Tag: ship detentions

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned a Briese Heavylift GmbH & Co vessel from Australian waters for 180 days, in a crackdown on unsafe and unseaworthy vessels. 

Paris MoU issued guidelines to provide guidance to Port State Control Officers (PSCOs) in performing a PSC inspection and ensure compliance with the requirements of MARPOL Annex VI, that entered into force on 19 May 2005 and revised in 2021, with an effective date of 1 November 2022.

Paris MoU has published a guidance for PSC authorities to advise about actions taken in case of a detention onboard during a 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 2022.

The Singaporean-flagged cargo vessel the Shiling to undertake harbour trials as planning continues for its departure from Wellington.

Sixteen crew members from India associated with a cargo vessel dubbed MT Heroic Idun, who had been in detention for more than nine months in Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea, have finally returned home.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned the Antigua Barbuda-flagged general cargo ship BBC Weser from Australian waters for 90 days for being in an unsafe and unseaworthy condition as well as and an unacceptable risk to Australia’s precious marine and coastal environments.

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.