A US Coast Guard list targeting US-flag ships with deeper inspections includes about 10% of the fleet in the Alternate Compliance Program (ACP), an official said Wednesday.
But John Hannon, a programme manager at the US Coast Guard's Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance, told the Marine Board of Investigation into the sinking of TOTE Maritime's 5,330-lane-metre El Faro (built 1975) that the list is intended as a way to bring a closer look to ships with higher risk, like older vessels and passengerships.
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