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www.maritimeprofessional.com Maritime Professional 9 isfy the 2010 legislation for fishing vessels. These regulations will likely take a year to develop and will include lifesaving and stability standards along with training and competency requirements. There are currently 79 full time Coast Guard civilian and military commercial vessel examiners and 100 part time Auxiliary examiners. In 2010, they completed 8,729 exams and issued 4,525 safety decals. To date this year, 7,496 have been examined and 3,766 decals issued. Also ramping up to meet anticipated demand, a target number of examiners is being developed, assuming 17,500 exams per year will be necessary once the rules are finalized. Foreign Vessels In 2010, a total of 9,260 foreign vessels from 90 different flag administrations made 76,372 port calls to the UnitedStates. The Coast Guard conducted 9,907 SOLAS safetyexams and 8,906 ISPS exams on these vessels. Significantly, the number of ships detained for environmental and safety related deficiencies decreased from 161 to 156 in 2010 and the number of ships detained for security deficiencies decreased from 18 to 17. The Coast Guard keeps statistics on flag administration performance. Over the last 12 years, detention rates have decreased from 4.73% to 1.67%. We have a targeting policy to board vessels more if the flag administration has a poor record and, at the same time, less ifthe flag administration has earned status in the QUALSHIP 21 program, which requires submission of the IMO?s Voluntary Member State Audit summary. Safety: A Partnership with Industry The Coast Guard works very closely with Classification Societies, which are recognized organizations for many flag administrations, including the United States. The following MP #4 (1-17):MP Layouts 11/7/2011 4:36 PM Page 9