Appendix 2: DCV Inspection Data

Table 1 - DCV Inspections by Office (top 15)
	2021	2022	% of total in 2022
Brisbane	264	275	10.3%
Sydney	118	268	10.0%
Airlie/Mackay	252	263	9.8%
Fremantle	251	235	8.8%
Cairns	262	206	7.7%
Hobart	128	171	6.4%
Adelaide	171	153	5.7%
Melbourne	70	137	5.1%
Gladstone	126	130	4.9%
Darwin	198	104	3.9%
Port Kembla	6	98	3.7%
Coffs Harbour	107	93	3.5%
Geraldton	104	62	2.3%
Newcastle	49	43	1.6%
State based agencies	177	330	12.4%

Table 2 - DCV inspections by state
State/territory	2021	2022
Queensland	951	859
New South Wales	450	792
Western Australia	442	349
Tasmania	168	193
Victoria	95	165
South Australia	170	146
Northern Territory	193	105
Other / Not stated	37	53
ACT	10	9
Total	2516	2671

Table 3 – DCV Deficiencies by Deficiency Category
Category	2021 Deficiencies	2022 Deficiencies	2022 Share %	Trend
Life-Saving Appliances	1805	2115	24.12%	↑
SMS	1044	1843	21.02%	↑
Fire Safety	1150	1410	16.08%	↑
Structural Conditions	669	733	8.36%	↑
Certificates & Documentation	554	651	7.42%	↑
Labour Conditions	531	579	6.60%	↑
Safety of Navigation	480	495	5.64%	↑
Radio Communications	423	296	3.38%	↓
Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery	251	269	3.07%	↑
Water/Weather-Tight	251	223	2.54%	↓
Alarms	23	59	0.67%	↑
Emergency Systems	44	57	0.65%	↑
Pollution Prevention	17	31	0.35%	↑
Dangerous Goods	10	8	0.09%	↓
Other	59	0	0.00%	↓
Total	7311	8769		↑

Table 4 – DCV Inspections by Vessel Class
	2021		2022
Vessel Type	Inspections	% of Inspections	Inspections	% of Inspections
Class 1 Passenger	477	18.96%	593	22.20%
Class 2 Non-Passenger	1048	41.65%	1010	37.81%
Class 3 Fishing	731	29.05%	826	30.92%
Class 4 Hire and Drive	217	8.62%	242	9.06%
Unknown	43	1.71%	0	0.00%
Total	2516		2671

Note: Class is that valid at the time of inspection

Table 5 – 2022 DCV Deficiencies by Vessel Class and Deficiency Category
Vessel type	Structural/ equipment	Operational	Human factor	SMS	Labour Conditions	Total deficiencies
Class 1 - Passenger	1109	345	52	526	142	2174
Class 2 - Non-Passenger	1535	476	57	735	152	2955
Class 3 - Fishing	1774	500	54	464	229	3021
Class 4 - Hire and Drive	337	97	11	118	56	619
Total	4755	1418	174	1843	579	8769
Deficiency Rate	1.78	0.53	0.07	0.69	0.22	3.28

Note: Class is that valid at the time of inspection

Table 6 – 2022 DCV Deficiencies Rates by Vessel Class
Vessel type	Inspections	Deficiencies	Deficiency Rate	Detainable Deficiencies	Share of Detainable Deficiencies
Class 1 - Passenger	593	2174	3.67	49	32.9%
Class 2 - Non-Passenger	1010	2955	2.93	27	18.1%
Class 3 - Fishing	826	3021	3.66	71	47.7%
Class 4 - Hire and Drive	242	619	2.56	2	1.3%
Total	2671	8769	3.28	149

Note: AMSA’s processes for recording detainable deficiencies on DCVs was amended in July 2022 and thus the above detainable deficiency data is only for part of the year

Table 7 – DCV Detainable Deficiencies by Deficiency Category
	2021		2022
Deficiency Category	Detainable deficiencies	Category share of detainable deficiencies	Detainable Deficiencies	Category share of Detainable deficiencies
Structural Conditions	18	31.58%	36	24.16%
SMS	6	10.53%	35	23.49%
Life-Saving Appliances	8	14.04%	27	18.12%
Fire Safety	5	8.77%	13	8.72%
Certificates & Documentation	4	7.02%	8	5.37%
Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery	2	3.51%	10	6.71%
Labour Conditions	6	10.53%	5	3.36%
Safety of Navigation	3	5.26%	8	5.37%
Water/Weather-Tight	3	5.26%	3	2.01%
Radio Communications	2	3.51%	3	2.01%
Alarms	0	0%	1	0.67%
Total	57		149

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