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Inspections Report 2022

An analysis of inspections on all Australian-flagged vessels and foreign-flagged ships in Australia in 2022.

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Contents
Inspections Report 2022
Purpose of this report
Year in review
Key Points
Inspection, detention, and deficiency rates
Appendix 1: PSC Inspection Data
Appendix 2: DCV Inspection Data
Appendix 3: FSC Inspection Data

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Purpose of this report

Australia has one of the world’s largest mixed-market economies and the largest continental landmass surrounded by
water. Australia’s national livelihood depends on ensuring maritime trade to, from and around the country remains safe
and compliant with all relevant international conventions. Australia relies on sea transport for most of its imports and
exports by weight. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s robust port and flag State control processes are an
essential element in ensuring the safe operation of all vessels, the protection of the marine environment, and protecting
seafarers and passengers’ onboard vessels.

This report will be used to assist in our data driven, risk-based approach to compliance, and the data will be considered
as part of producing the next National Compliance Plan.

This report summarises the inspection activities of AMSA, detailing the performance of commercial shipping companies,
flag States, Recognized Organizations (ROs) and vessel types.

AMSA is a statutory authority established under the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 (the AMSA Act).

AMSA’s principal functions are:

promoting maritime safety and protection of the marine environment

protecting life at sea by enforcing the safe operation of ships
preventing and combatting ship-sourced pollution in the marine environment
providing infrastructure to support safety of navigation in Australian waters
providing a national search and rescue service to the maritime and aviation sectors.

To meet public expectations, AMSA is empowered to perform compliance and enforcement functions, regulating
maritime trade in Australia through the implementation of rigorous flag State control (FSC) and port State control (PSC)
regimes. The inspection of domestic commercial vessels is carried out under the National Law Act 2012 and the
inspection of regulated Australian vessels (RAVs) and foreign flagged ships is carried out under the Navigation Act 2012.
Professional and consistent FSC and PSC regimes are essential in ensuring vessels comply with the minimum standards

of maritime safety, seafarer welfare and protection of Australia’s 34,0001 kilometer coastline (excluding approximately
12,000 islands) from environmental damage).

AMSA works in close cooperation with Australian state authorities, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and
PSC partner nations across the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean regions, sharing information and actively participating in
international policy development. These efforts are aimed at ensuring AMSA remains a transparent, trusted and
consistent member of the maritime community, both nationally and internationally.

As the flag State for Australian ships, AMSA is responsible for maintaining the operational safety standard of Australian-
registered ships, wherever in the world they may be operating. AMSA undertakes the inspection of Australian ships in
Australia and overseas (when these ships do not regularly call at Australian ports).

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As the information related to AMSA’s inspection activities is used by a diverse range of stakeholders on a regular basis,
AMSA delivers this information via the AMSA website (amsa.gov.au). This includes current shipping trends and emerging
issues. We also detail and promulgate government regulations and important information through marine orders and
marine notices respectively. Australia is a member of both the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean Memorandum of
Understandings (Tokyo MOU and IOMOU) and all PSC information can be found in their databases. This includes ship
detentions and ongoing PSC activities.

Office locations

Footnotes

1
Geoscience Australia, Australia's Coasts and Estuaries

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Year in review

AMSA inspectors undertook the following in 2022;

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2,671 initial DCV inspections on DCVs

95 initial FSC inspections on RAVs
2,405 initial PSC inspections on 2,167 foreign flagged ships.
1,122 follow up inspections on foreign flagged ships
54 follow up inspections on Australian RAVs

There was a 6.2 per cent increase in the number of initial DCV inspections conducted by AMSA. This is the most
inspections conducted since AMSA assumed service delivery of the national system.

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There was a nearly 20 per cent increase in the number of deficiencies issued to DCVs, from 7,311 in 2021 to 8,769 in
2022.

There was a 182 per cent increase in the total detentions2 of DCVs, up from 22 detentions in 2021 to 62 detentions in
2022.

The number of initial FSC RAV inspections remained the same as 2021, at 95.

Australian ships underwent two initial PSC inspections overseas, with one inspection resulting in a detention.

AMSA seeks to focus its inspection efforts on those ships considered a higher risk to Australia.

While there was a 14.7 per cent decrease in the number of initial PSC inspections, AMSA increased the inspection rate of
Priority 1 (P1) ships, inspecting 88.5 per cent of all eligible arrivals of P1 ships. We decreased the inspection rate of
Priority 4 (P4) ships, inspecting 24.5 per cent of eligible arrivals. The PSC results show that there was a slight increase in
the detention rate of ships from 5.6 per cent in 2021 to 6.0 per cent in 2022. The peak detention rate was in 2011 with
9.2 per cent. The 2022 detention rate is consistent with the 10-year rolling average of 6.0 per cent.

The average PSC deficiencies per inspection increased from 2.2 per cent in 2021 to 2.58 per cent in 2022. This is
significantly higher than the 10-year rolling average of 2.3 deficiencies per inspection.

AMSA’s DCV inspection processes continue to be imbedded into normal operations. The increase in detentions of DCVs
reflects the importance AMSA places on protecting crew, passengers and the marine environment.

