# Fuel hose testing

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/fuel-hose-testing/59009>\
**Category:** Scuttlebutt\
**Created:** [April 6, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/fuel-hose-testing/59009 "2021-04-06T12:30:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![CookingatSea](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/cookingatsea/32/3489_2.png) [@CookingatSea](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/CookingatSea)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/fuel-hose-testing/59009/1 "2021-04-06T12:30:06Z")

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In reference to fuel hose testing intervals, 33 CFR156.170 says , “for vessels, annually or as part of the biennial and mid-period inspections”. Maybe I just don’t understand the terminology. Who would designate a mid-period inspection if we’re being annually inspected by the USCG? Or can the vessel just decide they want to do it every 2 years instead of annually? Appreciate any insight here.

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**Author:** ![HailToTheVictors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bc79bd/32.png) [@HailToTheVictors](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/HailToTheVictors)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/fuel-hose-testing/59009/2 "2021-04-06T12:56:41Z")

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That’s a relic of the old CG unmanned tank barge inspection regime where the COI was a two-year certificate with a biennial COI inspection and a mid-period inspection on the off-years. A strange way of saying annually, or for unmanned tank barges, also annually.

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**Author:** ![CookingatSea](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/cookingatsea/32/3489_2.png) [@CookingatSea](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/CookingatSea)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/fuel-hose-testing/59009/3 "2021-04-06T13:17:03Z")

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Thank you.