Five foreign-flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during October 2018, after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection, according to data provided by the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).
During September, there were two new detentions of foreign flagged vessels in a UK port, while three vessels remained under detention from previous months. A total of three vessels remained under detention at the end of October.
New detentions
- The Cook Islands-flagged ‘Southwester’ was detained on 1st October 2018 in Runcorn, after found with eighteen deficiencies, including one ground for detention. This vessel was released on 8th October 2018.
- The Cook Islands-flagged ‘Duygu’ was detained on 1st October in Birkenhead, after found with twenty-one deficiencies with five grounds for detention. This vessel was released on 3rd October 2018.
Detentions carried over from previous months
- The Icelandic-flagged ‘Poseidon’, found with 10 deficiencies, two of which were detainable, was detained on 19th July 2018 at Hull. This vessel was still detained on 30th September 2018.
- The Russian-flagged ‘Tecoil Polaris’ was detained on 6th June 2018 at Immingham, after found with 27 deficiencies with eight grounds for detention. This vessel was still detained on 30th September 2018.
- The unregistered ‘Cien Porciento’ was detained on 4 March 2010 with 30 deficiencies, including seven grounds for detention. This vessel was still detained on 30th September 2018.