DISPATCHER

Pressure vessels over 5 cubic feet in volume and over 15 pounds per square inch maximum allowable working pressure (MAWP) must be equipped with an indicating pressure gauge (in a readily visible location) and with one or more spring-loaded relief valves. The total relieving capacity of such relief valves must prevent pressure from exceeding the MAWP, as established by the manufacturer, by more than 10 percent. The air receiver in the machinery space has an MAWP of 200 PSI and the relief valve is set at 250 PSI. Provide a relief valve that is set at a pressure below 10% of the MAWP.

Each towing vessel must be equipped with at least one fire axe that is readily accessible for use from the exterior of the vessel. Vessel is not fit with a fire axe. Install fire axe and provide evidence to the marine inspector.

The owner, managing operator, or master of a towing vessel must ensure that the vessel's lifesaving and fire suppression and detection equipment complies with the applicable requirements of parts 141 and 142 of this subchapter and is in good working order. The fire panel is inoperable. Repair and prove operational to the marine inspector.

Each towing vessel must have a reliable means to provide notification when an emergency condition exists or an essential system develops problems that require attention. No bilge alarms are installed. Install bilge alarms for each space. Prove proper operation to the attending Coast Guard Marine Inspector.

Each towing vessel must have a reliable means to provide notification when an emergency condition exists or an essential system develops problems that require attention. Vessel has hydraulic steering system. No hydraulic oil low level alarm is installed. Install alarm and prove proper operation to the attending Coast Guard Marine Inspector.

Each towing vessel must have a reliable means to provide notification when an emergency condition exists or an essential system develops problems that require attention. . No Engine high water temp alarm is installed. Install alarm and prove proper operation to the attending Coast Guard Marine Inspector.

Alarms must be visible and audible at each operating station. The alarm located at the operating station may be a summary alarm; if the alarm at the operating station is a summary alarm, the specific alarm condition must be indicated at the machinery or bilge location. No audible or visual machinery alarm is installed at the operating station. Install visual and audible alarms and prove proper operation to the attending Coast Guard Marine Inspector.

A towing vessel that is certificated for rivers, lakes, bays, and sounds, less than 3 nautical miles from shore on the Great Lakes. Must be equipped with either an approved 160-B semi-portable fire-extinguishing system to protect the engine room or a fixed fire-extinguishing system installed to protect the engine room. 46 CFR 136.110 defines a fixed fire system as a Co2 system that meets the requirements of 46 CFR 76.15. The Co2 system is manually actuated. 46 CFR 76.15-20(b) requires fully automatic actuation when the storage tank is located in the protected space. Provide proposal for re-locating the current tank or modifying the system for fully automatic actuation.

Means must be provided for stopping each fan in a ventilation system serving machinery spaces and for closing, in case of fire, each doorway, ventilator, and annular space around funnels and other openings into such spaces. Engine room ventilation on sides of stack does not have covers. Provide covers for engine room vents.

There must be an installed or portable bilge pump for emergency dewatering. Any portable pump must have sufficient hose length and pumping capability. All installed bilge piping must have a check/foot valve in each bilge suction that prevents unintended back flooding through bilge piping. Portable bilge pump hose is not long enough to reach all bilge spaces from the main deck. provide longer hose.