The reduction in the number of initial PSC inspections, with the increase in detention rate shows that AMSA is directing
resources towards ships of a higher priority, while not inspecting ships of a lower priority.

Footnotes

2 DCV detentions in this report include where any National Law notice was issued stopping the vessel from operating
until rectification of a deficiency

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Key Points
182 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

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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

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Inspection, detention, and deficiency rates

Table 2 – Comparison between each regulated community

PSC FSC (RAV) DCV Total

Total inspections 2,405 95 2,671 5,171

Total deficiencies 145 3 62 210

Detention % 6.0% 3.16% 2.32% 4.1%

Total deficiencies 6216 264 8769 15,249

Deficiencies per inspection 2.58 2.78 3.28 2.95

*DCV detentions include prohibition or direction to not operate due to deficient condition

Priority Groups – How do we prioritise inspections?

AMSA applies a dynamic risk profiling system to assist in allocating PSC inspection resources in the most effective
manner. The risk factor does not mean the ship is a high risk as such, it is simply a statistical tool to prioritise inspections.
AMSA’s risk calculation uses multiple criteria to categorise ships into four priority groups, to calculate a risk factor for the
‘probability of detention’. Each group has a specific target inspection rate as shown below.

Table 3 & 4 show the prioritization of inspection for PSC & DCVs.

FSC (RAV) Target inspection rate

Regulated Australian Vessels (RAVs) are eligible for inspection every six (6) months, similar to the eligibility of foreign
ships for PSC inspections. AMSA applies the same algorithm to RAVs as to PSC inspections. AMSA’s National Compliance
Plan (NCP) identified that we would focus on inspecting Australian ships that have not visited an Australian port within
eight (8) months previously, based on their risk profile. As COVID-19 restrictions ease globally, AMSA will prioritise the
inspection of Australian ships that operate overseas, in accordance with their risk profile.

Table 3 –PSC Target inspection rate

Priority group Risk factor Target inspection rate Actual inspection rate Inspection rate with no deficiency
(probability of detention)

Priority 1 6 or higher 80% 88.5% 35.5%

Priority 2 4 or 5 60% 68.9% 41.2%

Priority 3 2 or 3 40% 43.9% 35.3%

Priority 4 0 or 1 20% 24.5% 46.4%

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Table 4 – DCV Target inspection rates. Example from 2022-23 Financial Year:
Priority group Risk score Target inspection rate Min inspection frequency

Priority 1 ≥19 80% Eligible every 12 months

Priority 2 17-18 30% Eligible every 24 months

Priority 3 15-16 10% Eligible every 48 months

Priority 4 0-14 2% Eligible every 60 months

For DCVs, targeting is calculated for the Australian financial year (1 July to June 30). AMSA employs a targeting
prioritisation model for DCVs that is risk-based. Several factors are used to calculate a risk score for DCVs including
compliance history, age of a vessel, construction, operation, and certification status. The higher the risk score the more
frequently a DCV is likely to be inspected.

AMSA continues to refine the DCV risk calculator based on evolving inspection data, allowing further refinement of risk
scores and prioritisation.

For details of the DCV targeting models used during 2022 refer to the AMSA National Compliance plans for 2021-22 and
2022-23:

AMSA National Compliance Plan 2022-23

AMSA National Compliance Plan 2021-22

What is a deficiency?

PSC & FSC (RAV)

The IMO defines a deficiency as ‘a condition found not to be in compliance with the requirements of the relevant
convention’. Serious deficiencies contribute to the ship being substandard or unseaworthy. AMSA will issue a ship with a
deficiency if it is determined, or reasonably suspected, that the condition of a ship, its equipment, or performance of its
crew does not comply with the requirements of relevant international conventions.

As shown in Appendix 1, Table 8, there was an increase in four out of five deficiency types in PSC. This is likely attributed
to the continued effects of COVID-19 on the ability of ships to be effectively maintained.

Deficiencies by category and ship type - PSC

For reporting purposes, deficiencies have been categorised into groups that identify key areas of non-compliance, being
structural/equipment, operational, human factors, ISM (safety management) and MLC (living and working conditions).
Appendix 1, Table 6 identifies the number of deficiencies by category along with a comparison of the deficiency rates to
those in 2021.

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If the number of deficiencies is considered in isolation, as depicted in Table 6, the majority of deficiencies were issued to
bulk carriers. However, this is not surprising given bulk carriers accounted for 54 per cent of ship arrivals and 49 per cent
of all inspections. To assess the performance of ship types, it is necessary to compare the deficiencies per inspection for
each category as provided in Appendix 1 table 7. Ships with less 10 inspections have not been included in the below
summation.

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General cargo ships are the poorest performing ships, with a detention rate of 11.9 per cent, and the rate of
deficiencies per inspection by category are higher than average for all categories.
Container ships were the next poorest performing ship type, with a detention rate of 8.3 percent and the rate of
deficiencies per inspection by category are higher than average for all categories.
The average age of container ships continues to increase to an average of 15 years old in 2022, from an
average age of 10 years old in 2013. AMSA continues to have a strong focus on cargo securing and the safe
carriage of cargoes, and this is reflected in the deficiencies issued to container ships.

Appendix 1, Table 6, 7 & 8 provide more granular information on deficiencies issued as part of a PSC.

