Tag: ship detentions

According to the Paris MoU, the vessel M/V "OLGA S" was detained in port Chioggia (Italy) on 30 September 2024. This is the third detention in the Paris MoU region within the last 24 months.

On October 4, 2024, Spanish and French security forces conducted an operation against a Tanzanian-flagged vessel near the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, seizing approximately 4 tons of cocaine.

A Ukrainian court has seized a Turkish cargo ship, the Usko MFU, for repeatedly entering Crimea for commercial purposes.

Port State Control plays an important role in enforcing international garbage management regulations, ensuring ships comply with MARPOL Annex V to prevent marine pollution

On 3 September, a Malta-registered cargo ship, the Ruby, which is carrying ammonium nitrate, sought refuge in Tromsø harbor following damage from grounding.

AMSA issued a marine notice that serves as a reminder of the requirements to test and maintain fuel isolation valves for multi-engine installations, following an increase that has been noticed in the failure of remotely operated isolation valves in the fuel supply lines to generators.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced that three foreign flagged ship remained under detention in UK ports at the end of July after failing Paris MOU Port State Control (PSC) inspection.

Following an inspection, Israeli maritime authorities have detained the vessel Serafina, identifying 29 defects, 18 of which are serious rule breaches that alone could have warranted the vessel's detention.

A vessel was detained by Malaysian Maritime authorities on 23 July, 11.5 nautical miles southwest of Pulau Ketam, for illegal sand dredging.

Reuters highlights that Spanish authorities have detained a cargo ship operated by a German company following a fuel spill that occurred during a refueling operation near the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, according to Spain's Merchant Fleet.