3.1.1 In general, a ship is regarded as substandard if the hull, machinery, equipment or
operational safety and the protection of the environment are substantially below the standards
required by the relevant conventions or if the crew is not in conformity with the safe manning
document, owing to, inter alia:
.1 the absence of principal equipment or arrangement required by the conventions, taking into account paragraph 1.2.6;
.2 non-compliance of equipment or arrangement with relevant specifications of the conventions, taking into account paragraph 1.2.6;
.3 substantial deterioration of the ship or its equipment;
.4 insufficiency of operational proficiency, or unfamiliarity with essential operational procedures by the crew; and
.5 insufficiency of manning or insufficiency of certification of seafarers.
3.1.2 If these evident factors as a whole or individually pose a danger to the ship or persons
on board or present an unreasonable threat of harm to the marine environment if it were
allowed to proceed to sea, it should be regarded as a substandard ship. The PSCO should
also take into account the guidelines in appendix 2.