Vetting — Fundamentals Practice Questions

A. Vetting ratings only affect the vessel's insurance premium, never its ability to trade

B. Major charterers, oil companies, and terminals routinely use vetting ratings as a screening gate before fixing a vessel — a poor rating can mean the ship is simply not offered cargo by that counterparty, regardless of whether it is technically seaworthy or compliant with PSC requirements

C. There is no commercial consequence; vetting ratings are purely internal record-keeping with no effect on chartering decisions

D. A poor vetting rating automatically triggers a PSC detention

A. A detainable deficiency only affects future inspections, not the current port call

B. The vessel is detained — prohibited from sailing until the deficiency is rectified and re-inspected (or, for some items, until the next port if a safe-passage exemption is granted), with the detention publicly recorded against the vessel and company

C. The vessel may continue trading immediately as long as the Master signs a statement promising to fix the issue later

D. Detention only applies to passenger vessels, not cargo or tank vessels

A. The deficiency codes are advisory only and are not recorded against the vessel's inspection history

B. It standardises how inspectors classify and record every finding worldwide, allowing statistical tracking of the most common/serious failure categories across the global fleet, which in turn drives both targeting of high-risk ships and industry-wide safety campaigns (e.g. concentrated inspection campaigns)

C. The codes exist only for internal administrative filing and have no effect on how ships are targeted for inspection

D. Each flag state uses a completely different, incompatible coding system, so the codes cannot be compared across regions