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Table 3-10
Port State Control Statistics
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1996 |
7,608 |
476 |
6.26% |
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1997 |
7,686 |
547 |
7.12% |
6.64% |
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1998 |
7,880 |
373 |
4.73% |
6.02% |
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1999 |
7,617 |
257 |
3.37% |
5.08% |
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2000 |
7,657 |
193 |
2.52% |
3.55% |
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2001 |
7,842 |
172 |
2.19% |
2.69% |
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2002 |
7,106 |
178 |
2.50% |
2.40% |
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2003 |
7,673 |
153 |
1.99% |
2.22% |
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2004 |
7,241 |
176 |
2.43% |
2.30% |
92 |
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2005 |
7,850 |
127 |
1.61% |
2.00% |
51 |
0.89% |
2006 |
8,178 |
110 |
1.35% |
1.78% |
35 |
0.80% |
NOTES: In 2006, a total of 8,178 individual vessels, from 80 different flag States, made 678,668 port calls. United States Coast Guard conducted 10,136 Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and 9,053 International Ship and Port Facility security exams. The SOLA exams resulted in 110 detentions, a 13 percent decrease, and the security exams resulted in 35 major control actions, a 31 percent decrease, while distinct arrivals grew by 328, a 4 percent increase.
SOURCE: Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, Port State Control in the United States, Annual Report 2006
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