Psc defnitions ?

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Clear grounds: Evidence that the ship, its crew or its safety management system does not comply with the requirements of the relevant conventions. Such evidence needs not necessarily be a deficiency, but may be an incident, and accident or and indication of substantial non-compliance/detainable deficiencies.

Deficiency: Non-compliance, discrepancy or deviation from the requirements of the relevant nstruments /conventions.

Detainable Deficiency: A deficiency that presents an immediate threat to the ship, its personnel or the environment, which renders the ship unsafe to proceed to sea.

Detention: Intervention action taken by the port State in case of detainable deficiencies or substantial non-compliance to ensure that the ship does not sail until detainable deficiencies have been rectified.

Expanded inspection: An inspection conducted according to non-mandatory guidelines only once during 12 months period for certain types of ships (tankers, bulkers and passenger ships) and certain categories of age and size.

Inspection: A visit on board a ship to check both the validity of relevant certificates and other documents, and the overall condition of the ship, its equipment, and its crew.

More detailed inspection: An inspection conducted when there are clear grounds for believing that the condition of the ship, its equipment, or its crew does not comply with the requirements of the relevant conventions. The inspection may focus on one area or be across various areas

Non conformity :A non-conformity means an observed situation where the objective evidence indicates the non-fulfilment of a specific requirement.

Major NC : Major non-conformities have to be rectified before departure.
A major non-conformity means an identifiable deviation which poses a serious threat to personnel or ship safety or a serious risk to the environment and requires immediate corrective action. In addition, the lack of effective and systematic implementation of a requirement of the ISM Code is also considered a major non-conformity.

Minor deficiency: in principle, all deficiencies must be rectified before departure, code 16 can be used in case of minor deficiency, which, to the professional judgement of the PSCO, is not hazardous to safety, health or the environment and does not require immediate follow-up.

Serious Deficiency: A deficiency that may present an immediate threat to the ship, its personnel or the environment, and that could be qualified as a detainable deficiency.

Stoppage of an operation: Formal prohibition against a ship to continue an operation due to identified deficiency that, singly or together, render the continuation of such operation hazardous.

Substandard ship: A ship whose hull, machinery, equipment, or operational safety is substantially below the standards required by the relevant convention or whose crew is not in conformance with the safe manning document.