PRESIDIO

A means of communication shall be provided between the navigation bridge and the steering gear component. The angular position of the rudder shall if the main steering gear is powered operated be indicate on the navigation bridge. The bridge rudder indicators hunt for a reading when the indicator needle approaches five degrees on either side. 2004 SOLAS CH II/I Regulation 29.10.

All the steering gear components and rudder stock shall be of sound and reliable construction to the satisfaction of the Administration. The starboard side steering gear (piston one) is currently leaking a stream of hydraulic fluid at a rate of 5 liters every 24 hours. 2004 SOLAS CH II/I Regulation 29.2.1

THE COMPANY SHOULD ESTABLISH PROCEDURES TO ENSURE THAT THE SHIP IS MAINTAINED IN CONFORMITY WITH PROVISIONS OF THE RELVEVANT RULES AND REGULATIONS…..ANY NON-CONFORMITY IS REPORTED, WITH ITS POSSIBLE CAUSE IF KNOWN…..APPROPRIATE CORRECTIVE ACTION IS TAKEN. DUE TO THE OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE CITED IN THE BELOW DEFICIENCIES, THE VESSEL IS NOT IN SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH RELEVANT CONVENTIONS, CALLING INTO QUESTION THE ADEQUACY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VESSEL'S SMS UNDER THE ISM CODE. THE OWS SYSTEM WAS NOT OPERATIONAL YET NEITHER THE FLAG, CLASS NOR COMPANY WAS INFORMED. MASTER COULD NOT PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION REGARDING REPORTING OF INOPERABLE EQUIPMENT AND NO EFFORT WAS MADE TO RECTIFY THIS INOPERABLE EQUIPMENT. ALL FUEL SHUTOFF VALVES WERE INOPERABLE WHEN TESTED EVEN THOUGH THE VESSEL'S MAINTENANCE LOGS SHOW TESTING 14 DAYS AGO. MULTIPLE SMOKE DETECTORS WERE NOT OPERATIONAL IN THE ENGINE ROOM AS WELL AS THE VESSEL’S RESCUE BOAT ENGINE. ALL ENGINE SPACES WERE SOAKED IN A LAYER OF OIL WITH HOSES, RAGS AND MOPS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE ROOM AS WELL AS OPEN BUCKETS FILLED WITH OIL. AN EXTERNAL AUDIT CONDUCTED BY FLAG OR RO IS REQUIRED WITHIN 30 DAYS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE SHIP IS OPERATING WITHIN THE ISM CODE. PROVIDE A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AUDIT REPORT TO USCG PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FROM PORT.

OIL FUEL PIPES, WHICH IF DAMAGED, WOULD ALLOW OIL TO ESCAPE FROM A STORAGE, SETTLING OR DAILY TANK HAVING A CAPACITY OF 500 LITTERS AND ABOVE, SITUATED ABOVE THE DOUBLE BOTTOM, SHALL BE FITTED WITH A VALVE DIRECTLY ON THE TANK CAPABLE OF BEING CLOSED FROM A SAFE POSITION OUTSIDE THE SPACE CONCERNED, IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE OCCURING IN THE SPACE IN WHICH SUCH TANKS ARE SITUATED. THREE (03) OF THE FOUR (04)FUEL OIL QUICK CLOSING SHUT OFF VALVES FROM SUPPLY TANKS WERE FOUND TO BE INOPERABLE. ADDITIONALLY EXCESSIVE LEAKAGE WAS OBSERVED COMING FROM EACH HYDRAULIC CLOSING MECHANISM, USED FOR SHUTTING SUCH VALVES REMOTELY. VALVES WERE LOGGED ON THE VESSEL AS BEING OPERATIONALLY TESTED WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS LEADING UP TO USCG INSPECTION WITH NORMAL OPERATION NOTED.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS REGULATION IS TO PREVENT THE IGNITION OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS OR FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS. FOR THIS PURPOSE, THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS SHALL BE MET: MEANS SHALL BE PROVIDED TO CONTROL LEAKS OF FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS. EXCESSIVE OIL LEAKS WERE FOUND THROUGHOUT ALL MACHINERY SPACES. MULTIPLE AREAS OF LAGGING WAS SOAKED WITH OIL AND FOUND REPAINTED TO MASK LEAKS AFTER [name withheld] ROOM AND THEN RETURNED. BUCKETS AND DRIP PANS WERE DISCOVERED UNDER MAJOR MACHINERY. BULKHEADS AND DECKS HAD SLICK SURFACES, WITH WIPE MARKS FOUND THROUGHOUT ENGINE ROOM. OIL SOAKED MOPS AND RAGS PRESENT THROUGHOUT SPACE AND FILLED IN TRASH BAGS, STACKED IN WAY OF INCINERATOR CREATING EXTREME FIRE HAZARDS IN MACHINERY SPACES.

