United States Coast Guard “Quality Shipping: XXI Century Standard, Seafaring Careers: Raising the Profile” St. Petersburg: October 2008 Jeff Lantz Director of Commercial Vessel Regulations and Standards

United States Coast Guard Mariner Shortage – Why?  Lifestyle  Compensation  Unappreciated and undervalued *  Treatment *  Increased bureaucracy  Increased requirements and standards  Criminalization  Militarization * - Regulatory agency has influence

United States Coast Guard Regulatory agency – US Coast Guard Interaction with mariner  Licensing  Surveys and inspections on US flag ships  PSC examinations – safety, environmental, security  Investigations

United States Coast Guard Coast Guard Marine Safety Program  Coast Guard’s performance in Marine Safety Program came under attack in 2007  Vice Admiral Jim Card report – 16 Nov 2007  “Honor the mariner”

United States Coast Guard ADM Allen’s message – 28 Feb 2008  “USCG ACTIVITIES INVOLVING U.S. AND FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL MARINERS AND MARITIME ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE CONDUCTED WITH UTMOST PROFESSIONALISM AND RESPECT.”  “LICENSED AND DOCUMENTED MARINERS ARE PROFESSIONALS WHO SHARE OUR INTERESTS IN A SAFE, SECURE, AND ENVIRONMENTALLY COMPLIANT INDUSTRY.“  “UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE RECEIVED REPORTS FROM HIGHLY RESPECTEDPROFESSIONALS RECOUNTING COAST GUARD BOARDINGS, INSPECTIONS, AND INVESTIGATIONS NOT DISPLAYING PROFESSIONALISM. “  “WE MUST CHANGE THIS PERCEPTION. “

United States Coast Guard Marine Safety Performance Plan Goals & Objectives  Goal 1 – Reduce Maritime Casualties  Goal 2 – Improve Service to Mariners, Industry & Public  Goal 3 – Improve Program Process & Management  Goal 4 – Improve Human Resource Capability Adm. Thad Allen, Commandant of the Coast Guard, looks out onto the decks of a chemical carrier during a safety and security inspection June 4, 2007.

United States Coast Guard Marine Safety Performance Plan Performance Initiatives  Superior Workforce  Superb Service Delivery  Quality Management Increase Rulemaking Capacity Expand Professional Marine Safety Training and Education.

United States Coast Guard Superior Workforce  Increase Marine Inspector And Investigator Capacity  Strengthen Marine Inspection And Investigation Consistency By Adding Civilian Positions  Increase Accessions From Maritime Institutions  Strengthen Marine Safety Career Paths  Expand Professional Marine Safety Training And Education  Expand Opportunities For Maritime Industry Training  Enhance Engineering Capacity

United States Coast Guard Superb Service Delivery  Establish Centers Of Expertise  Improve Information Technology Systems  Increase Rulemaking Capacity To Expedite Regulatory Implementation  Improve Mariner Credentialing  Conduct Independent Evaluation

United States Coast Guard Quality Management  Improve Management Accountability  Strengthen Program Management  Develop A Balanced Scorecard  Implement A Quality Management System

United States Coast Guard Coast Guard Compliance Efforts  Education  Outreach with Regulated Community  International Engagement  Foreign Government Capacity Building  Research  Interagency Coordination  Enforcement

United States Coast Guard Options for Enforcement  Informal Corrective Actions  Port State Control Action  Notice of Violation (ticket)  Civil Penalties  Criminal Prosecution

United States Coast Guard Environmental Crime Prosecution The Coast Guard has historically referred cases for criminal prosecution for:  Knowing criminal violations;  Criminal false statements and other deliberate concealment;  Obstruction of justice and tampering with evidence;  Failure to report known pollution, or;  Gross Negligence

United States Coast Guard Fair Treatment of Seafarer Witnesses  Issue arises in midst of need to conduct thorough investigation in timely manner.  Often hampered by active efforts to obstruct investigation and intimidate witnesses.  Consistent efforts by USCG and DOJ to –  Gain cooperation of owner/operator to maintain necessary witnesses so as to minimize disruption to vessel’s schedule.  Expedite investigations.  Utilize available procedures to memorialize testimony and permit early release of mariner witnesses.  USCG Commandant is personally briefed on the status of witnesses each week.  Key US Government concern in each and every case.

United States Coast Guard How are we doing?  BIMCO survey  Compared latest US ship inspection with most recent non-US inspection  30% had received “unprofessional” or “disrespectful” inspections somewhere in the world in last 24 months  95% reported most recent inspection in US had been “professional” and “respectful”  77% had noted improvement in the attitude of US Coast Guard personnel  Long way to go!  U.S. Coast Guard Performance Plan

United States Coast Guard Thank you!

United States Coast Guard Coast Guard PSC Boardings Additional slides

United States Coast Guard 2006/2007 PSC Statistics Increase/decrease PSC Safety and Environmental Protection Detentions % Increase PSC Examinations10,13610,4232.8% Increase ISPS Major Control Actions % Increase ISPS Examinations9,0538,9011.7% Decrease PSC Rolling Detention Ratio 2006: 1.78% PSC Rolling Detention Ratio 2007: 1.60% Security Major Control Action Ratio 2006: 0.43% 1 Security Major Control Action Ratio 2007:

United States Coast Guard 2008 PSC Statistics Jan – Jul PSC Safety and Environmental Protection Detentions ISPS Major Control Actions 3523 Increased Detention and Major Control Action

United States Coast Guard Qualship 21 Registries for 2008 BarbadosHong Kong Belgium*India* BelizeIsrael BermudaMalaysia* Bulgaria*Marshall Island CanadaNorway ChinaPhilippines* France*Republic of Korea GermanySweden Gibraltar*United Kingdom Greece * Require submission of Self-Assessment Form to be fully qualified

United States Coast Guard PSC Conditions of Entry  Countries affected:  Cuba  Cameroon*  Equatorial Guinea*  Guinea-Bissau  Indonesia*  Iran  Liberia*  Mauritania*  Syria * = contains some exempted ports