Question

(a) State the various documents pertaining to a ship that a port state control inspector would ask for during port state control inspection (10)

(b) If your vessel gets detained by the PSC owing to a deficiency, what would be your action for redressal (10)

Answer 1

Part (a)

State the various documents pertaining to a ship that a port state control inspector would ask for during port state control inspection.

(Refer to the detailed answer for 6883707ba155e368bbe20d6b.) The PSC inspector would ask for:

International certificates: Tonnage, Load Line, Safety Construction, Safety Equipment, Safety Radio (or combined Cargo Ship Safety Certificate), IOPPC, IAPPC, ISPPC, NLS, Energy Efficiency (IEEC), AFS, BWM, MLC Certificate and DMLC, ISM DOC & SMC, ISSC, Minimum Safe Manning, Certificate of Registry/Sea-worthiness, Class certificate, radio licence, and STCW/medical endorsements for crew.
Statutory plans/records: Fire Control Plan, muster list, SOPEP/SMPEP, Garbage Management Plan & Record Book, Oil Record Book, BWM Plan & Record, NOx Technical File, SEEMP, VDR/records, chart/ECDIS corrections, GMDSS log, crew list.
ISM records: internal audit reports, drill records, near-miss/incident reports, master's review, maintenance records, emergency exercise records.
Crew certificates: COC/COP/STCW endorsements, medical fitness, rest-hour records, seafarer employment agreements.
Logbooks/records: official log, engine log, watchkeeping records, and the testing records (emergency generator, steering gear, lifeboat/lifesaving, OWS, etc.).

Part (b)

If your vessel gets detained by the PSC owing to a deficiency, what would be your action for redressal.

(Refer to the detailed answer for 6883707ba155e368bbe20d6b.) Immediately rectify the deficiency and inform the shipowner/DPA; put in place a corrective action plan; request a re-inspection and departure clearance when rectified; if the detention is unjust, invoke the appeal/redress procedure under national law and the MOU's appeal mechanism, request a re-inspection by a higher authority, keep detailed evidence, report to the flag State, and use the RO surveyors to verify; carry out a root-cause analysis and update the SMS to prevent recurrence. Genuine deficiencies must be corrected; an appeal is appropriate only where the detention is demonstrably unreasonable.

✓ Verified Model Answer (Text Solution)

State the various documents pertaining to a ship that a port state control inspector would ask for during port state control inspection.

If your vessel gets detained by the PSC owing to a deficiency, what would be your action for redressal.