March 2023
Resolved
15106 - Shipboard Operations - "The company and the ship shall comply with the requirements of the International Safety Management Code. For the purpose of this regulation, the requirements of the Code shall be treated as mandatory.
The Company should establish procedures, plans and instructions, including checklists as appropriate, for key shipboard operations concerning the safety of the personnel, ship and protection of the environment."
PSCO's were informed that the ships crew was unaware of the procedures for treating ballast water upon intake, resulting in the discharge of untreated ballast water in US waters. An ISM audit is required to clear the deficiency. - 74 SOLAS (20) IX/3.1 - ISM Code Part A / 7 - 40ac
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 1 March 2023
Resolved 12 February 2024
Resolution: RECEIVED REPORT FROM CLASSIFICATION SOCIEY ATTESTING TO REPAIRS.
14 - Pollution Prevention › 148 - Ballast Water › Ballast Water Management System (BMWS)
Issued 1 March 2023
Resolved
CG006 - Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) - "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 following ballast water management methods:
(1) Install and operate a ballast water management system (BWMS) that has been approved by the Coast Guard under 46 CFR part 162.
...Following installation, the master, owner, operator, agent, or person in charge of the vessel subject to this subpart must properly maintain the BWMS in accordance with all manufacturer specifications."
The vessel's Ballast Water Management System was reported as inoperable due to a lack of chemicals. - 33CFR151.2025(a) - 40c
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 1 March 2023
Resolved 12 February 2024
Resolution: RECEIVED REPORT FROM CLASSIFICATION SOCIETY ATTESTING TO REPAIRS.
14 - Pollution Prevention › 148 - Ballast Water › Ballast water logs/records
Issued 1 March 2023
Resolved
CG010 - Ballast Water Logs/Records - "The master, owner, operator, agent, or person in charge of a vessel subject to this subpart and this section must submit a ballast water report to the National Ballast Information Clearinghouse (NBIC)...
(5) Certificate of accurate information. Include the name and title of the individual (i.e., master, owner, operator, agent, person in charge) attesting to the accuracy of the information provided and that the activities were in accordance with the ballast water management plan required by § 151.2050(g)"
PSCOs identified that the vessel submitted an NBIC form listing that onboard treatment was conducted, but upon investigation learned that the ballast water was not treated on intake. - 33CFR151.2060(c)(5) - 40c
Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 1 March 2023
Resolved 1 March 2023
Resolution: Vessel submitted an updated NBIC report reflecting actual actions taken