DCV

Marine Safety Inspectors will issue a DCV with a deficiency if they reasonably believe that a condition on the DCV is in
contravention of the National Law Act 2012, including associated regulations and standards. Deficiencies which are
assessed as having a high risk to safety of persons or the environment will likely lead to further compliance action.

The most common deficiencies on DCVs were identified in life saving appliances (24 per cent of all deficiencies), followed
by SMS (21 per cent of all deficiencies) and Fire Safety (16 per cent of all deficiencies). These three deficiency categories
account for over 60 per cent of all deficiencies issued to DCVs. More detail is provided in Appendix 2, Table 3 and 5.

The highest deficiency rates (deficiencies per inspection) for DCVs were identified in passenger vessels (3.67) and fishing
vessels (3.66) followed by Non-Passenger (2.93) and Hire and Drive (2.56). Additional focus was placed on passenger
vessels during 2022 due to a focused inspection campaign on passenger safety procedures. Fishing vessels had the
highest share of detainable deficiencies recorded (47.7%) followed by passenger vessels (32.9%), non-passenger (18.1%)
and Hire and Drive (1.3%). Refer Appendix 2, Table 6 for more detail.

FSC

A comparison of the FSC to PSC data shows that Australian flagged RAVs have performed better than foreign flagged
ships in all deficiency rates per category, except in operational deficiencies, where RAVs were more than twice that of
foreign flagged ships (RAV deficiency rate is 0.9 and PSC is 0.4).

AMSA plans to provide greater focus on these operational deficiencies in the future, particularly on Australian flagged
ships.

Appendix 3, Table 1 & 2 provide more granular information on deficiencies issued to RAVs.

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Table 5 - Comparison of deficiency rates per category between each regulated fleet for 2022
Structural/ equipment Operational Human factor ISM/SMS MLC

PSC - Totals 3068 1003 940 299 1006

category deficiency rates 1.2 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.4

RAV - Totals 106 86 35 8 29

category deficiency rates 1.12 0.9 0.36 0.08 0.31

DCV - Totals 4755 1418 174 1843 579

category deficiency rates 1.78 0.53 0.07 0.69 0.22

From this, the following can be inferred

Structural/equipment deficiencies are the most common type of deficiency from any inspection.
ISM/SMS deficiencies are more commonly found on DCVs
Operational deficiencies are more commonly found on RAVs

Detention – PSC & FSC (RAV)

What is a detention?

The IMO Guidelines on PSC define a detention as: ‘intervention action taken by the port State when the condition of the
ship or its crew does not correspond substantially with the applicable conventions to ensure that the ship will not sail
until it can proceed to sea without presenting a danger to the ship or persons on board, or without presenting an
unreasonable threat of harm to the marine environment, whether or not such action will affect the scheduled departure
of the ship’.

Australia is aware that a ship detention is a serious decision, and only makes the decision where a ship cannot set sail
without presenting a danger to the ship, persons onboard or a threat of harm to the marine environment.

In line with the IMO Guidelines, ships which are unsafe to proceed to sea will be detained upon the first inspection,
irrespective of the time the ship will stay in port; and the ship will be detained if the deficiencies on a ship are sufficiently
serious to merit a PSCO returning to the ship to be satisfied that they have been rectified before the ship sails.

Detainable deficiencies by category – PSC

General cargo and container ships continue to perform poorly

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Table 11 shows the proportion of detainable deficiencies in different categories over a two-year period. As indicated in
the table, the detainable deficiencies relating to the category of ISM remained the highest, though increasing in share in
2022 (29.1 per cent of detainable deficiencies) as compared to 2021 (24 per cent of detainable deficiencies). Along with
ISM, the categories of fire safety, emergency systems, lifesaving appliances and Labour conditions were the top five
categories of detainable deficiencies. AMSA’s firm stance on ensuring seafarer’s fundamental rights are upheld is shown
in labour conditions being the 5th most detainable deficiency, increasing to 7.3 per cent of all detentions (from 5.4 per
cent in 2021)
The high proportion of detainable deficiencies for ISM shows that safety management systems continue to be poorly
implemented. In 2013, the number of ISM detainable deficiencies was 120 (31.2 per cent of all detainable deficiencies).
AMSA’s shift in focus to planned maintenance, particularly in relation to main engines and power generation reliability is
reflected in this increase of ISM detainable deficiencies.

Detentions (DCV)

For deficiencies that are a high risk to safety of persons or the environment AMSA may use a National Law notice to
ensure that the DCV does not operate until the high-risk deficiency is rectified. This could be in the form of a prohibition
notice, a direction notice or a detention notice.

The most common detainable deficiency for the DCV fleet was related to structural conditions, accounting for 24 per cent
of all detentions (36 in total). SMS was the 2nd most commonly detainable item accounting for 23.5 per cent (35 in total)
followed by lifesaving appliances at 18 per cent (27 in total). These three categories accounted for over 65 per cent of all
detainable items found on DCVs.

Appendix 2, Table 7 provides more information regarding detainable deficiencies on DCVs.

Detentions (RAV)

Appendix 3, Table 3 shows the detainable deficiencies by category for RAVs. Due to the relatively low number of
detentions against each type, there is limited statistical analyses that can be inferred.

