b'SAFETY MATTERSSAFETYGetting the Drydock CreditYou DeserveERIC CHRISTENSEN // PVA DIRECTOR OF REGULATORY AFFAIRS & RISK MANAGEMENTF or almost six years, PVA has been askingoff. On Feb.1, 2023, the Office of Commercialclarifies when credit for a drydock is given and theU.S.CoastGuardtocorrectanVesselCompliance(CVC)atCoastGuardthe date used to set the next exam date. Spoiler issue that members have had regardingHeadquartersissuedanupdatetoWorkalert, drydock credit is issued from the date the drydock credit, and our persistence has paidInstructionCVC-WI-029(viewhere)thatexam is completed, not started, and is not tied to a previous exam date.DRYDOCK DATESCommercial vessels are required to undergo drydock exams and internal structural exams (ISE)atintervalsprescribedbyregulation. Those intervals are printed on the Certificate ofInspection(COI)underHullExams. Public Tickets &TK There are three dates listed on the COI:Private ChartersNext Examthe due date for the vessels.together at last nextdrydock/ISEexam.Thisisadrop-dead date since the vessel cannot legally op-erate past this date without an extension.EFFORTLESSEFFORTLESSLast Examthe date of the last RESERVATIONS CONTRACTS drydock/ISE.+ TICKETING for Private Charters PriorExamthedateoftheprevious for Public Cruises and Group Bookingsdrydock/ISE exam. This is used to track vessels that are required to conduct a dry-Integrated online,Custom PDF contractsdock/ISE twice in a five-year period.phone and walk-upwith fully-trackable bookings versioning Themajorityofdomesticpassengervessels are on either a two-year or five year drydock/Automated conrmation,Support for privateISE interval. reminder and follow-upcharters, schools and emails tour groups THE ISSUEIn2016,theCoastGuardupdatedtheir Marketing and SearchDetailed reports fordrydock guidance in Marine Safety Manual, Engine Optimizationevent planning andVolume II (MSM Vol II) to extend next exam (SEO) nancial tracking drydockdatestotheendofthemonthin which the drydock exam was completed. For Personalized set-up,example,ifadrydockexamwascompleted training and supportResource tracking foron May 15, the next exam date on the COI included multi-use inventory wouldbeMay31oftheappropriateyear. This change was requested by PVA though theCoastGuard/PVAQualityPartnership inresponsetoPVAsconcernthatsome CoastGuardunitswereassigninganext exam date exactly two years or five years after Manage your entirecompletion of a credit drydock examination. business from a single,This caused a concern over inspection creep integrated platform where the next drydock exam would have to be started before the anniversary date of the last exam leading to less than two or five years SCHEDULE A DEMOWWW.STARBOARDSUITE.COMFOGHORN 30'