FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin In its latest safety awareness bulletin, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) highlights the crucial role of maintenance in ensuring safe operations onboard. According to AMSA, maintenance ensures that a system continues to perform its intended function as per its design in relation to the level of safety and reliability. In 2023, there were 3555 technical incidents reported to AMSA, compared to 3672 in 2022. Analysis of AMSA’s port State and flag State control inspection data shows there were 525 maintenance-related deficiencies issued in 2023 and 415 in 2022. There has been a gradual increase in maintenance-related deficiencies issued since 2019. RelatedNews Pilbara Ports: Best practices for gangway related activities Liberia issues advisory highlighting hazards of fumigation using phosphide var jnews_module_21325124_0_6a049a931ad4f = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21325124","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"45,263,201,429","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2",