High Performing Operators - PSC

When considering ship performance, AMSA also considers the performance of operators in respect of the detention and
deficiency rates of the ships they operate. In this report AMSA has identified operators that are considered to be high
performing. This is assessed on the following basis:

At least 10 inspections during the year (less than 10 is not statistically significant)
No detentions during the year
A deficiency rate at no more than 70% of the average deficiency rate for the year.

Applying these criteria to data for 2022, AMSA identified 29 high performing operators as listed in Table 21 below. This is
an increase of four operators compared to 2021.

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Company number ISM company name PSC inspections Deficiency rate

0255909 Taiyo Nippon Kisen Co Ltd 29 0.41

1578540 CSC Nanjing Tanker Corp 21 1.38

5463827 CMA CGM International Shipping Co Pte Ltd 20 1.80

5562457 Scorpio Marine Management (India) Pvt Ltd 20 1.50

5634079 Dorval Ship Management Kk 19 0.16

1249148 Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd (OOCL) 18 1.56

1968365 NYK Shipmanagement Pte Ltd 18 0.72

5527921 The China Navigation Co Pte Ltd 18 1.00

5567926 Dockendale 18 0.89

5261954 MOL Shipmanagement [Singapore] Pte Ltd 17 0.59

5362413 Livestock Express BV, Netherlands 17 1.24

5926452 Cosco Bulk Carrier Co Ltd (Cosco Bulk) 17 1.00

0034961 Zodiac Maritime Agencies Ltd 15 1.67

0979251 Meikai Marine Services Co Ltd (MMS) 14 0.93

5020687 Wallenius Marine AB 13 1.54

5912498 Cosco Shipping Energy Transportation Co Ltd 13 1.31

0022438 Hyundai Merchant Marine Co Ltd (HMM) 12 1.33

0522961 Anglo-Eastern Ship Management Ltd 12 1.00

1204098 Wilhelmsen Ship Management (Norway) AS 12 0.17

1540341 Shenzhen Ocean Shipping Co Ltd (Cosco Shenzhen) 12 0.67

1677771 Anglo-Eastern Shipmanagement (S) Pte Ltd 12 0.67

4115119 Fleet Management Ltd 12 1.08

0694657 MOL Ship Management Co Ltd (Molship) 11 0.09

1966806 Anangel Maritime Services Inc 11 0.55

5404929 Yangtze Navigation (Hong Kong) Co Ltd 11 1.36

6069701 Stolt Tankers BV 11 0.45

0020825 Wilhelmsen Ship Management Sdn Bhd 10 0.90

0605971 Shunzan Kaiun Co Ltd 10 1.30

1314173 Zodiac Maritime Agencies Ltd 10 0.80

Recognized Organizations & Accredited Marine Surveyors (AMS)

Recognized Organizations (ROs) are authorized to undertake survey and certification functions on behalf of flag States.
There should be a careful distinction between a RO who issues or endorses Statutory Certificates on behalf of an
Administration and a Classification Society who issues hull and machinery and other non-statutory or ship related
certificates. ROs are required to comply with the IMO RO Code (MSC. 349(92).)

During a PSC or FSC inspection, where a ship is detained, and the attending PSCO or FSCO forms the view that the defect
would likely have existed during the previous survey, they may assign the RO as responsible for the defect.

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As part of ensuring that ROs are undertaking their statutory functions in accordance with the AMSA Instructions to Class
AMSA periodically audits ROs against the RO Code.

During 2022, audits were undertaken for Lloyds Register (LR) and Det Norske Veritas (DNV) as part of AMSA ensuring that
RAVs are surveyed appropriately.

A Table of RO performance during PSC inspections can be found in Appendix 1, Table 16

During 2022, 45 audits of AMSA were undertaken. Two of these audits resulted with AMS having their accreditation being
varied.

Total Audits with Corrective Audits resulting in Counselling Audits resulting in Show Number of AMS with accreditation
Audits Action Letter Cause varied

45 20 3 2 2

Refusal of Access Directions

Australia is a signatory to various International Maritime Organization (IMO) and International Labour Organization (ILO)
conventions which aim to ensure ships are safe.
Ships that are not operated and managed to meet applicable minimum standards and relevant Australian laws pose an
increased risk to seafarers, ships and the environment. The Navigation Act 2012 gives AMSA the power to direct that a ship
be refused access to Australian ports. AMSA exercises that power on rare occasions where a ship is repeatedly detained,
has a poor PSC record, or there are concerns about the performance of the ship operator. We promulgate our policy on
refusing access on our website.

AMSA can issue a ship with a direction not to enter or use an Australian port (or ports) for a set period, as deemed
necessary. When considering ship performance, AMSA also looks at the performance of the entire company responsible
for the operations of the ship. Where the company’s performance is also deemed unacceptable, the periods for which
the ship is not permitted to enter an Australian port may be extended. A direction resulting from a detention will
generally take effect as soon as the ship leaves the Australian port or anchorage following rectification of the detainable
deficiency.

AMSA publishes a list of ships that are refused access to Australian ports on our website.

