b'SAFETY MATTERSSAFETYCoast Guard Annual Reporton U.S. Flag PerformanceERIC CHRISTENSEN // PVA DIRECTOR OF REGULATORY AFFAIRS & RISK MANAGEMENTT he U.S. Coast Guard has re- chapter M implementation where overrepresented 34.8 percent of the overall leased its 2022 Flag State Con- 6,400 towing vessels are now inspect- fleet. While the number of inspected trol Domestic Annual Report.ed,eitherbytheCoastGuardorapassenger vessels increased from 2021, Thereport,mandatedbyCongress,third-party organization. Meanwhile,withmorevesselscomingoutofa summarizes statistics and informationthe number of deficiencies issued de- laid up status, the fleet remains just regardinginspectionsandenforce- creasedby2percentfromthe2021shy of pre-pandemic 2019 numbers.mentofregulationsonU.S.flaggedcalendar year report. vessels for the 2022 calendar year.Domestic passenger vessels had 11,301 U.S. FLAG FLEET STATS inspectionswith19,498deficiencies TheoverallthenumberofU.S.In 2022, the U.S. Flag fleet containedissued. Based on the vessel population Flagfleetinspectionsincreasedby19,189vesselssubjecttoinspection.of 6,686 vessels, that means a rate of four percent over 2021. This can beTheinspectedpassengervesselfleet2.9 deficiencies per vessel in 2022. It is attributed to the final phase of Sub- consisted of 6,686 active vessels, whichinteresting to note that inspections in-creased over 2021 levels and deficien-cies decreased, which is a good trend.In comparison to the overall U.S. Flag fleettotals,passengervesselinspec-tionsaccountedfor55.6percentof the inspections and 65.9 percent of the decorative | durable | functional deficiencies. Passenger vessels received 17FlagStatedetentionsin2022, which accounted for 44 percent of all detentions.Detentionsofpassenger vesselscontinuedtodecreasefrom 2021 and showed a significant decline from 2019 when 48 passenger vessels were detained.Quick Fun Facts:24 passenger vessels participate in the Streamlined Inspection Program (SIP), accounting for 0.4 percent of the fleet.USCG-Certied Light-Weight AluminumThe average age of the domestic Honeycomb Panels for Passenger Ferries passenger vessel fleet is 28 years, rigidized.com/markets/marine which is just slightly older than 658 Ohio Street | Buffalo, NY 14203 | marine@rigidized.comFOGHORN 50'