JUMBO

The tests required by this section must be recorded in accordance with part 140 of this Subchapter. Essential systems are required to be tested at least once every 3 months. Operation of remote emergency fuel shut off valve not recorded in vessel's towing vessel record.

The fixed fire pump is to be capable of being energized remotely from a safe place outside the engine room and at the pump. The pump on board vessel did not have capability to be energized from outside the engine room.

Rails or equivalent protection must be installed near the periphery of all decks accessible to crew. Stern of vessel was not equipped with rails or equivalent protection at the vessel periphery.

Vessel equipped with a fixed fire extinguishing system that did not satisfy requirements in 46 CFR 95.16 - "(a) Simple, complete operating instructions must be conspicuously located at or near any release station and in the extinguishing agent cylinder storage room. (b) On a system in which extinguishing agent cylinders are stored outside the protected space, operating instructions must also: (1) Include a schematic diagram of the system; and (2) Describe alternate methods of discharging the extinguishing agent into protected spaces should the manual releases or stop valve controls fail to operate." In the storage room instructions and system schematic were not posted.

Essential systems required to be tested at least every 3 months. There was no record showing remote operation of emergency fuel shut off, corrected by end of inspection.

Portable watertight containers for pyrotechnic distress signals must be of a bright color and must be clearly marked in legible contrasting letters at least 12.7 millimeters (0.5 inches) high with “DISTRESS SIGNALS”; Container not marked with "DISTRESS SIGNALS".

Each lifejacket must be marked in block capital letters with the name of the vessel. Lifejackts not marked with vessel's name.

Fire control panels are required to include Labels for all switches and indicator lights, identifying their functions. System zone indicator lights, designed to cover 4 seperate zones, were not labeled to show the spaces associated with each zone.