AMSA also publishes a list of “poor performing operators”, these operators have been observed to have a detention rate
1.5 times the AMSA average over two years. These operators generally have at least 10 inspections, although discretion
may be used by AMSA when an operator has been shown to have a particularly poor PSC performance.

AMSA analyses the overall performance of companies whose ships come to Australia. The analysis of the company’s
performance is over 24 months, with a minimum of 10 inspections. Where the company’s detention rate is found to be
1.5 times the preceding 24-month average detention rate for all ships in Australia, the company is considered a poor
performing company by AMSA.

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Appendix 1, Table 14 lists the ships issued with directions not to enter or use an Australian port in 2022.

Appendix 1, Table 15 lists the Company’s issued with a poor performance letter during 2022.

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Appendix 1: PSC Inspection Data

Ship Arrivals in 2022 – Table 1
Ship type 2021 2022 Change

Bulk carrier 14,814 14,456 -2.48%

Chemical tanker 1,370 928 -47.63%

Container ship 3,675 3,897 5.70%

Gas carrier 1,406 1,359 -3.46%

General cargo/ multi-purpose 1,038 1,180 12.03%

Livestock carrier 281 231 -21.65%

Oil tanker 733 842 12.95%

Passenger ships - 488 -

Vehicle carrier 1,524 1,439 -5.91%

Other 1,559 1,954 20.21%

Total arrivals 26,400 26,774 1.40%

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Table 2 - PSC Inspections by ship type

Ship type 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Bulk carrier 1,585 1,826 1,840 1,712 1,181

Chemical tanker 179 201 235 191 126

Combination carrier 0 0 1 4 2

Commercial yacht 0 0 0 1 0

Container ship 311 327 263 238 302

Gas carrier 53 77 55 24 31

General cargo/ multi-purpose ship 154 129 135 156 177

Heavy load carrier 30 40 36 27 12

High speed passenger craft 0 0 0 0 0

Livestock carrier 52 56 29 36 35

MODU or FPSO 0 0 0 0 1

NLS tanker 25 30 31 27 19

Offshore service vessel 19 12 15 10 7

Oil tanker 155 168 126 124 128

Oil tanker/ chemical tanker 0 0 2 16 67

Oil Tanker/ NLS Tanker 0 0 0 1 1

Other types of ship 14 21 18 26 17

Passenger ship 55 56 23 2 27

Refrigerated cargo ship 3 2 1 4 2

Ro-ro cargo ship 2 9 2 4 4

Ro-ro passenger ship 1 0 1 0 1

Special purpose ship 7 10 8 5 5

Tugboat 30 24 26 18 28

Vehicle carrier 181 172 122 129 169

Wood-chip carrier 66 62 52 65 63

Totals 2,922 3,222 3,021 2,820 2,405

Table 2 shows the number of inspections by ship type from 2018 to 2022.

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Table 3 - Inspections by location (top 15 locations)

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 % of total in 2022

Newcastle 212 207 235 163 294 12.2%

Fremantle 410 382 312 280 246 10.23%

Melbourne 156 151 104 130 235 9.77%

Port Hedland 441 694 497 536 204 8.48%

Sydney 190 282 249 174 204 8.48%

Brisbane 238 249 248 249 176 7.32%

Dampier 156 159 175 155 119 4.95%

Gladstone 181 147 214 164 93 3.87%

Hay Point 155 184 157 124 82 3.41%

Port Adelaide 99 56 109 132 77 3.2%

Townsville 81 75 75 63 77 3.2%

Geraldton 83 100 74 90 74 3.08%

Geelong 36 36 38 30 70 2.91%

Darwin 110 137 58 37 65 2.7%

Port Kembla 49 43 62 74 61 2.54%

Table 4 – PSC inspections in 2022 by state/territory

State/territory PSC inspections

Western Australia 721

New South Wales 561

Queensland 541

Victoria 327

Tasmania 98

South Australia 92

Northern Territory 65

Total 2405

Table 5 - Inspections by flag State

Flag State 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 31 30 37 36 32

BAHAMAS 98 119 114 89 79

BANGLADESH 0 0 0 1 0

BARBADOS 5 1 2 1 1

BELGIUM 8 3 12 3 4

BELIZE 1 0 0 0 0

BERMUDA 11 17 7 3 4

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 1 0 0 0 0

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CAYMAN ISLANDS 32 29 29 25 15

