Tag: ship detentions

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned the Panama-flagged bulk carrier Babuza Wisdom for 90 days for a plethora of detainable deficiencies including a defective rescue boat engine.

The Spanish government has fined a Vietnamese ship operator $129,000, for an unauthorised ship-to-ship oil transfer that was at the centre of a Russian sanctions probe.

On 28th May, Nigerian released a Norwegian-seized vessel, MT Heroic Idun, which caught because it attempted to steal Nigeria’s crude oil in August 2022.

On 29th May, Malaysia’s maritime authorities said that cannon shells believed to be from World War Two have been found on a China-registered bulk carrier ship detained for anchoring in its waters without permission.

The Indian MoU published its annual report for 2022, reporting a total of 5060 inspections. Out of these 5060 inspections, 2279 inspectionshad deficiencies and the total numbers of deficiencies were 9902.

The troubled container vessel Shilling was successfully towed to safety by the ocean-going tug Skandi Emerald from Tasman Bay to Wellington, according to Maritime New Zealand.

Cyprus Shipping Deputy Ministry (SDM) has released a Port State Control (PSC) report to inform interested stakeholders of inspections and detentions during 2020-2022.

The Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained tanker Azumasan on May 10th, for anchoring without permission off Sekinchan.

During April of 2023 a Bulk Carrier, inspected in Gibraltar (Port UNLOCODE GIGIB) resulting in a detention with 9 Deficiencies. The number of deficiencies is not high, however the scope of the case study is to highlight the causes of detention.

Tokyo MoU published its Annual Report for 2022, indicating that it conducted 24,894 inspections, involving 15,853 individual ships. However, a cyber attack caused problems in its Port State Control (PSC) platform for several weeks, troubling operations.