Getting the Ship Ready for Port State Control Inspection | Chief MAKOi 

Good comments. I work in Brazil as a psc officer. Will be a pleasure share experience with you. Thank you.

My expierence with inspectors is that they just come to ships to justify their own job. Searching for utter bullshit just to show that ships are still unsafe. I give you an example: We had a tiny box somewhere on deck. It was empty. Nothing in there. Well, we received a deficiency detaining the ship. We couldnt leave before there was a sticker with: NOT IN USE. Next inspection on a different ship as well. Some bullshit while a serious concern was not checked. The emergency release of the anchor was blocked and it was obvious we failed a repair and put on a drydock list. PSC is just an utter disgrace and wel passed their goal.

Thank you very much Sir, I agree with you the fear alone is enough to cause some errors, I remember during my cadetship, I and the rest of the cadets were returned to our cabin for the fear of the godly PSC officials it was funny and the same time annoying to me. the entire crew were just trembling 😂

your comment was a great help to me. Maybe in a few weeks, I will be on board my first ship as a 3rd engineer. I'll keep in mind what you said and be a good engineer.

Yes, i thought the same

😂in an Indian music video I saw a bus with name corona

Corona means crown. It's not a virus.

@@munenex yes I know

I'm a boarding agent in Argentina. I am no sure if it's the same but I think this vessel was in San Lorenzo port and had a few issues a few years ago. Expensive issues.

i didn't find any news about that ! please , can you provide us some links ?

@@halbous36 www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56842506?fbclid=IwAR0ZOKTQAoYcrhdIFShcnxhiIVMc_uVv4Ei3zGZw29X09lCO2x3uMv4o36c

@@halbous36 Check out Chief Makoi’s previous video Seafarer Trapped Onboard Abandoned Ship for 4 Years : No Electricity, Food, Water ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1zD-KjuGuiM.html&t and his newly pinned comment. Also: Stranded sailor allowed to leave abandoned ship after four years - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-56842506

@Lancashirelad found it thanks man !!!

Yep and even brand new truck off the factory floor can have issues. Attention to details is a never ending job.

@@kmg501 I was told that many times by DOT officers. They can find anything wrong if they want to.

@@wallysworkin823 It's easy to find things wrong on complicated interdependent machines.

Road pirates.

any law enforcement can be that way. Sometimes they can just use their power to make your life hell, even if you have done absolutely nothing wrong. Haven't had experience of it first hand, myself. (I'm lucky I guess?) But I've got enough mates in the trucking industry (and other transport related industries) who have had issues.

Good comments. I work in Brazil as a psc officer. Will be a pleasure share experience with you. Thank you

The intention is to weed out substandard tonnage while the coastal State exercises border privileges as a sovereign entity. Now that quality is _generally_ better in the industry, the process is maintained with nit-picking. In USA, the PSC inspector is generally a temporary billet, and I have heard is used to train “confidence” in Coast Guard junior officers. By the time they actually know what they’re looking at… they get transferred to a new billet. I fully appreciate the Coast Guard mission and their service, but they could use more permanent positions for foreign-flagged PSC inspectors rather than a stepping stone.

Thank you

Some times

I'm planning to do it when I retire from the merchant marine. 😊

Yeah Chief stay safe GBU and keep u.

@@georgegonzaga5494 To be blunt, karma isn't doing the job. "Letting it go" is why it still happens. And for what? Well, some people actually follow their morals, even when it's not easy.

@@georgegonzaga5494 ignoring it wont make it go away. Leaving the problem for someone else to sort out doesn't help either. Advocates with industry experience and first-hand knowledge can facilitate change.

U said it,we live in Chicago!

I agree and am reminded of the saying, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.", from Lord Acton, 1834-1902.

I would hazard to guess that the ultimate motivation is money.

Yes, unfortunately, tiny brains and big rule books are a bad combination.

@@jacksak You (and this popular saying) have got it backwards. Corruption empowers -- that is why people engage in corruption.