CHINA 46 63 36 41 52

COOK ISLANDS 5 5 8 9 6

CROATIA 3 0 1 1 0

CYPRUS 63 66 54 57 51

DENMARK 12 24 12 10 15

DOMINICA 0 1 0 0 0

EGYPT 1 0 0 0 0

FIJI 2 0 0 0 0

FRANCE 3 8 3 0 5

GERMANY 6 4 1 3 0

GIBRALTAR 7 2 2 3 4

GREECE 60 63 47 42 24

HONG KONG, CHINA 306 399 330 358 257

INDIA 11 6 5 7 7

INDONESIA 2 0 0 1 1

ISLE OF MAN 54 54 40 42 22

ITALY 21 24 20 9 5

JAMAICA 0 2 0 1 3

JAPAN 55 58 66 49 43

KIRIBATI 0 0 0 0 1

KOREA (THE REPUBLIC OF) 36 37 27 23 30

KUWAIT 4 4 3 3 4

LIBERIA 340 401 399 378 313

LIBYA 1 2 0 1 0

LUXEMBOURG 5 16 5 8 6

MALAYSIA 10 12 8 6 2

MALTA 186 191 184 143 125

MARSHALL ISLANDS 377 405 397 429 353

MONTENEGRO 0 0 0 1 1

NETHERLANDS 18 22 23 14 21

NEW ZEALAND 3 2 1 2 2

NORWAY 52 70 55 56 49

PAKISTAN 0 0 1 0 0

PANAMA 621 678 703 624 523

PAPUA NEW GUINEA 4 0 1 0 0

PHILIPPINES 23 11 9 7 11

PORTUGAL 43 42 35 34 29

QATAR 2 0 5 3 1

RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 1 0 0 0

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 2 0 0 1 3

SAMOA 0 0 0 1 0

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SAUDI ARABIA 0 2 0 0 1

SINGAPORE 292 289 295 238 248

SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 0 1 0

SPAIN 1 2 1 0 0

SRI LANKA 0 1 0 1 0

SWEDEN 7 7 2 6 7

SWITZERLAND 5 1 1 1 2

TAIWAN (PROVINCE OF CHINA) 4 9 10 10 6

THAILAND 9 6 6 10 4

TURKEY 1 3 1 2 1

TUVALU 0 1 2 1 4

UNITED KINGDOM 23 22 18 16 17

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2 2 0 2 8

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Table 6 - Deficiencies by category and ship type

Ship type Structural/ equipment Operational Human factor ISM MLC Total deficiencies

bulk carrier 1667 510 492 170 607 3446

chemical tanker 63 9 16 5 9 102

container ship 471 193 128 46 119 957

gas carrier 10 3 6 1 4 24

general cargo/multi-purpose ship 264 77 72 32 76 521

heavy load carrier 4 5 3 3 15

livestock carrier 72 18 14 4 11 119

MODU or FPSO 3 1 4

NLS tanker 31 12 8 3 9 63

offshore service vessel 6 4 2 12

oil tanker 121 30 18 6 40 215

oil tanker/chemical tanker 50 12 12 5 6 85

oil tanker/NLS tanker 4 2 2 1 1 10

other types of ship 18 19 5 3 9 54

passenger ship 45 9 8 2 8 72

refrigerated cargo vessel 10 2 2 3 17

ro-ro cargo ship 4 2 2 8

special purpose ship 9 8 5 1 23

tugboat 26 17 4 3 50

vehicle carrier 117 46 18 12 46 239

wood-chip carrier 73 27 25 6 49 180

Totals for 2022 3068 1003 940 299 1006 6216

2022 category deficiency rates 1.2 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.4 2.6

Totals for 2021 3,125 985 842 318 972 6242

2021 category deficiency rates 1.1 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.3 2.2

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Table 7 - Rate of deficiencies per inspection by category and ship type

Structural Operational Human ISM MLC Total Total Deficiency Number of Detention
/ factor inspections deficiencies rate detentions rate
Equipment

bulk carrier 1.41 0.43 0.42 0.14 0.51 1,181 3,446 2.92 76 6.4%

chemical tanker 0.50 0.07 0.13 0.04 0.07 126 102 0.81 3 2.4%

container ship 1.56 0.64 0.42 0.15 0.39 302 957 3.17 25 8.3%

gas carrier 0.32 0.10 0.19 0.03 0.13 31 24 0.77 0 0.0%

general 1.49 0.44 0.41 0.18 0.43 177 521 2.94 21 11.9%
cargo/multi-
purpose ship

heavy load 0.33 0.42 0.25 0.25 12 15 1.25 0 0.0%

carrier

livestock carrier 2.06 0.51 0.40 0.11 0.31 35 119 3.40 0 0.0%

MODU or FPSO 3.00 0 0 0 1.00 1 4 4.00 0 0.0%

NLS tanker 1.63 0.63 0.42 0.16 0.47 19 63 3.32 1 5.3%

offshore service 0.86 0.57 0.29 0 0 7 12 1.71 0 0.0%

vessel

oil tanker 0.95 0.23 0.14 0.05 0.31 128 215 1.68 3 2.3%

oil 0.75 0.18 0.18 0.07 0.09 67 85 1.27 3 4.5%

tanker/chemical
tanker

oil tanker/NLS 4.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 1 10 10.00 1 100.0%

tanker

other types of 1.06 1.12 0.29 0.18 0.53 3 54 3.18 0 0.0%

ship

passenger ship 1.67 0.33 0.30 0.07 0.30 27 72 2.67 0 0.0%

refrigerated 5.00 0 1.00 1.00 1.50 2 17 8.50 2 100.0%

cargo vessel

ro-ro cargo ship 1.00 0.50 0 0 0.50 4 8 2.00 0 0.0%

special purpose 1.80 1.60 1.00 0.20 0 5 23 4.60 0 0.0%

ship

tugboat 0.93 0.61 0.14 0.00 0.11 28 50 1.79 1 3.6%

vehicle carrier 0.69 0.27 0.11 0.07 0.27 169 239 1.41 4 2.4%

wood-chip 1.16 0.43 0.40 0.10 0.78 63 180 2.86 5 7.9%

carrier

Total 3068 1003 840 299 1006 2,405 6,216 2.58 145 6.0%

Category 1.2 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.4

deficiency
rates

Figures in italics are above average.

