Tag: ship detentions

The Indian Ministry of Shipping provided more details on the certification and survey of Indian Flag Cargo vessels. In order to exercise control over the quality of surveys and also for maintenance of ships between surveys, the Indian Flag vessels are inspected by Flag Surveyors as part of Flag State Interventions regime.

The Mediterranean Shipping Company has reached an agreement with the Somali government over the accidental internet cable outage, that created a large disruption of web connectivity in the region. 

An international tribunal has awarded the Netherlands €5.4 million in damages over the Greenpeace ‘Arctic 30’ dispute with Russia. The award follows a long arbitration, dating back to the boarding, seizing and detention of the Greenpeace ship, Arctic Sunrise by Russian authorities, in September 2013.

Paris MoU issued its 2016 Annual report on Port State Control, which shows a significant increase in the refusal of access (bans) within the region. In 2016, the bans were 20, compared to 11 in 2015, while the number of detentions and detainable deficiencies has also increased.

On 6 July 2017, the "ACORUS" vessel was detained in Port of Asprogirpos, Greece, according to Paris MoU. This is the third detention in the Paris MoU region within the last 36 months. The ship flies the flag of Moldova Republic, which is black on the current Paris MoU WGB list.

Eleven foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during June 2017, after failing Port State Control inspection, according to data provided by UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency. During June, there were seven new detentions in a UK port, while four vessels remained under detention from previous months.

At its 50th meeting last month, the Paris MoU Committee approved the 2016 inspection results. In 2016, a total number of 73 flags are listed: 42 on the White List,19 on the Grey List and 12 on the Black list.

Paris MoU has expressed its satisfaction with the overall result of its CIC on MLC for which a total of 3,674 questionnaires were completed from 1 Sep to 30 Nov 2016. The campaign resulted in 42 MLC detentions. Positive results were recorded on certificates attesting medical fitness, the verification of records of the inspections of the accommodation, food and catering.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority announced that it has banned the Papua New Guinea-flagged cargo ship "Kiunga Chief" from entering or using Australian ports for three months, after the ship was detained for a third time in less than 18 months, due to the failure of its operators to safely and effectively manage the operations of the vessel.

The Liberian Maritime Authority issued a marine notice, informing that there has been an increase in Port State Control inspections in China. As many of these inspections are reporting detainable deficiencies, the administration considers advisable that an Advance Notice of Arrival or notice of deficiencies and corrective action is provided.