THE FOLLOWING FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS SHALL BE KEPT IN GOOD WORKING ORDER SO AS TO ENSURE THEIR REQUIRED PERFORMANCE IF A FIRE OCCURS: FIRE DETECTION AND FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS. 02 SMOKE DETECTORS WERE FOUND HANGING BY WIRING AND INOPERABLE IN THE MAIN ENGINE SPACE.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS REGULATION IS TO PROVIDE MEANS OF ESCAPE SO THAT PERSONS ON BOARD CAN SAFELY AND SWIFTLY ESCAPE TO THE LIFEBOAT AND LIFERAFT EMBARKATION DECK. DEBRIS WAS NOTICED ALONG ESCAPE ROUTES AND IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS GRATING COVERING ESCAPE LADDERS WAS TIED SHUT PREVENTING QUICK AND SAFE EGRESS OUT OF MACHINERY SPACES.

BEFORE THE SHIP LEAVES THE PORT AND AT ALL TIMES DURING VOYAGE, ALL LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES SHALL BE IN WORKING ORDER AND READY FOR IMMEDIATE USE. RESCUE BOAT ENGINE DOES NOT ADEQUETELY PROVIDE SUCTION FOR COOLING JACKET WATER. ENGINE DOES NOT OPERATE AS INTENDED AND CAN NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR LONG TERM USE.

ANY SHIP 10000 GROSS TONNAGE AND ABOVE SHALL BE FITTED WITH OIL FILTERING EQUIPMENT. OILY WATER SEPERATOR SYSTEM INSTALLED ON SHIP AND IDENTIFIED IN IOPP IS NOT OPERABLE AND WAS NOT IN USE AS PER [name withheld] THE TESTING OF THE SYSTEM WHICH COULD NOT OBTAIN 15PPM DISCHARGE BUT INSTEAD WOULD READ AN "EE" ERROR. THREE WAY VALVE CONSITENTLY WAS STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION WHEN TESTED MULTIPLE TIMES. OVERBOARD DISCHARGE WAS CLOSED, NO LOGS IN ORB IDENTIFIED USE SINCE 2021, AND WHEN THREE WAY VALVE WAS REMOVED ORANGE CORROSION AND MINERAL BUILDUP WAS FOUND IN OVERBOARD PIPING.

ALL HATCHWAYS IN POSITION 1 AND 2 SHALL BE FITTED WITH HATCH COVERS OF STEEL OR EQUIVALENT MATERIAL...SUCH COVERS SHALL BE WEATHERTIGHT. ENGINE ROOM ACCESS HATCH IN WAY OF RESCUE BOAT LOCATED AFT ON MAIN EXPOSED DECK OF VESSEL HAD SECURING DEVICES BROKEN OR SHEARED OFF.

ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS SHALL BE SUCH THAT: THE SAFETY OF PASSENGERS, CREW AND SHIP FROM ELECTRICAL HAZARDS ENSURED. EXPOSE WIRES, BROKEN LIGHT HOUSING FOUND THROUGHOUT ENG SPACE.

CYLINDERS MUST ALWAYS BE SECURED AND, WHEN NOT IN USE, THEY MUST BE STOWED IN A RACK IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION WITH VALVE PROTECTION CAP IN PLACE. MULTIPLE CYLINDERS WERE FOUND AROUND THE SHIP, IN STEERING GEAR ROOM AND ECR WITHOUT BEING PROPERLY SECURED OR STORED.

INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR NOA. EACH NOA MUST CONTAIN ALL OF THE INFORMATION ITEMS SPECIFIED IN TABLE 160.206. VESSEL DID NOT REPORT AN INOPERABLE EQUIPMENT ON NOA. OWS SYSTEMS FOUND INOPERABLE.