Figures in bold are the top five for each category

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Table 8 - Change in deficiency rate per inspection by category only

Deficiency 2021 2022 Trend

Structure/equipment 1.11 1.2 ↑

Operational 0.35 0.4 ↑

Human factors 0.30 0.4 ↑

ISM 0.11 0.1 ↓

MLC 0.34 0.4 ↑

Table 9 - Detainable deficiencies by category

2021 No. of deficiencies 2021 Share % 2022 2022 Share % Trend
Category

ISM 53 24.0% 64 29.1% ↑

Fire safety 30 13.6% 32 15.6% ↑

Emergency systems 27 12.2% 23 10.5% ↓

Lifesaving appliances 32 14.5% 20 9.1% ↓

Labour conditions 12 5.4% 16 7.3% ↑

Water/weather-tight conditions 20 9.0% 14 6.4% ↓

Other 8 3.6% 12 5.5% ↑

Pollution prevention – Annex I 11 5.0% 10 4.6% ↓

Pollution prevention – Annex IV 7 3.2% 8 3.6% ↑

Propulsion and auxiliary machinery 2 0.9% 6 2.7% ↑

Cargo operations including equipment 4 1.8% 5 2.3% ↑

Radio communications 3 1.4% 3 1.4% -

Safety of navigation 4 1.8% 3 1.4% ↓

Certificates and documentation 6 2.7% 2 0.9% ↓

Structural conditions 2 0.9% 2 0.9% -

Table 10 - Top five detention rates by ship type in 2021 and 2022
AMSA detained 145 ships in 2022, with an average detention 2021 – 5.6% average (number of 2022 – 6.0% average (number of
rate of 6.0%. detentions) detentions)

Heavy load carrier – 14.8% (4) General cargo/multi-purpose - 11.9%

(21)

General cargo/multi-purpose ship – Container ship - 8.3% (25)

7.7% (12)

Container ship –– 7.6% (18) Wood-chip carrier - 7.9% (5)

Oil tanker/chemical tanker – 6.3% (1) Bulk carrier - 6.4% (76)

Bulk carrier – 6.1% (105) NLS Tanker – 5.3% (1)

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Table 11 – Detentions by ship type

Category 2022 2021

Ship type Inspections Detentions Detention rate Detention rate

bulk carrier 1,181 76 6.4% 6.1%

chemical tanker 126 3 2.4% 1.6%

combination carrier* 2 0 0% 0.0%

container ship 302 25 8.3% 7.6%

gas carrier 31 0 0.0% 4.2%

general cargo/multi-purpose ship 177 21 11.9% 7.7%

heavy load carrier 12 0 0% 14.8%

livestock carrier 35 0 0% 5.6%

MODU or FPSO* 1 0 0% 0%

NLS tanker 19 1 5.3% 3.7%

offshore service vessel* 7 0 0% 0.0%

oil tanker 128 3 2.3% 1.6%

oil tanker/chemical tanker 67 3 4.5% 6.3%

oil tanker/NLS tanker* 1 1 100% 0.0%

other types of ship 17 0 0% 0.0%

passenger ship 27 0 0% 50.0%

refrigerated cargo vessel* 2 2 100% 25.0%

ro-ro cargo ship* 4 0 0% 25.0%

Ro-ro passenger ship* 1 0 0% 0%

special purpose ship* 5 0 0% 0.0%

tugboat 28 1 3.6% 5.6%

vehicle carrier 169 4 2.4% 3.1%

wood-chip carrier 63 5 7.9% 3.1%

Totals 2405 145 6.0% 5.6%

* As there are less than 10 inspections of this ship type these are not counted in the deficiency rate performance
assessment.

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Table 12 - Flag States that exceeded the average in 2020, 2021 and 2022
2020 (average 5.9%) 2021 (average 5.6%) 2022 (average 6.0%)

Flag State Detention rate Flag State Detention rate Flag State Detention rate
(number) (number) (number)

Denmark 16.7% (2) Antigua and Barbuda 11.1% (4) Antigua and 25% (8)
Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda 10.8% (4) Denmark 10.0% (1) Cyprus 9.8% (5)

Taiwan (Province of 10.0% (1) Taiwan (Province of 10.0% (1) Netherlands 9.5% (2)
China) China)

Norway 9.1% (5) Thailand 10.0% (1) Singapore 7.7% (19)

Netherlands 8.7% (2) Portugal 8.8% (3) Liberia 7.0% (22)

Liberia 8.0% (32) Panama 7.2% (45) Portugal 6.9% (2)

Panama 6.7% (47) Greece 7.1% (3) Panama 6.5%

Hong Kong, China 6.7% (22) Netherlands 7.1% (1)

Greece 6.4% (3) Liberia 6.6% (25)

Marshall Islands 6.5% (28)

United Kingdom 6.3% (1)

Hong Kong, China 5.9% (21)

