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. 200620072008 UK INSPECTIONS170016471820 UK DETENTIONS858671 UK % DETS5.0%5.2%3.9% PARIS MOU INSP216102292624647 PARIS MOU DET122413181220 PARIS MOU % DET5.7% 4.95% 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. All DefsISM Defs%ISM 2006108528326.08 2007104732330.85 2008116029725.60

8. 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.

9. 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

10. 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

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

12. 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

13. 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.

14. 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: …………”

15. 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

16. 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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