Records in 2018. Most recent: inspection, 13 November 2018.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire doors/openings in fire-resisting divisions
Issued 27 August 2018
Resolved
07105 - DOORS REQUIRED TO BE SELF CLOSING SHALL NOT BE FITTED WITH HOLDBACK HOOKS. ALL BOUNDRY DOORS TO THE GALLEY ARE REQUIRED TO BE SELF CLOSING ACCORDING TO THE SHIPS FIRE CONTROL PLAN. ALL DOORS WERE FITTED WITH HOLDBACKS - 74SOLAS(14)II-2/9.4.2.2
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 27 August 2018
Resolved 27 August 2018
Resolution: HOLDBACKS WERE REMOVED ON THE SPOT
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Railing, gangway, walkway and means for safe passage
Issued 27 August 2018
Resolved
03103 - RAILINGS - THE OPENINGS BELOW THE LOWEST COURSE OF GUARD RAILS SHALL NOT EXCEED 230MM (9 INCHES). GUARD RAILS SURROUNDING PORT AND STBD (STOWED POSITION) LIFEBOATS ARE MISSING LOWEST COURSE - ICLL REG.25(3)
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 13 November 2018
Resolution: VESSEL INSTALLED A CHAIN ACROSS THE OPENING TO THE LIFEBOAT.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Embarkation arrangement survival craft
Issued 27 August 2018
Resolved
11124 - EMBARKATION LIGHTING - MUSTER AND EMBARKATION STATIONS SHALL BE ADEQUATELY ILLUMINATED. 01 PORT SIDE EMBARKATION LIGHT INOPERATIVE - 74SOLAS(14)III/11.4
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 27 August 2018
Resolution: NEW LIGHT BULB INSTALLED
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Inflatable liferafts
Issued 6 August 2018
Resolved
11108 - Inflatable liferafts - The liferaft painter system shall provide a connection between the ship and the liferaft. Both starboard and port side liferaft painter lines were not connected to the ship. - 74 SOLAS (14) III/13.4.1, LSA Code 4.1.6.1 10c
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 6 August 2018
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Inflatable liferafts
Issued 6 August 2018
Resolved
11108 - Inflatable liferafts - All lifesaving appliances shall be fitted with retro reflective material where it will assist in detection. The port side life raft did not have retro reflective tape. - 74 SOLAS (14) III/34, LSA Code 1.2.2.7 50ac
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 5 September 2018
Resolved 18 August 2018
Resolution: Verified in person that reflective tape was added.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Inflatable liferafts
Issued 6 August 2018
Resolved
11108 - Inflatable liferafts - Before the ship leaves port and at all times during the voyage, all life-saving appliances shall be in working order and ready for immediate use. PSCO found port liferaft just aft of port lifeboat was secured with a severely deteriorated wire-rope, crew fixed on the spot by replacing the wire rope with a spare. - 74 SOLAS (14) III/20.2 10c
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 6 August 2018
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system
Issued 6 August 2018
Resolved
07106 - Fire detection and alarm system - Suitable instructions and component spares for testing and maintenance shall be provided. Detectors shall be perodically tested using equipment suitable for the types of fires to which the detector is designed to respond. PSCO observed crew attempting to use three different methods involving an open flame to test the heat detector in the engine control room. When PSCO asked to see the company procedures/protocol for how to test fire detectors the crew was unable to produce any. - 74 SOLAS (04) II-2/7.2.2, FSS Code 9.2.5.2 16ac
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 20 August 2018
Resolved 18 August 2018
Resolution: Verified in person that new heat detecting equipment was onboard and tested heat detector in ECR.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fixed fire extinguishing installation
Issued 6 August 2018
Resolved
07109 - Fixed fire extinguishing installation - Firefighting systems and appliances shall be kept in good working order. Paint locker sprinkler head found covered with salt. 74 SOLAS (04) II-2/14.2.1.2 10c
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 6 August 2018
Resolved 6 August 2018
Resolution: Crew cleaned the sprinkler head, condition satisfactory.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 6 August 2018
Resolved
13199 - Other (machinery) - All electrical apparatus shall be so constructed and so installed as not to cause injury when handled or touched in a normal manner. Port State Control officers found exposed dead end wiring on a breaker on a breaker in the starboard side deck locker, amidships on a cargo hatch light, and near the embarkation on the starboard side. - 74 SOLAS (04) II-1/45.1.3 16ac
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 20 August 2018
Resolved 18 August 2018
Resolution: Verified in person dead end wiring was removed.
