Tag: ship detentions

Four foreign flagged ships remained under detention in UK ports during January 2019 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection, according to data provided by the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).

Maritime NZ detained the Panama-flagged bulk carrier Daiwan Justice on 2 March 2019, at Lyttelton. The detention came after a complaint that the crewmembers' wages had not been paid for almost four months. As  a similar case took place with the same operator last year, Maritime NZ is considering what compliance actions it may take against the company.

The latest Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) was jointly conducted from 1st September to 30th November 2018 by the Paris, Tokyo, India and Black Sea MoU, focusing on compliance with the MARPOL Annex VI. Namely, during these three months, the PSC Authorities checked eleven items as mentioned in the CIC questionnaire.

Innovation teams consisting of industry experts of the ocean freight transportation system and global supply chains will meet in Washington as Commissioner Rebecca Dye starts the final phase of her investigation of the detention, demurrage, and free time practices of ocean carriers and marine terminal operators. The meetings will take place no later than mid-April.

The Paris MoU informed that the ship M/V 'Elg' was detained in Gibraltar on 12 February 2019. This is the third detention in the Paris MoU region within the last 36 months. The ship carries the flag of Moldova which is black on the current Paris MoU WGB list. As this is the first refusal of access order the period of the refusal of access will last 3 months.

As the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency proceeded to seize Tecoil Polaris, the master of the small product tanker Tecoil Polaris, Vitaliy Trofimov, was found guilty and was ordered to pay an overdue $34,000 fine for major ISM code violations.  

According to a recent release by the North P&I Club,  its SPICA correspondents in Indonesia informed about an increasing number of vessels being detained by the local authorities while they are at anchor in the waters around the island of Bintan, which is a popular place for vessels to “waiting for orders” because it is close to shipping lanes, and believed to be OPL (Operational Port Limited) Singapore. However, these waters are within Indonesian territorial waters where local regulation apply.

Paris MoU informed that the M/V 'MY FILIZ' was detained in the Port Constanta, in Romania, on 5 February 2019. This is the third detention in the Paris MoU region within the last 36 months. The ship carries the flag of Moldova which is currently black on the Paris MoU WGB list. As this is the first refusal of access order the period of the refusal of access will be 3 months.

Operators proceeding to ports in Gabon should note that all vessels are subject to PSC inspection and there is currently a long list of “deficiencies” which vessels should take care to try to rectify beforehand, or otherwise risk being fined, the London P&I Club warned citing information from correspondents TCI/Eltvedt & O’Sullivan. 

The general cargo ship 'Volgo-Don 5066' was detained in Russia's port Rostov-on-Don on 27 January. The ship flies the flag of Comoros which is black on the current Paris MoU WGB list. This is its third detention in the Paris MoU region within the last 36 months.