This RISK4SEA Report about PSC inspections for Capesize (>100k dwt) in Australia for 2023 includes breakdown of key figures of Calls and PSC Inspections and the Most Common Deficiency codes.

• Global Benchmarks for CY 2023 for capes are DPI=1.56 and DER=2.54%.
• Most of Capesize hosting Australian ports have PSC KPIs (DPI & DER) higher than Global average.
• The Ship Inspection Rate (SIR) is rather high compared with rest of the world (where the maximum is near to 5%).
• An important thing to be considered is that more than 20% of capsize managers calling Australian Ports are inspected (at least once), and in some cases (Dampier, Port Hedland) up to 40% of the managers are inspected.

Australia is an area with high rate of dry cargo trading conducted by Capesize bulk carriers. Capesize are large-sized bulk carriers typically above 100,000 deadweight tonnage (DWT). The name is due to reason that such ships cannot transit the Panama Canal and the way from Atlantic to Indian & Pacific is conducted via the Cape of Good Hope. Capesize ships are commonly used in transportation of coal, iron ore and commodity raw materials.