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PORT STATE CONTROL IN
THE UK
Patrick Dolby
Inspection Operations Manager
UK MCA
[email protected]
PSC IN THE UK
• CONSISTENCY
• PSC AND ISM
• SEAFARER FATIGUE
FACTS
UK MCA Comprises:
• 3 regions (West, East, SCOTNI)
• 17 individual Marine Offices
• 100 surveyors (carry out both flag and port
State surveys/inspections)
• Approx 6500 individual ships calls/year
FACTS
2006
2007
2008
UK INSPECTIONS
1700
1647
1820
UK DETENTIONS
85
86
71
UK % DETS
5.0%
5.2%
3.9%
PARIS MOU INSP
21610 22926 24647
PARIS MOU DET
1224
1318
1220
PARIS MOU % DET 5.7%
5.7%
4.95%
CONSISTENCY
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Peer Review
Annual Surveyors Seminar
Liaison with HQ
Training
Limited number of PSCOs
PSC AND ISM
The UK feels there is a strong link between
ISM and PSC and has gained experience
of this over many years.
All Defs
ISM Defs
%ISM
2006
1085
283
26.08
2007
1047
323
30.85
2008
1160
297
25.60
PSC AND ISM
• PSCO’s are rarely engaged in anything
more than a superficial examination of the
SMS, during a PSC inspection, in other
words - they sample. If they find a
breakdown in the system in a (random)
sampling process, it will generally indicate
a more fundamental failure in the system.
PSC AND ISM
• Unlike an ISM Audit PSCOs do not undertake
direct verifications of a foreign ship’s SMS
• They apply knowledge of the ISM Code when
undertaking a PSC
• They observe what is going on around them
when walking around the ship and question what
appears to be incorrect
• They are not entitled to see ship’s audit reports
PSC AND ISM
• Once a ship is detained this can be linked
to a failure of the SMS, both hardware and
operational deficiencies
• A number of non–detainable deficiencies
can collectively indicate a failure of the
SMS and could warrant detention
PSC AND ISM
The most common ISM detainable
deficiencies recorded are:
• Sec 8 Emergency Preparedness
• Sec 10 Maintenance of Ship & Equipment
FATIGUE
• UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch
(MAIB) – concerns with seafarer fatigue.
• Many nautical accidents around UK coast
directly attributable to seafarer fatigue
• Similar pattern emerged
At 0515, on 29 June 2003, the general dry cargo
vessel Jambo ran aground, and subsequently
sank, at the entrance to Loch Broom on the west
coast of Scotland. The vessel was carrying
3,300 tonnes of zinc concentrate, prompting
fears of an environmental disaster (Report
27/2003). This was the latest in a series of
remarkably similar accidents, the common
features of which included fatigued officers,
one man bridge operation at night, missed
course alterations, no watch alarms,
master/mate manning, 6on/6off.
FATIGUE
STCW Code Part A Section A-VIII/2
“13A proper look-out shall be maintained at
all times in compliance with rule 5 of the
International Regulations for Preventing
Collisions at Sea, 1972 and shall serve the
purpose of: …………”
FATIGUE
3 Year Ministerial Target
Seafarer Fatigue: The MCA’s aim is to work with
the shipping industry and seafarer unions to
develop a coherent strategy to reduce seafarer
fatigue, as an aspect of the welfare of seafarers
and a factor in marine accidents, by:
• more rigorous inspection on board ship of hours
of work/rest schedules and records
FATIGUE
• Excel spreadsheet that calculates hours of
rest/work issued to surveyors
• Check official log to verify correct
recording of hours of rest/work
• Enforcement action – Detention?
Prohibition Notice, Improvement Notice
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