This is the 2008 Annual Port State Control (PSC) Report for the United States. The Coast Guard is strongly committed to sharing our PSC targeting methodology and compliance performance statistics with the maritime community, in an effort to reach our common goals of eliminating substandard shipping and enhancing global partnerships. In our fourteenth year of PSC, the Coast Guard has seen a slight increase in the three year rolling average of detentions and major control actions on foreign vessels in the United States. This is the second year in a row that has reflected an increase in detentions and major control actions. This increase reflects the results of the combined efforts of the Coast Guards commitment to maintaining a high quality of standard within the PSC program, and its effect on the changing maritime industry. In 2008, a total of 8,661 individual vessels, from 86 different Flag Administrations, made 82,103 port calls to the United States. The Coast Guard conducted 11,578 SOLAS safety exams and 9,489 ISPS exams on these vessels. The total number of ships detained in 2008 for safety related deficiencies increased from 152 to 176. The total number of ships detained in 2008 for security related deficiencies decreased from 42 to 27. At the same time, the number of distinct arrivals from 2007 to 2008 increased from 8,281 to 8,661.
Port State Control in the United States, Annual Report 2008
2008
30 pages
Report
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Marine & Waterway Transportation , Transportation Safety , Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , US ports , United States , Annual reports , Marine security , Marine safety , Marine environmental protection , Enforcement , Initiatives , Detained vessels , Class-related detentions , Targeted flag States , Operational deficiencies , Quality of shipping , Class society performance , Safety of Life at Sea(SOLAS) , International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) , International Safety Management Code , Port State Control(PSC) , Maritime security standards , Security screening , United States Coast Guard(USCG) , Department of Homeland Security(DHS)