U.S. Coast Guard's Marine Safety Program-Offshore Vessel Inspections.

摘要

The U.S. Coast Guards Marine Safety program is intended to ensure the safety of tens of thousands of U.S. mariners, millions of passengers on ferries and other vessels, and tens of millions of recreational boaters. The Marine Safety program includes Marine Safety Inspections of most vessel types; these inspections can uncover unsafe vessels, prevent certain incidents from occurring, and ensure that vessels have sufficient lifesaving equipment onboard to respond to an incident. For this audit, we focused on the Marine Safety Inspections for offshore vessels such as floating production systems, offshore supply vessels, and mobile offshore drilling units. We planned this audit to determine whether the U.S. Coast Guard has the capabilities and resources needed to inspect offshore vessels and ensure the safety of maritime commerce. We did not identify any instances of uninspected offshore vessels. Although we did identify a few instances of vessels being inspected by unqualified personnel, 99% of the inspections reviewed were conducted by qualified personnel. However, we determined that the U.S. Coast Guard does not have adequate information to plan and resource future Marine Safety program activity levels.