摘要: |
The Towing Vessel Inspection Bureau (TVIB) has launched a drydock and internal structural examination certification course. The three-day course is being held virtually for now with plans to transition back into a classroom setting once the COVID-19 pandemic has passed. More than two years after the Coast Guard issued its first Certificates of Inspection (COIs), towing vessel operators are beginning to address compliance with another key component of Subchapter M: periodic drydock and internal structural examinations for credit. Coast Guard Regulation 46 CFR 137.300 requires all towing vessels to undergo a drydock and internal structural examination at least once every five years for vessels not exposed to salt water more than six months in any 12-month period. Those exposed to salt water more than that must undergo the examinations at least twice in five years with no more than 36 months between inspections. That means vessels operating in salt water that obtained their COIs early in the implementation process are coming due for their first credit dry-dock and internal structural examination. |