USCG Annual Report 2024: 82 Vessels Detained During the Year

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  • In 2024, the Coast Guard conducted 8,710 SOLAS safety exams with a total of 82 detentions.
  • The annual detention rate decreased from 1.22 percent to 0.94 percent.
  • The three-year rolling average detention ratio increased from 0.94 percent to 1.01 percent.
  • Data this year shows the number of detentions related to fire safety and lifesaving systems decreased over last year.

The US Coast Guard’s Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance has published the U.S. Port State Control (PSC) Annual Report for 2024, reports Safety4sea.

Vessel arrivals, exams, and detentions

In 2024, a total of 11,273 individual vessels, from 79 different flag administrations, made 84,034 port calls to the U.S. 8,710 PSC exams were conducted. These exam numbers increased over the 2023 total of 8,278. The total number of ships detained in 2024 for environmental protection, safety, and security related deficiencies decreased from 101 to 82.

USCG annual report

Flag administration performance

Flag Administration performance for 2024 increased with the overall annual detention rate decreasing from 1.22% to 0.94%. The three-year rolling detention ratio increased from 0.94% to 1.01%. Belize was the only flag Administration removed from the Targeted Flag List this year.

Detention and association appeals

USCG annual PSC report

In 2024, the Coast Guard received a total of twenty-seven appeals. Nine appeals challenged the overall merits of the detention. For those merit appeals, two were granted, five were denied, and two are under review at this time.

In addition to receiving appeals contesting the overall merits of a detention, we also receive appeals requesting the removal of a party’s association with a detention. For those parties appealing their association with a detention, seventeen were received. Of those, seven were granted, nine were denied, and one is still under review.

In 2024, one appeal was received requesting reconsideration for one of its ships being denied entry into any U.S. port as a result of being detained three times within a twelve-month period. That appeal was denied.

The Coast Guard welcomes any appeal based on a control action or association of a detention, as well as any deficiency issued by the Coast Guard. For more information on the Coast Guard’s appeal process, please see our process guidance on page seven of this report.

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Source: Safety4sea