Table 13 – Inspections and detentions by flag State in 2022

Flag State Inspections Detentions Detention rate

Antigua and Barbuda 32 8 25%

Bahamas 79 3 3.8%

Barbados 1 0 0

Belgium 4 0 0

Bermuda 4 0 0

Cayman Islands 15 0 0

China 52 1 1.9%

Cook Islands 6 0 0

Croatia 0 0 0

Cyprus 51 5 9.8%

Denmark 15 0 0

France 5 0 0

Gibraltar 5 1 25%

Greece 24 1 4.2%

Hong Kong, China 257 12 4.7%

India 7 1 14.3%

Indonesia 1 0 0

Isle of Man 22 1 4.5%

Italy 5 0 0

Jamaica 3 0 0

Japan 43 1 2.3%

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Korea (the Republic of) 30 1 3.3%

Kuwait 4 0 0

Liberia 313 22 7.0%

Luxembourg 6 0 0

Malaysia 2 1 50%

Malta 125 5 4.0%

Marshall Islands 353 21 5.9%

Montenegro 1 1 100%

Netherlands 21 2 9.5%

New Zealand 2 0 0

Norway 49 2 4.1%

Palau 1 0 0

Panama 523 34 6.5%

Philippines 11 0 0

Portugal 29 2 6.9%

Qatar 1 0 0

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3 0 0

Saudi Arabia 1 0 0

Singapore 248 19 7.7%

Sweden 7 0 0

Switzerland 2 0 0

Taiwan (province of China) 6 1 16.7%

Thailand 4 0 0

Turkey 1 0 0

Tuvalu 4 0 0

United Kingdom 17 0 0

United States of America 8 0 0

Vanuatu 1 0 0

Viet Nam 1 0 0

Total: 2,405 145 6.0%

Note: flag States above the average detention rate with more than 10 inspections are provided in bold.

Table 14 – Ships issued with directions

Ship name Flag Direction Issue date Expiry
(IMO number)

AG Neptune (IMO 9607734) Liberia Refused access for six months 18/07/2022 17/01/2023

Constanza (IMO 9414929) Liberia Refused access for three months 11/11/2022 11/02/2023

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Table 15 – Poor performing operators

Company Name IMO Company Number Issue date

Synergy Ocean Maritime Incorporated 6064745 25 November 2022

Maersk Line A/S (Safmarine A/S) 5808451 24 November 2022

Mitsubishi Ore Transport Co Ltd (Mitsubishi Koseki Yuso KK) 1708527 23 November 2022

Tamar Ship Management Ltd 5421502 21 November 2022

Synergy Maritime Private Limited 5287602 7 November 2022

Spliethoff’s Bervrachtingskantoor B.V 0289239 4 November 2022

Hoegh Autoliners Management Ltd 6071296 1 November 2022

V Ships Shanghai Limited 5880559 21 October 2022

Technomar Shipping Incorporated 1605338 20 October 2022

Well Shipmanagement & Marine Consultant Co ltd 1898254 26 September 2022

Table 16 - Recognised Organisations Performance

Recognised Organisation PSC Deficiencies Detentions Detention Detainable RO RO
inspection rate deficiencies responsible detainable responsible as
deficiencies share
of all detainable
deficiencies

American Bureau of 297 536 12 4.0% 18 0 0

Shipping (ABS)

Bureau Veritas (BV) 225 829 16 7.1% 23 0 0

China Classification 149 309 7 4.7% 8 0 0

Society (CCS)

CR Classification 22 62 2 9.1% 2 0 0
Society (CCRS)

Croatian Register of 2 1 0 0.0% 0 0 0

Shipping (CRS)

DNV (formerly DNVGL)* 376 1,057 30 8.0% 53 2 3.8%

Indian Register of Shipping 2 13 0 0.0% 0 0 0

(IRS)

Korean Register of Shipping 112 332 8 7.1% 14 0 0

(KRS)

Lloyd's Register (LR) 299 656 10 3.3% 17 1 5.9%

Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (NKK) 855 2,219 55 6.4% 77 9 11.7%

RINA Services SpA (RINA) 59 165 5 8.5% 8 0 0

No class 7 37 0 0.0% 0 0 0

Totals: 2,405 6,216 145 6.0% 220 12 5.5%

* Note: the results for DNVGL and DNV have been merged after DNV changed their name.

Risk Rating –

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Table 17 - Detentions and deficiencies by ship Priority Group

Inspection priority Ship arrivals Eligible ships Ships inspected Inspection rate

2021 2022 2021 2022 2021 2022 2021 2022

Priority 1 634 553 414 347 351 307 84.8% 88.5%

Priority 2 737 655 475 418 301 288 63.4% 68.9%

Priority 3 2,140 1,801 1,731 1,448 771 635 44.5% 43.9%

Priority 4 4,183 4,332 4,125 4,264 1,264 1,046 30.6% 24.5%

Totals: 7,694 6,042 6,745 5,884 2,687 2,167 39.8% 36.8%

Note: ship numbers may not match if a ship arrives multiple times over the year and the priority changes.

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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

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Table 3 – DCV Deficiencies by Deficiency Category

Category 2021 2022 2022 Share % Trend
Deficiencies Deficiencies

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

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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 Category share of detainable deficiencies Detainable Category share of Detainable deficiencies
deficiencies 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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Appendix 3: FSC Inspection Data

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

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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%

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