That's the mentality of people in places where corruption is off the charts.

Vodka and rubles ? Apparently, that must work on some people. Or they wouldn't have tried it. That's something that needs an in-depth investigation.

I've never captained a ship, but I used to drive a dump truck. I didn't own the truck, I only worked for the company. They told me to drive it and I needed the job, so I drove it. It was not up to standards. It was old and things were broken. The tarp that covered the load in the back was ripped off so only covered about 3 feet. It didn't have any fire extinguishers. I didn't even have a CDL. The company really sucked. So eventually I got pulled over and inspected. I told them "The owners say drive it, so I drive it". Fortunately while they fined the company over ten thousand dollars for various violations, they didn't write me any tickets. The owners of the company were really pissed. I would have felt bad for them if the company were new and/or struggling to stay in business, but they had plenty of money. The owners were always buying expensive cars and boats and vacationing in the Bahamas. They were just cheap. They never wanted to fix anything. They didn't want to hire someone with a CDL. They were always shorting me on my hours. They ran a lot of scams also. Like they had several companies. They would get supplies on credit with one company, do the construction and get paid with the second company, and at the end of the year the first company that owed for all the supplies would file for bankruptcy. So the construction was 100% profit. They didn't pay for any of the bricks, gravel, or sand they used. They also did a lot of tax evasion scams. It was the worst job I ever had.

@@BrettonFerguson Sounds like normal construction business in Ontario and Quebec. But you need to throw some politicians in the mix.

@@tomrogers9467 Local politicians getting bribes and kickbacks, or just pocketing taxpayer money, it's common in most large American cities.

I found that true in both the Army and construction industry.

Agreed. But if it's small enough, I guess you just fix whatever they pick on, and then go on your way.

@@jscott7151 Yes. And with parents too!

True: they must find something, to improve their jobs, beying free lances. So I have been told by some inspectors. Even the least note can do. Never 100 per cent free.

You are spot on with that!! It makes them feel like they are doing their job. And makes them think they know more than you do.

Amen! I was looking through the comments to see if anyone else highlighted that quote. If not, I was going to do so.

Also you never know how the inspector will be. They could be in a very bad mood. A single person can set them off and God help those who would meet them next.

@@carmelopappalardo8477 Oh yes, been there a few times. years ago I was also a quality inspector in the aerospace industry so have been on both sides of the fence ;-)

you're only as good as that last delivery of food you got with the dead roach in it.

I used to do ship inspections as an agriculture officer - it was sometimes really hard not to accept the offers of food when I was in the galley. That stuff always looked and smelled so good!

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Usually unless its too contaminated you dont. Its always being purified so its kept clean. It gets topped off every once and a while.

Never, unless it becomes needed because of a heavy degradation due to machinery failing. It is cleaned continously during operation of the ME and as oil is being burned fresh oil I added, thus, keeping the oil within acceptable limits. Quarterly, various oil samples are send ashore for analysis ensuring the quality and it is based on this analysis that the entire oil could be changed but this rarely happens.

I strongly disagree. An inspectors job is to check compliance with regulations

lol

Well almost every other country accept argentine

@@kinderboeken55 Almost. There are some more all around the world

I guess in the end he will take an office job at the office in the Philippines.

Hopefully, when he is ready for time away from sea Chief will go back and teach again at the University. I can't think of a better teacher for the next generation.

Thank you for the heart chief makoi

Kia ora bro go the all Blacks

Sounds like your Dad over did it just a wee bit... I'm a veteran from a family with over 200 years of military service in three countries. None of us were lifers, but damn... I wanted to be in the JROTC, Dad taught me short cuts from his time in WW2, and I knew how to make my rack etc... and ended up having to teach the rest...

I know exactly the one you are referring to

I actually watch farming and fishing videos as well. 😊

@@ChiefMAKOi you know you remind me of my late uncle who was also a chief engineer. he was very like you in that he was very amiable, but had natural authority. He also liked his food!!!!

He's already back home.