Surveyors from class society Det Norske Veritas (DNV) are handing over a US-flag vessel to US Coast Guard (USCG) officials after the USCG told the owner it will be taking back all statutory inspections.
The 369-teu, 5,000-dwt Baffin Strait (built 1997) is the first ship ever to be kicked out of the USCG's alternate compliance programme (ACP), which authorises classification societies to perform statutory surveys and issue certificates - only to owners who qualify.
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