ABS Port State Control Q1 Report 2024 published

ABS has published its Port State Control Report which comes out quarterly, providing information to owners on deficiencies identified on ABS vessels during inspections carried out by the various PSC regimes globally during the First Quarter of 2024.

Top categories for grounds for detention
For period 1 January to 31 March 2024, the top categories for Port State Control (PSC) detentions on ABS vessels in the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), Tokyo MoU and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) database are are the following:
– ISM
– Emergency source of power – Emergency generator
– Fixed fire extinguishing installation
– Lifeboats
– Fire pumps and its pipes
– Fire doors/openings in fire-resisting divisions
– Remote means of control (opening, pumps, ventilation, etc.) Machinery spaces
– Evaluation of crew performance (fire drills)
– Rescue boats
– Maintenance of the ship and equipment
– Launching arrangements for rescue boats
– Propulsion main engine
– Auxiliary engine
– Bilge pumping arrangements
– 15 PPM Alarm arrangements

Four hundred and eighty eight (488) total detained vessels in the first quarter per Paris MoU, Tokyo MoU and United States Coast Guard (USCG). Of those detained, only thirty-one (31) vessels were ABS classed vessels.

Download the full document: ABS-PSC-Quarterly-Report-Q1-2024_05


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