 conducted a port-state control boarding on the Albany Sound Monday. We do port-state control. The ship's documentation, material condition, and crew ability to confirm the vessel is meeting the IMO's safety of life at sea and international ship and port security code. The ship's documentation must be valid and up-to-date. Certificates for registry, class, international tonnage, load line, ship security, and others are required. The team also conducts a physical inspection of the ship. A key point is to look at the ship's steering by running both generators, manually steering, and verifying the ship's heading of the bridge. As in the same way. Howlens observes its operation while Stifle goes up on deck to see the stream of water produced by the pulpit. Hoses are run four and a half. The examiners find the engine room is immaculate. None of the extinguishers are expired and there are no fire meshes. The examiners check to see if the oily water separator is functioning and has not been bypassed. After the control room, they'll look at the fixed firefighting system. CO2 is stored here. These, uh, hoses are requirements for their hydros. The crew is examining the galley, food storage, sick bay, and living quarters to make sure everything is stored correctly and clean. The final part of the exam is to conduct drills with the crew. The fire drill is next. The crew musters then quickly gets to their stations and dresses out to fight the fire. They are quick and mindful of their fellow crew. Howlens tells the new fires out of control and they must abandon ship. Again, they muster and then test the lifeboat release. Things have gone well. There are no discrepancies. The captain gets a final copy of the exam before the team departs the ship. The 552-foot Albany Sound will offload the rest of its cargo. This is just one of over 8,000 foreign flight vessels from more than 100 countries that arrive in the US each year, carrying about 90% of the commercial freight that arrives or departs the US.