Tag: ship detentions

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.

While every port operates under a specific set of PSC procedures and ships are prepared to be inspected in line with the priorities set by the MoU and the Port, it is a common understanding that this may not be the case at all times.

During the COVID-19 outbreak, we have seen a decrease in the inspections within 2020 (-28% compared to 2019) with numbers bouncing back in 2021( -14% compared to 2019), expecting a full recovery in 2022.

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

On May 3rd, the P&O Ferries vessel "Pride of Kent" failed another Port State Control (PSC) reinspection, according to the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).

MCA announced that five foreign flagged ships remained under detention in UK ports during March 2022 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.

The "European Causeway", a ferry operated by P&O Ferries, was sailing from Scotland to Northern Ireland when it lost power off the County Antrim coast.