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  • 82 per cent increase in the number of detentions of DCVs, from 22 in 2021 to 62 in 2022.
  • The inspection rate of RAVs remains consistent at 95 per year. The number of detainable deficiencies identified on RAVs fell by 43 per cent (from seven in 2021 to four in 2022).
  • 1,181 bulk carriers were inspected with 3,446 deficiencies issued resulting in 76 detentions. The detention rate for bulk carriers increased to 6.4 per cent from 6.1 per cent in 2021.
  • Container ships continue to perform poorly, being in the top five detained ship types for three years, and accounting for nearly 15 per cent of arrivals in 2022. 
Table 1 – Overview of all inspections

 

DCV - FSC

2021

2022

When compared to 2021

 

DCV inspections

Total DCV inspections

2,516

2,671

6.16%

(an increase of 155)

 

Total defiiciencies

7,311

8,769

19.94%

(an increase of 1,458)

Priority3

Priority 1 inspections

990

993

0.3%

(an increase of 3)

 

Priority 2 inspections

581

522

-10.2%

(a decrease of 59)

 

Priority 3 inspections

356

374

5.1%

(an increase of 18)

 

Priority 4 inspections

439

745

67.7%

(an increase of 306)

Deficiencies

Total detainable deficiencies

57

149

161.4%

(an increase of 92)

 

Rate of deficiencies per inspection

2.91

3.28

12.98%

(an increase of 0.38)

Detentions

Total detentions

22

62

181.8%

(an increase of 40)

 

Detentions as a % of total inspections

0.87%

2.32%

164.5%

(an increase of 1.45% of inspections)

 

RAV - FSC

2021

2022

When compared to 2021

 

RAV - FSC inspections

Total FSC inspections

95

95

0.0%

0

 

Total deficiencies

254

264

3.94%

(an increase of 10)

Deficiencies

Total detainable deficiencies

7

4

-42.86%

(a decrease of 3)

 

Rate of deficiencies per inspection

2.67

2.78

3.94%

(an increase of 0.11)

Detentions

Total detentions

3

3

0%

0

 

Detentions as a % of total inspections

3.16%

3.16%

0%

0

 

PSC

2021

2022

When compared to 2021

 

Arrivals

Total arrivals

26,400

26,774

1.42%

(an increase of 374)

 

Individual ships which made those arrivals

6,170

6,042

-2.07%

(a decrease of 128)

 

Ships eligible for PSC inspection

5,995

5,884

-1.85%

(a decrease of 111)

PSC inspections

Total PSC inspections

2,820

2,405

-14.72%

(a decrease of 415)

 

Total PSC inspections - by individual ships

2,567

2,167

-15.58%

(a decrease of 400)

 

Inspection rate of eligible ships %

42.8%

36.8%

-14.02%

(a decrease of 14%)

 

Total deficiencies

6,242

6,216

-0.42%

(a decrease of 26)

Priority

Priority 1 inspection rate

84.8%

88.5%

4.4%

(an increase of 3.7%)

 

Priority 2 inspection rate

63.4%

68.9%

8.7%

(an increase of 5.5%)

 

Priority 3 inspection rate

44.5%

43.9%

-1.3%

(a decrease of 0.6%)

 

Priority 4 inspection rate

30.6%

24.5%

-20%

(a decrease of 6.1%)

Deficiencies

Total detainable deficiencies

221

220

-0.45%

(a decrease of 1)

 

Rate of deficiencies per inspection

2.2

2.58

17.27%

(an increase of 0.38)

Detentions

Total detentions

159

145

-8.81%

(a decrease of 14)

 

Detentions as a % of total inspections

5.6%

6.0%

7.14%

(an increase of 0.4% of inspections)

 

Footnotes

3 37 vessels inspected with unknown priority in 2022, 150 vessels inspected with unknown priority in 2021