Apart from failure to carry equipment required by a convention or obvious defects such as holed lifeboats, the port State control officer will look for signs of disuse of, or obstructions to, survival craft launching equipment which may include paint accumulation, seizing of pivot points, absence of greasing, condition of blocks and falls and improper lashing or stowing of deck cargo.
Poleg tega, da na ladji ni opreme, ki se zahteva s konvencijo, ali da so očitne take pomanjkljivosti, kot so preluknjani rešilni čolni, pa inšpektor za varnost plovbe išče znake neuporabe ali ovir za uporabo opreme za spuščanje reševalnih čolnov, ki lahko vključujejo kopičenje barve, zaskok zglobov, pomanjkljivo podmazovanje, stanje škripčevja in jeklenih vrvi ter neprimerno privezovanje ali skladiščenje krovnega tovora.