tanker vetting issues
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Tanker Vetting Issues
INTERTANKO and Tanker Vetting IssuesLatin American Panel Meeting
– 6 November 2013 –
Capt. Michael Wilson, Chairman - INTERTANKO Vetting Committee
President, Laurin Maritime (America) Inc.
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221 members with c.3,100 tankers totalling c.271 m dwt.
Membership by type of tanker
Chemical, 371
Chemical, Oil 770
Crude; 1177
Gas, 133
Other
Product, 589
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The Vetting Committee
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- Vetting -“Your Ticket to Trade”
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Issues faced by the industry
• Over-Inspection of Ships – Number & Time• No faith in the SIRE system – by their own members.• Increasing costs of ship-inspections• Availability of inspectors• Cancellation of inspections• Officer Matrix Requirements
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The Costs!
• Increasing for both CDI and SIRE
• Actual costs increasing and also due to increased number of inspections.
A Review of the Cost of Inspections – SIRE and CDI
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What the Vetting Committee does…• Conditions of Class – working with Class Societies and Oil Majors –
Increase awareness and transparency.• Education - Vetting inspection guidance for the seafarer’s (end 2013)• Guidance to members – The INTERTANKO Vetting Guide – 10th Ed.• Terminal Vetting Database – Let’s Rate the Terminals!• Vetting and Port State Control Inspector Feedback Forms.• Benchmarking Databases.• Detention statistics – Monitoring the performance of different MoU’s
- Increasing transparency.• Officer’s Matrix – Harmonisation of the requirements is the key• Incident close-out – working with OCIMF to ensure increased
efficiency and timely closeouts.
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What the Vetting Committee does…• Regular meetings between SIRE Focus Group and INTERTANKO
– Increased sharing of statistics– Increased transparency between two organisations– Increased input to guidance on SIRE Questions
• Work with CDI – Feedback on costs– Assistance to membership with inspection matters.
• Work with Port State control– Participation on Inspector training programmes.– Feedback on inspector behaviour
• Guidance and assistance to members on individual vetting issues.• Seminars – two per year for members and one every two years for
seafarers
– OR –
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Thank You!
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