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Covers (hatchway-, portable-, tarpaulins, etc.)
Issued 6 August 2018
Resolved
03105 – Covers (hatchway-, portable-, tarpaulins, etc.) - Hatch covers shall be weathertight and fitted with gaskets and clamping devices. Majority of cargo hold access covers unable to be secured as dogs are stuck and inoperable. Severe corrosion of #5 cargo hold fwd access, #6 cargo hold fwd access, and #7 cargo hold aft access hatch covers. - 66 ICLL (88) 16.1 30abc
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 30 - Ship detained
Due 6 August 2018
Resolved 18 August 2018
Resolution: Verified completed repairs in person, hatches are watertight and dogging mechanisms are freely operatable.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Division - decks, bulkheads and penetrations
Issued 6 August 2018
Resolved
07103 - Division - decks, bulkheads and penetrations - The purpose of this regulation is to contain a fire in the space of origin... the fire integrity of the divisions shall be maintained at openings and penetrations. Port State Control officers found significant corrosion and holes between the deck work shop and the deck through an A-60 boundary near the fire main. The weathertight integrity of the space is also compromised. - 74 SOLAS (04) II-2/9.1.3 and ICLL (88) 12.1 30abc
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 30 - Ship detained
Due 6 August 2018
Resolved 18 August 2018
Resolution: Verified completed repairs in person.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 6 August 2018
Resolved
07199 - Other (fire safety) - 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 limit the accumulation of flammable vapors; the ignitability of combustible materials shall be restricted; ignition sources shall be restricted. Seven fuel or lube oil tank vents were found to have missing or severely corroded, damaged, or punctured flame screens. - 74SOLAS(04) II-2/4.1 30abc
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 6 August 2018
Resolved 13 November 2018
Resolution: on 18AUG18 deficiency was downgraded to a (50ac) from a (30abc). Flame screens were replaced with metal screens that are not designed as flame screens and do not prevent the passege of flame. VESSEL RESOLVED DEFICIENCY BY REPLACING THE FLAME SCREEN.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Closing devices/watertight doors
Issued 6 August 2018
Resolved
02101 - Closing devices/watertight doors - All access openings in bulkheads at ends of enclosed superstructures shall be fitted with doors of steel or other equivalent material, permanently and strongly attached to the bulkhead, and framed, stiffened and fitted so that the whole structure is of equivalent strength to the un-pierced bulkhead and weather-tight when closed. The door to the battery room is severely corroded and can no longer be sealed weather-tight. The A-60 boundary is also compromised due to this corrosion. - 66 ICLL (88) 12.1 and 74SOLAS(04)II-2/9.1.3 30abc
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 30 - Ship detained
Due 6 August 2018
Resolved 18 August 2018
Resolution: Verified repairs in person.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Safety Management Certificate (SMC/ ISM)
Issued 6 August 2018
Resolved
01107 - Safety Management Certificates (SMC/ISM) - The Company should establish procedures to ensure that the ship is maintained in accordance with the provisions of the relevant rules and regulations and with any additional requirements which may be established by the company. Due to the objective evidence in the above deficiencies that he vessel is no in substantial compliance with relevant conventions, the COTP questions the adequacy and/or implementation of the vessel’s SMS under the ISM Code. An external audit is recommended to be conducted within 30 days by the Flag State or RO to determine whether the ship is operating in accordance with the ISM Code. Provide decision to the USCG prior to departure from port. - 74 SOLAS (14) IX/3.1 and ISM CODE PART A/10.1 30abc
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 30 - Ship detained
Due 6 August 2018
Resolved 18 August 2018
Resolution: Accepted audit was conducted.