1. United States Coast Guard “Quality Shipping: XXI Century Standard, Seafaring Careers: Raising the Profile” St. Petersburg: 22-23 October 2008 Jeff Lantz Director of Commercial Vessel Regulations and Standards

2. United States Coast Guard Mariner Shortage – Why?  Lifestyle  Compensation  Unappreciated and undervalued *  Treatment *  Increased bureaucracy  Increased requirements and standards  Criminalization  Militarization * - Regulatory agency has influence

3. United States Coast Guard Regulatory agency – US Coast Guard Interaction with mariner  Licensing  Surveys and inspections on US flag ships  PSC examinations – safety, environmental, security  Investigations

4. United States Coast Guard Coast Guard Marine Safety Program  Coast Guard’s performance in Marine Safety Program came under attack in 2007  Vice Admiral Jim Card report – 16 Nov 2007  “Honor the mariner”

5. United States Coast Guard ADM Allen’s message – 28 Feb 2008  “USCG ACTIVITIES INVOLVING U.S. AND FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL MARINERS AND MARITIME ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE CONDUCTED WITH UTMOST PROFESSIONALISM AND RESPECT.”  “LICENSED AND DOCUMENTED MARINERS ARE PROFESSIONALS WHO SHARE OUR INTERESTS IN A SAFE, SECURE, AND ENVIRONMENTALLY COMPLIANT INDUSTRY.“  “UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE RECEIVED REPORTS FROM HIGHLY RESPECTEDPROFESSIONALS RECOUNTING COAST GUARD BOARDINGS, INSPECTIONS, AND INVESTIGATIONS NOT DISPLAYING PROFESSIONALISM. “  “WE MUST CHANGE THIS PERCEPTION. “

6. United States Coast Guard Marine Safety Performance Plan www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg54/mspp.asp Goals & Objectives  Goal 1 – Reduce Maritime Casualties  Goal 2 – Improve Service to Mariners, Industry & Public  Goal 3 – Improve Program Process & Management  Goal 4 – Improve Human Resource Capability Adm. Thad Allen, Commandant of the Coast Guard, looks out onto the decks of a chemical carrier during a safety and security inspection June 4, 2007.

7. United States Coast Guard Marine Safety Performance Plan www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg54/mspp.asp Performance Initiatives  Superior Workforce  Superb Service Delivery  Quality Management Increase Rulemaking Capacity Expand Professional Marine Safety Training and Education.

8. United States Coast Guard Superior Workforce  Increase Marine Inspector And Investigator Capacity  Strengthen Marine Inspection And Investigation Consistency By Adding Civilian Positions  Increase Accessions From Maritime Institutions  Strengthen Marine Safety Career Paths  Expand Professional Marine Safety Training And Education  Expand Opportunities For Maritime Industry Training  Enhance Engineering Capacity

9. United States Coast Guard Superb Service Delivery  Establish Centers Of Expertise  Improve Information Technology Systems  Increase Rulemaking Capacity To Expedite Regulatory Implementation  Improve Mariner Credentialing  Conduct Independent Evaluation

10. United States Coast Guard Quality Management  Improve Management Accountability  Strengthen Program Management  Develop A Balanced Scorecard  Implement A Quality Management System

11. United States Coast Guard Coast Guard Compliance Efforts  Education  Outreach with Regulated Community  International Engagement  Foreign Government Capacity Building  Research  Interagency Coordination  Enforcement

12. United States Coast Guard Options for Enforcement  Informal Corrective Actions  Port State Control Action  Notice of Violation (ticket)  Civil Penalties  Criminal Prosecution

13. United States Coast Guard Environmental Crime Prosecution The Coast Guard has historically referred cases for criminal prosecution for:  Knowing criminal violations;  Criminal false statements and other deliberate concealment;  Obstruction of justice and tampering with evidence;  Failure to report known pollution, or;  Gross Negligence

14. United States Coast Guard Fair Treatment of Seafarer Witnesses  Issue arises in midst of need to conduct thorough investigation in timely manner.  Often hampered by active efforts to obstruct investigation and intimidate witnesses.  Consistent efforts by USCG and DOJ to –  Gain cooperation of owner/operator to maintain necessary witnesses so as to minimize disruption to vessel’s schedule.  Expedite investigations.  Utilize available procedures to memorialize testimony and permit early release of mariner witnesses.  USCG Commandant is personally briefed on the status of witnesses each week.  Key US Government concern in each and every case.

15. United States Coast Guard How are we doing?  BIMCO survey  Compared latest US ship inspection with most recent non-US inspection  30% had received “unprofessional” or “disrespectful” inspections somewhere in the world in last 24 months  95% reported most recent inspection in US had been “professional” and “respectful”  77% had noted improvement in the attitude of US Coast Guard personnel  Long way to go!  U.S. Coast Guard Performance Plan

16. United States Coast Guard Thank you!

17. United States Coast Guard Coast Guard PSC Boardings Additional slides

18. United States Coast Guard 2006/2007 PSC Statistics 20062007Increase/decrease PSC Safety and Environmental Protection Detentions 11015238% Increase PSC Examinations10,13610,4232.8% Increase ISPS Major Control Actions 354220% Increase ISPS Examinations9,0538,9011.7% Decrease PSC Rolling Detention Ratio 2006: 1.78% PSC Rolling Detention Ratio 2007: 1.60% Security Major Control Action Ratio 2006: 0.43% 1 Security Major Control Action Ratio 2007: 0.53 1

19. United States Coast Guard 2008 PSC Statistics 20072008 Jan – Jul PSC Safety and Environmental Protection Detentions 152121 ISPS Major Control Actions 3523 Increased Detention and Major Control Action

20. United States Coast Guard Qualship 21 Registries for 2008 BarbadosHong Kong Belgium*India* BelizeIsrael BermudaMalaysia* Bulgaria*Marshall Island CanadaNorway ChinaPhilippines* France*Republic of Korea GermanySweden Gibraltar*United Kingdom Greece * Require submission of Self-Assessment Form to be fully qualified

21. United States Coast Guard PSC Conditions of Entry  Countries affected:  Cuba  Cameroon*  Equatorial Guinea*  Guinea-Bissau  Indonesia*  Iran  Liberia*  Mauritania*  Syria * = contains some exempted ports