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United States Coast Guard “Quality Shipping: XXI Century Standard, Seafaring Careers: Raising the Profile” St. Petersburg: 22-23 October 2008 Jeff Lantz Director of Commercial Vessel Regulations and Standards

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“Quality Shipping: XXI Century Standard, Seafaring Careers: Raising the Profile” St. Petersburg: 22-23 October 2008. Jeff Lantz Director of Commercial Vessel Regulations and Standards. Mariner Shortage – Why?. Lifestyle Compensation Unappreciated and undervalued * Treatment * - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Jeff Lantz Director of Commercial Vessel Regulations and Standards

United States Coast Guard

“Quality Shipping: XXI Century Standard, Seafaring Careers: Raising the Profile”

St. Petersburg: 22-23 October 2008

Jeff LantzDirector of Commercial Vessel Regulations

and Standards

Page 2: 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

Page 3: Jeff Lantz Director of Commercial Vessel Regulations and Standards

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

Page 4: Jeff Lantz Director of Commercial Vessel Regulations and Standards

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”

Page 5: Jeff Lantz Director of Commercial Vessel Regulations and Standards

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. “

Page 6: Jeff Lantz Director of Commercial Vessel Regulations and Standards

United States Coast Guard

Marine Safety Performance Planwww.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg54/mspp.asp

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.

Page 7: Jeff Lantz Director of Commercial Vessel Regulations and Standards

United States Coast Guard

Marine Safety Performance Planwww.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg54/mspp.asp

Performance Initiatives Superior Workforce

Superb Service Delivery

Quality Management

Increase Rulemaking Capacity

Expand Professional Marine Safety Training and Education.

Page 8: Jeff Lantz Director of Commercial Vessel Regulations and Standards

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

Page 9: Jeff Lantz Director of Commercial Vessel Regulations and Standards

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

Page 10: Jeff Lantz Director of Commercial Vessel Regulations and Standards

United States Coast Guard

Quality Management

Improve Management Accountability

Strengthen Program Management

Develop A Balanced Scorecard

Implement A Quality Management System

Page 11: Jeff Lantz Director of Commercial Vessel Regulations and Standards

United States Coast Guard

Coast Guard Compliance EffortsCoast Guard Compliance Efforts

Education Education

Outreach with Regulated CommunityOutreach with Regulated Community

International EngagementInternational Engagement

Foreign Government Capacity BuildingForeign Government Capacity Building

ResearchResearch

Interagency CoordinationInteragency Coordination

EnforcementEnforcement

Page 12: Jeff Lantz Director of Commercial Vessel Regulations and Standards

United States Coast Guard

Options for EnforcementOptions for Enforcement

Informal Corrective Actions Informal Corrective Actions

Port State Control ActionPort State Control Action

Notice of Violation (ticket)Notice of Violation (ticket)

Civil PenaltiesCivil Penalties

Criminal ProsecutionCriminal Prosecution

Page 13: Jeff Lantz Director of Commercial Vessel Regulations and Standards

United States Coast Guard

Environmental Crime ProsecutionEnvironmental Crime ProsecutionThe Coast Guard has historically referred cases for criminal The Coast Guard has historically referred cases for criminal

prosecution for:prosecution for:

Knowing criminal violations; Knowing criminal violations;

Criminal false statements and other deliberate concealment; Criminal false statements and other deliberate concealment;

Obstruction of justice and tampering with evidence; Obstruction of justice and tampering with evidence;

Failure to report known pollution, or; Failure to report known pollution, or;

Gross NegligenceGross Negligence

Page 14: Jeff Lantz Director of Commercial Vessel Regulations and Standards

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.

Page 15: Jeff Lantz Director of Commercial Vessel Regulations and Standards

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

Page 16: Jeff Lantz Director of Commercial Vessel Regulations and Standards

United States Coast Guard

Thank you!

Page 17: Jeff Lantz Director of Commercial Vessel Regulations and Standards

United States Coast Guard

Coast Guard PSC Boardings

Additional slides

Page 18: Jeff Lantz Director of Commercial Vessel Regulations and Standards

United States Coast Guard

2006/2007 PSC Statistics

2006 2007 Increase/decrease

PSC Safety and Environmental Protection Detentions

110 152 38% Increase

PSC Examinations 10,136 10,423 2.8% Increase

ISPS Major Control Actions

35 42 20% Increase

ISPS Examinations 9,053 8,901 1.7% DecreasePSC 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: 0.53 1

Page 19: Jeff Lantz Director of Commercial Vessel Regulations and Standards

United States Coast Guard

2008 PSC Statistics2007 2008

Jan – Jul

PSC Safety and Environmental Protection Detentions

152 121

ISPS Major Control Actions

35 23

Increased Detention and Major Control Action

Page 20: Jeff Lantz Director of Commercial Vessel Regulations and Standards

United States Coast Guard

Qualship 21 Registries for 2008Barbados Hong Kong

Belgium* India*

Belize Israel

Bermuda Malaysia*

Bulgaria* Marshall Island

Canada Norway

China Philippines*

France* Republic of Korea

Germany Sweden

Gibraltar* United Kingdom

Greece* Require submission of Self-Assessment Form to be fully qualified

Page 21: Jeff Lantz Director of Commercial Vessel Regulations and Standards

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