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Below are the list of common reasons for Vessel Detentions in BC/Canada during the past year where oil filtering equipment has been the most common one:

  • Oil Filtering Equipment
  • Fire Equipment
  • Rescue boats
  • Ventilators, air pipes, casings
  • Other (machinery)
  • Closing devices / watertight doors
  • Covers (hatchway-, portable-, tarpaulins, etc.)
  • Fire fighting equipment and appliances
  • Voyage data recorder (VDR)/ simplified Voyage Data Recorder (S-VDR)
  • Launching arrangements for rescue boats
  • Fire detection
  • Rescue boats
  • Doors (Related to Recognized Organization)
  • Means of escape (Related to Recognized Organization)
  • Launching arrangements for survival craft
  • Lifeboats
  • Closing devices / watertight doors
  • Electric equipment in general
  • Ventilators, air pipes, casings (Related to Recognized Organization)
  • Cargo and other hatchways (Related to Recognized Organization)
  • Operational readiness of lifesaving appliances (Related to Recognized Organization)
  • Evaluation of crew performance (fire drills)
  • Control of discharge of oil
  • Other (MARPOL Annex I)
  • Fire dampers
  • Seafarers’ employment agreement (SEA)
  • Auxiliary engine
  • Machinery space openings
  • Oil filtering equipment
  • 15 PPM alarm arrangements
  • Propulsion main engine
  • Other (structural Conditions)
  • Other (MARPOL – Annex IV)
  • Logbooks/compulsory entries

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