In its monthly review of ship detentions, the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced that nine foreign-flagged ships remained under detention in UK ports during February 2019 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection. From these, four were new detentions that took place within February.
New Detentions
- The Moldova-flagged general cargo ship ‘ELG’ was detained on 12th February 2019 at Gibraltar. Eleven deficiencies were found with four grounds for detention. This vessel was released on 18th February 2019.
- The Norway-flagged offshore supply vessel ‘BRAGE VIKING’ was detained on 13th February 2019 at Montrose. It had six deficiencies with three grounds for detention. This vessel was released on 14th February 2019.
- The Panama-flagged oil/chemical tanker ‘KADRIYE ANA’ was detained on 20th February 2019 at Barking. It had 30 deficiencies with eight grounds for detention. This vessel was released on 28th February 2019.
- The Marshall Islands-flagged tanker ‘VICTORY’ was detained on 19th February 2019 at Gibraltar. Six deficiencies were found with four grounds for detention. This vessel was still detained on 28th February 2019.
Detentions carried over from previous months
- The Togo-flagged general cargo ‘ARESSA’ was detained on 23rd January 2019 at Goole. It had 23 deficiencies with 13 grounds for detention. This vessel was still detained on 28th February 2019.
- 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 28th February 2019.
- 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.