Key Points

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)

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

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