The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced that during April, there were two new detentions of foreign flagged vessels in a UK port, whereas four foreign flagged ships remained under detention in UK ports during April 2019 after failing port state control (PSC) inspection.
Specifically, the UK is part of a regional agreement on port state control, under the Paris MoU, while the data gathered form the vessels inspected are held centrally in an electronic database known as THETIS. Thus, ships with high risk rating and poor detention records are easy-to-target for future inspection.
Additionally, responsible on inspecting the vessels are the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. When a ship is found to be not in compliance with applicable convention requirements, a deficiency may be raised. If any of their deficiencies are so serious they have to be rectified before departure, then the ship will be detained.
According to UK MCA, all deficiencies should be rectified before departure.
When applicable, the list includes those passenger craft prevented from operating under the provisions of the EU Directive on Mandatory Surveys for the safe operation of regular ro-ro ferry and high speed passenger craft services (1999/35/EU).
Notes on the list of detentions
- Full details of the ship. The accompanying detention list shows ship’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) number which is unchanging throughout the ship’s life and uniquely identifies it. It also shows the ship’s name and flag state at the time of its inspection.
- Company. The company shown in the vessel’s safety management certificate (SMC) or if there is no SMC, then the party otherwise believed to be responsible for the safety of the ship at the time of inspection.
- Classification society. The list shows the classification society responsible for classing the ship only.
- Recognised organisation. Responsible for conducting the statutory surveys: and issuing statutory certificates on behalf of the flag state
- white (WL), grey (GL) and black lists (BL) are issued by the Paris MoU on 01 July each year and shows the performance of flag State.
New Detentions
- Tango Sol, Cook Islands Flag, was detained on April 5, 2019 at Hartlepool. Thirty-three deficiencies with one ground for detention. This vessel was released on 8th April 2019.
- Christos Theo, Marshall Islands, was detained on 23 April 2019 at Southampton. Twenty-one deficiencies with one ground for detention. This vessel was released on 29th April 2019
Detentions carried over from previous months
- The Russian-flagged bulk carrier ‘KUZMA MININ’ was detained on 18th December 2018 at Falmouth. It had 13 deficiencies with six grounds for detention. This vessel was still detained on 30th April 2019.
- The Iceland-flagged ‘Poseidon’ was detained on 19th July 2018 at Hull. Ten deficiencies with two grounds for detention were found. This vessel was still detained on 30th April 2019.
- 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 April 2019.
- 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 April 2019.
