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USCG: Guidance on Overspeed Protection and Testing of Electronically-Controlled Engines

On 12/30/2019 the USCG issued a work instruction outlining enforcement guidance related to the verification and testing of overspeed protection by the USCG.

Excerpt from CVC-WI-011(1)

D.Enforcement Guidance.

a.Coast Guard Marine Inspectors should continue to verify mechanical engine overspeed deviceoperation as specified per reference (d) Section B, Chapter 1.

b.Verification of the electronic overspeed protection device should be conducted not less thanonce every five years. This test should be conducted in accordance with the manufacturer’stest procedures. Completion of verification shall be recorded in the MISLE narrative.

Click here to download CVC WI-011(1) Guidance on Overspeed Protection and Testing of Electronically-Controlled Engines

USCG: UPDATE CVC-WI-015(2) Determinations for a Vessel’s Keel Laid Date or Similar Stage of Construction for U.S. Flag Vessels

09/20/2019

The Coast Guard has updated CVC-WI-015(2) Determinations for a Vessel’s Keel Laid Date or Similar Stage of Construction for U.S. Flag Vessels.

Click here to download the CVC-WI-015(2).

USCG: CVC-WI-015(1) Determinations for a Vessel’s Keel Laid Date or Similar Stage of Construction

Published 08/27/2019

The USCG has issued work instruction CG-CVC-WI-015(1) to establish the interpretations of when a vessel’s keel is considered to be laid or the vessel is at a similar stage of construction, and provides guidelines for Officers in Charge, Marine Inspection (OCMIs) to determine what may be accepted for the purpose of establishing a vessel’s keel laid date. 

Click here to download CVC-WI-015(1) Determinations for a Vessel’s Keel Laid Date or Similar Stage of Construction