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Appendix 2: DCV Inspection Data

Table 1 - DCV inspections by office (top 15)

2022		2023		% of total in 2023
Brisbane	275	Sydney	250	9.4%
Sydney	268	Cairns	233	8.8%
Airlie/Mackay	263	Brisbane	228	8.6%
Fremantle	235	Fremantle	199	7.5%
Cairns	206	Hobart	199	7.5%
Hobart	171	Airlie/Mackay	182	6.9%
Adelaide	153	Newcastle	126	4.7%
Melbourne	137	Townsville	124	4.7%
Gladstone	130	Adelaide	107	4.0%
Darwin	104	Port Kembla	105	4.0%
Port Kembla	98	Gladstone	102	3.8%
Coffs Harbour	93	Geraldton	100	3.8%
Geraldton	62	Melbourne	92	3.5%
Newcastle	43	Coffs Harbour	88	3.3%
State based agencies	330	State based agencies	305	11.5%

Table 2 - DCV inspections by state

State/territory	2022	2023
Queensland	859	838
New South Wales	792	821
Western Australia	349	386
Tasmania	193	225
Victoria	165	137
South Australia	146	107
Northern Territory	105	75
Other / Not stated	53	65
ACT	9	10
Total	2671	2654

Table 3 – DCV deficiencies by deficiency type

Deficiency type	2022 Deficiencies	2023 Deficiencies	2023 Share %	Trend
Life-Saving Appliances	2115	2214	22.7%	↑
SMS	1843	1927	19.8%	↑
Fire Safety	1410	1468	15.1%	↑
Structural Conditions	733	925	9.5%	↑
Certificates & Documentation	651	653	6.7%	↑
Safety of Navigation	495	636	6.5%	↑
Labour Conditions	579	595	6.1%	↑
Radio Communications	296	460	4.7%	↑
Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery	269	359	3.7%	↑
Water/Weather-Tight	223	248	2.5%	↑
Alarms	59	90	0.9%	↑
Emergency Systems	57	58	0.6%	↑
Pollution Prevention	31	35	0.6%	↑
Dangerous Goods	8	10	0.4%	↑
Total	8769	9733

Table 4 – DCV Inspections by Vessel Class

	2022		2023
Vessel Type	Inspections	% of Inspections	Inspections	% of Inspections
Class 1 Passenger	593	22.2%	432	16.3%
Class 2 Non-Passenger	1010	37.8%	1123	42.3%
Class 3 Fishing	826	30.9%	845	31.8%
Class 4 Hire and Drive	242	9.1%	224	8.4%
Unknown	0	0.0%	30	1.1%
Total	2671		2654

Note: Class is that valid at the time of inspection

Table 5 – 2023 DCV Deficiencies by Vessel Class and Deficiency Category

Vessel type	Structural/ equipment	Operational	Human factor	SMS	Labour Conditions	Total
Class 1 - Passenger	1028	340	47	381	100	1896
Class 2 - Non-Passenger	2082	625	73	857	222	3859
Class 3 - Fishing	1793	585	61	524	209	3172
Class 4 - Hire and Drive	441	108	6	158	63	776
Unknown	14	7	1	7	1	30
Total	5358	1665	188	1927	595	9733
Deficiency Rate	2.02	0.63	0.07	0.73	0.22	3.67

Note: Class is that valid at the time of inspection

Table 6 – 2023 DCV Deficiencies Rates by Vessel Class

Vessel type	Inspections	Deficiencies	Deficiency Rate	Detainable Deficiencies	Share of Detainable Deficiencies
Class 1 - Passenger	432	1896	4.39	55	25.0%
Class 2 - Non-Passenger	1123	3859	3.44	75	34.1%
Class 3 - Fishing	845	3172	3.75	76	34.5%
Class 4 - Hire and Drive	224	776	3.46	14	6.4%
Unknown	30	30	1.00	0	0%
Total	2654	9733	3.67	220

Table 7 – DCV Detainable Deficiencies by Deficiency Category

	2022		2023
Deficiency Type	2022 Detainable Deficiencies	2022 Category Share of Detainable deficiencies	2023 Detainable Deficiencies	2023 Category share of Detainable deficiencies
Structural Conditions	36	24.16%	49	22.27%
SMS	35	23.49%	43	19.55%
Fire Safety	13	8.72%	40	18.18%
Life-Saving Appliances	27	18.12%	26	11.82%
Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery	10	6.71%	22	10.00%
Certificates & Documentation	8	5.37%	18	8.18%
Water/Weather-Tight	3	2.01%	9	4.09%
Labour Conditions	5	3.36%	7	3.18%
Radio Communications	3	2.01%	3	1.36%
Safety of Navigation	8	5.37%	3	1.36%
Structural Conditions	36	24.16%	49	22.27%
Total	149		220

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Appendix 2: DCV Inspection Data