Port State Control PSCG PQS Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)
PSCG1: Describe the purpose/ goal of the USCG Port State
Control program. - Correct Answers ✅To verifiy foreign flagged vessels operating in U.S. waters comply with applicable international conventions and U.S. laws and regulations; to identify and eliminate substandard ships from U.S. waters.
PSCG1: Describe difference between U.S. domestic vessel
Inspections and Port State Control (PSC) Examinations. - Correct Answers ✅Exams are spot checks for safety and security regulation compliance on foreign vessels, whereas an inspection is much more thorough in the construction and performance of the machinery and is only conducted on domestic vessels. For deficiencies, PSC may only say what is wrong, but Domestics is very specific on how something should be fixed.
PSCG2: Describe the purpose of IMO Resolutions and
Circulars. - Correct Answers ✅Resolutions are created to clarify regulations and are voted on by the entire IMO Assembly, which is the governing body of the organization.Resolutions are annotated in a certain way. A.1052(27); A is for Assembly, 1052nd resolution and voted on in the 27th meeting.Circulars are documents used to clarify regulations, but because they are limited in scope they are created by a committee instead of the whole assembly. If a circular is adopted, as in signed in by flag states, it becomes 1 / 4
Port State Control PSCG PQS Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) mandatory. MSC/Circ.1046; MSC is for the committee Marine Safety Committee, and is the 1046th circular published by that committee.
PSCG3: Define the Coast Guard's authority to board foreign
vessels and conduct PSC exams. - Correct Answers ✅The U.S. is party to SOLAS, ICLL, MARPOL, and STCW 95, which provide authority for port states to exercise control procedures to secure compliance with applicable convention.33 USC 1221 - Ports and Waterways Safety Act - designed to promote navigation, vessel safety, and protection of the marine environment; applies in any port or place under the jurisdiction of the U.S.Magnuson Act of 1950 - pertains to the movement and inspection of foreign vessels in U.S. Waters.14 USC 89 - SEASII on high seas and waters subject to U.S.jurisdiction for the prevention, detection, and suppression of violations of laws of the United States
PSCG3: State where the U.S. Coast Guard has jurisdiction to
conduct Port State Control Exams. - Correct Answers ✅...
PSCG4: Describe the diplomatic relationships, international
implications and economic factors that are evident during a PSC examination. 2 / 4
Port State Control PSCG PQS Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) Articulate in general the impact / trickle down consequences of delaying a vessel. - Correct Answers ✅The IMO is a organization under the UN which is a diplomatic international partnership. Delays and detentions cause large economic impacts.The development of the world economy is closely related and highly influenced by the commercial shipping industry."The PSCO should exercise professional judgment to determine whether to detain a ship until the deficiencies are corrected or to allow it to sail with certain deficiencies, having regard to the particular circumstances of the intended voyage." A.1052(27) 2.3.5 [IMO assembly resolution]
PSCG5: Define a sub-standard vessel and give examples of
detainable items under each of the IMO conventions. - Correct Answers ✅A ship whose hull, machinery, equipment, or operational safety is substantially below the standards required by the relevant convention or whose crew is not in conformance with the safe manning document." -
A.1052(27)
As evidence by:
-the absence of principal equipment or arrangement required by the conventions, 3 / 4
Port State Control PSCG PQS Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) -non-compliance of equipment or arrangement with relevant specifications of the conventions, -substantial deterioration of the ship or its equipment, for example, because of poor maintenance, -Insufficiency of operational proficiency, or unfamiliarity of essential operational procedures by the crew, -Insufficiency of manning or insufficiency of certification of seafarers.
EXAMPLES:
-Lack of, or expired/invalid/incomplete, International Ship Security Certificate, Ship Security Plan; incompetent Ship Security Officer regarding vessel security; crew anomolies, etc.-Failure of proper operation of the main and auxiliary steering gear. (SOLAS) -Absence, non-compliance or substantial deterioration of lights, shapes or sound signals. (SOLAS) -Ventilators in cargo area not operable. (Intl Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes (SIMSBC) code) -Overloading. (ICLL) -Significant areas of damage or corrosion, unless properly authorized temporary repairs for a voyage to a port for permanent repairs have been carried out. (ICLL) -MARPOL Absence, serious deterioration, or failure of the oily water separator, the oil discharge monitoring and control system, or the 15-ppm alarm arrangements
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