USCG and ABS you are on notice that you failed miserably in your duty to properly inspect this ship. The lifesaving equipment on this ship needs an immediate thorough inspection. Hop to it.

Dear lord… . . I remember doing Safety Equipment Certificate inspections on some vessels. One, in particular. . the Captain and Mate told me that they do weekly boat drills. I wanted the outboard boat lowered to the boat deck. . . After about 20 minutes of hammering on the sheaves. . . Maybe US fl…

Yes. You’re right. US flag deepsea vessels (there are only 70 of them) should be subjected to frequent USCG Port State Control inspections. I think the USCG PSC inspector’s would very quickly come up with a “white list,” “gray list,” and “black list” of US deepsea vessels.

[image] The lifeboat wall of shame Yes. You’re right. US flag deepsea vessels (there are only 70 of them) should be subjected to frequent USCG Port State Control inspections. I can’t speak for all deep-sea ships but in my experience if you’re sailing foreign the ship is going to be subject to …

The MOU require a Port State inspection every six months but some ports carry out an inspection regardless of how recent the previous inspection was notably USA, Canada and Australia. I was just enjoying an afternoon nap after 18-20 hours of pre arrival, officials and port state inspection plus cla…

[image] The lifeboat wall of shame California Fish and Game inspectors Ohhh… those guys are not my favorite people!

[image] The lifeboat wall of shame The MOU require a Port State inspection every six months but some ports carry out an inspection regardless of how recent the previous inspection was notably USA, Canada and Australia. That’s not quite correct. Each MOU region has it’s own criteria, in some ca…

And since USA is not part of any of the MOUs the USCG play by it’s own rules and do not care if the ship was inspected by any MOU. What is the USCG criteria for PSC inspections, other than being a foreign flag vessel calling at a US port? If a ship has been inspected in Vancouver yesterday, will i…

[image] ombugge: And since USA is not part of any of the MOUs the USCG play by it’s own rules and do not care if the ship was inspected by any MOU. If the U.S. formed it’s own MOU area which included all the U.S. port states and the Coast Guard continued to share data between U.S. ports, how…

The difference is that The United States of America is one entity in the eyes of the world. You did not address the other questions I asked, though.

[image] ombugge: You did not address the other questions I asked, though. That’s because I figured it would be a long unrewarding slog, not worth the time and effort.

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Ohhh… those guys are not my favorite people!

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