Tag: ship detentions

Paris MoU announced that the cargo ship "SHEKSNA" was detained in Savona (Italy) on 12 August 2022. This is the third detention in the Paris MoU region within the last 24 months.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced that nine foreign flagged ships remained under detention in UK ports during August 2022 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced that seven foreign flagged ships remained under detention in UK ports during July 2022 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced that four foreign flagged ships remained under detention in UK ports during June 2022 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.

The Black Sea MoU published its Annual Report on Port State Control in the Black Sea region, which covers the period between 1st January and 31st December 2021.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced that eight foreign flagged ships remained under detention in UK ports during May 2022 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.

According to RISK4SEA data, there were 25 ports with more than 10 detentions during CY2021. The “champion” in detentions was port of Novorossiysk with 87 detentions in 1,253 inspections.

A continuous risk assessment is vital to address possible risks related to ships performance in which many factors are taken into account in order to ensure the safety of crew, cargo and environment.

PSC MoUs have a common system to assist PSC Officers (PSCO) identify deficiencies during ship inspections, using a 5 digit code with a specific description attached to it, so that PSCOs report class and codify PSC findings. All PSC Regimes, including the US Cost Guard, use the same unique deficiency codes and the list includes 578 of them.

Whether a ship is to be inspected, it’s a decision based on specific MoU procedures. Commonly, if a ship is inspected once in a MoU and the inspection ended without any severe findings, then the ship will be inspected again within the inspection window set by each MoU.