PRAIRIE STATE

Fire-detection systems. Except as provided in paragraph (a)(8) of this section, each towing vessel must have a fire-detection system installed to detect engine room fires. The owner or managing operator must ensure the following: (2) The system is installed, tested, and maintained in accordance with the manufacturer's design manual. Provide documentation that newly installed heat detectors have been tested in accordance with manufacturer's instructions. Until newly installed heat detectors can be tested, the crew will conduct and log rounds of the engine room every 60 minutes while underway.

The design of the system and its installation on the towing vessel is certified and inspected by a registered professional engineer with experience in fire-detection system design, by a technician with qualifications as a National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET) level IV fire alarm engineering technician, or by an authorized classification society with equivalent experience, to comply with paragraphs (a)(1) through (6) of this section. Provide proof that the current arrangement of the fire detection system to include all newly installed components is certified and inspected by a registered professional engineer with experience in fire-detection system design, by a technician with qualifications as a National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET) level IV fire alarm engineering technician, or by an authorized classification society with equivalent experience. The certification letter must include verification that the fire-detection system as a whole with the new detectors installed, meets the requirements of 46 CFR 142.330(a)(1) thru (6).

Loss of MDE's. Investigate and Submit Dive plan

Install remote fuel shut offs IAW 46 CFR 27.207

VSLS LOWER STERN AMBER TOWING LIGHT WAS NOT WORKING.

TEMPORARY LIGHTING IN AFT RUDDER ROOM IS IMPROPER AND NO COVERS ON LIGHTS.

Vessel's PFD's not readily accessible.

Machinery guard missing on starbord exhaust motor.

Fire extinguisher not secured in bracket.

Lights on pilot house and rear birthing missing covers.

MASTHEAD LIGHT INOPERABLE.

THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION WAS NOT ONBOARD THE VESSEL. THE MASTER STATED THAT IT WAS AT THE COMPANY OFFICE.

NO RETROREFLECTIVE MATERIAL ON EACH PERSONAL FLOATATION DEVICE.