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PORT STATE CONTROL IN THE UK

PORT STATE CONTROL IN THE UK. Patrick Dolby Inspection Operations Manager UK MCA pat.dolby@mcga.gov.uk. PSC IN THE UK. CONSISTENCY PSC AND ISM SEAFARER FATIGUE. FACTS. UK MCA Comprises: 3 regions (West, East, SCOTNI) 17 individual Marine Offices

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PORT STATE CONTROL IN THE UK

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  1. PORT STATE CONTROL IN THE UK Patrick Dolby Inspection Operations Manager UK MCA pat.dolby@mcga.gov.uk

  2. PSC IN THE UK • CONSISTENCY • PSC AND ISM • SEAFARER FATIGUE

  3. 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

  4. FACTS

  5. CONSISTENCY • Peer Review • Annual Surveyors Seminar • Liaison with HQ • Training • Limited number of PSCOs

  6. PSC AND ISM The UK feels there is a strong link between ISM and PSC and has gained experience of this over many years.

  7. 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.

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. PSC AND ISM The most common ISM detainable deficiencies recorded are: • Sec 8 Emergency Preparedness • Sec 10 Maintenance of Ship & Equipment

  11. 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

  12. 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.

  13. 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: …………”

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. THE END THANK YOU FOR LISTENING

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