Port State Control

It is regrettable that short comings in on board emergency preparedness are too often revealed during a port state control inspection. Unexpected equipment failures and crew ignorance of operational procedures can have severe economic consequences when a vessel is detained. Travel time for your marine superintendent is time lost dealing with the PSC issues and lost time away from other pressing matters.

Marine Hazard can respond to a PSC detention within hours anywhere in Ireland. We can be on scene faster and with less expense than your company superintendent. With an extensive back ground in Port State control inspection Marine Hazard can assess and instigate remedial action and provide the master with on the spot advice and support. This can involve considerable cost savings for issues not covered by Class.

While the actions of Flag and Port State inspectors are designed to safeguard the marine environment errors in interpretation of the various conventions can occur. We can offer advice and a course of action to deal with any PSC incident that may have departed from the National or International regulations pertinent to the event.

A ships operator has two possible options for the challenge of a port state control deficiency, or in the worst-case detention. They may choose to request the vessels flag administration to challenge the detention through the port state control appeal procedures, or undertake directly a legal challenge of the port state control action.

Marine Hazard can provide expert assessment of port state control deficiencies and detentions and provide expert witnesses for a legal challenge anywhere in the Paris MOU area.

Marine Accident Investigation

Marine accidents are investigated by various parties but the direction of these civil and legal investigations are not always undertaken with the interests of the casualties’ owner and operators fully considered. At Marine Hazard we can provide an investigative service to determine the causes of an accident and suggest the best course of remedial action for you to take

We can provide expert investigators and if necessary expert witnesses to provide an independent assessment of any incident that your company or ships may have experienced.

Marine Hazard can conduct a risk assessment of your operational procedures before an accident occurs and carry out internal audits of your Domestic Safety Management System or International Safety Management System .