USCG: Slight increase in ship detentions in 2018

Following release of its Domestic Vessel Annual Report, the US Coast Guard now issued its annual PSC report for 2018, informing of a slight increase in the number of detentions, with a detention rate of 1.16%, compared to last year’s 0.99%. USCG conducted 9,025 SOLAS safety exams with a total of 105 detentions and 8 ISPS control actions in 2018. Meanwhile, the three-year rolling average detention ratio dropped slightly for the second year in a row from 1.39% to 1.06%.