Expected delays due to Tropical Cyclone Alfred

Australia Post has closed multiple post offices across south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales and have temporarily paused delivery services across these areas.  This will cause delays in the dispatch and delivery of AMSA issued documents such as seafarer certificates.

 

Table 1 – Deficiency rate by Ship type

Category

 

 

 

 

 

Ship type

Inspections

Deficiencies

Detention rate

Detentions

Detention Rate

bulk carrier

5

13

2.60

0

0.0%

gas carrier

4

11

2.75

0

0.0%

general cargo/multi-purpose ship

1

2

2.00

0

0.0%

offshore service vessel

3

14

4.67

0

0.0%

oil tanker

2

3

1.50

1

50.0%

other types of ship

21

88

4.19

1

4.8%

passenger ship

5

4

0.80

0

0.0%

ro-ro cargo ship

7

6

0.86

0

0.0%

ro-ro passenger ship

4

6

1.50

0

0.0%

special purpose ship

6

9

1.50

0

0.0%

tugboat

37

108

2.92

1

2.7%

Total

95

264

2.78

3

3.2%

Table 2 – FSC RAV Deficiency rates by category and ship type

Ship type

Structural / equipment

Operational

Human factor

ISM

MLC

Total deficiencies

bulk carrier

1.60

.40

0.40

0.0

0.20

13

gas carrier

1.50

0.75

0.50

0.0

0.0

11

general cargo/multi-purpose ship

2.00

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

2

offshore service vessel

2.33

1.33

1.0

0.0

0.0

14

oil tanker

0.50

0.50

0.0

0.50

0.0

3

other types of ship

1.48

1.24

0.62

0.24

0.62

88

passenger ship

0.20

0.60

0.0

0.0

0.0

4

ro-ro cargo ship

0.29

0.14

0.29

0.0

0.14

6

ro-ro passenger ship

1.00

0.25

0.0

0.0

0.25

6

special purpose ship

0.67

0.67

0.0

0.0

0.17

9

Tugboat

1.08

1.11

0.35

0.05

0.32

108

Totals for 2022

106

86

35

8

29

264

2022 category deficiency rates

1.12

0.9

0.36

0.08

0.31

 

Table 3 Detainable deficiencies by category

 

2021

 

2022

 

Category

Number of deficiencies

Share of detention

Number of deficiencies

Share of detentions

Emergency Systems

2

28.6%

1

20%

ISM

1

14.3%

2

50%

Fire Safety

2

28.66%

0

0%

Certificates and Documentation

0

0%

1

25%

Other

1

14.3%

0

0%

MARPOL Annex IV

1

14.3%

0

0%

Table 4 - PSC of Australian ships

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

Inspections

Detentions

Detention rate

Inspections

Detentions

Detention rate

2

1

50%

1

100%

100%