Tag: ship detentions

Safety and quality concerns It has been noticed that an increase in detentions within Asia appears to be adversely impacting on bulker-safety trends.Asia is proving a major driving force behind the growth in the dry-bulk market but there are also signs that it is causing fresh safety and quality concerns for the sector.Intercargo's Benchmarking Bulk Carriers 2010 to 2011 report showsthat the dry-bulk fleet increased by 11.6% and Asia was behind most of that growth with the region for the first time controlling more than 50% of the fleet. Chinese owners have grown by one-third over the past year.A marginal decrease in PSC detentions from 665 bulkers to 646 also shows that the quality of the fleet is improving.Intercargo's analysis shows that the slowdown in detentions has occurred mainly within Europe, while there has been a "marked" increase in detentions within Asia.Intercargo indicates that this is due mainly to the increase in trade in the region.However, there are signs that the trend is playing a significant role in the dry-bulk sector's casualty performance. Out of the seven bulker losses, with 44 seafarers' lives lost last year, six were trading cargoes to China and the other to South Korea. Three of ...

the ship will be refused access for a period of three months On7 June2011 the M/V "Tuzla"with IMO number 7920364 has been banned after multiple detentions.The ship was detained in Koper port in Slovenia on 1 June 2011. This was the third detention in the Paris MoU region within the last 36 months. The ship flies the flag of Belize.Therefore under the provisions of the section 4 of the Paris MoU the ship will be refused further access to any port and anchorage in the Paris MoU region.As this is the first refusal of access order for this ship, the ship will be refused access for a period of three months.Source: Paris MOU

After PSC inspection The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced that nine foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during April 2011 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.Latest monthly figures show that there were six new detentions of foreign flagged ships in UK ports during April 2011 and three vessels remained under detention from previous months. The overall rate of detentions compared with inspections carried out over the last twelve months was 3.03% this is slightly up from Marchs twelve month rate.Out of the detained vessels five were registered with flag states listed on the Paris MOU white list, two were registered with a flag state on the grey list none were registered with flag states on the black list and two were unregistered.SHIPS DETAINED IN APRIL 20111. Date & Place of detention: 04/04/2011 Bromborough Vessel Name: EST (General Cargo) GT: 920 IMO No 8609931 Flag: Latvia Company: A & A Trading Ltd Classification Society: Bureau Veritas (BV) Recognised Organisation: Bureau Veritas (BV) Recognised Organisation for ISM: Bureau Veritas (BV) Summary: 18 deficiencies; one ground for detention The vessel was detained in Bromborough for five days because of a large number of Safety Of Life At Sea ...

The ship polluted the sea with harmful substances The Georgian Border Police detained the 2,900-dwt "Naruksovo vessel flying under the Russian flag at the port of Poti.According to the information, the Russian cargo ship was detained while polluting the sea with "harmful substances."Administrative proceedings were initiated in respect of the Russian Master, Captain Petr Ushakov,under the fifth part of the 58th article of the administrative code of Georgia.A Poti court ordered him to pay damages worth 5,000 lari ($ 1 = 1.79 lari).The vessel,which is operated byMarship-Moscow,remained in the Poti Port yesterday.Source: Safety4Sea

2 new detentions in UK during December 2010 The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that 7 foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during December 2010 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.Latest monthly figures show that there were 2 new detentions of foreign flagged ships in UK ports during December 2010 and 5 vessels under detention from previous months. The overall rate of detentions compared with inspections carried out over the last twelve months was 2.87% this is slightly down from Novembers twelve month rate.Out of the detained vessels 3 were registered with flag states listed on the Paris MOU white list, 2 were registered with flag states on the grey list 1 was registered with a flag state on the black list and 1 was unregistered.1. In response to one of the recommendations of Lord Donaldsons Inquiry into the prevention of pollution from merchant shipping and in compliance with the EU Directive on Port State Control (95/21/EC as amended), the Maritime and Coastguard agency (MCA) publishes full details of the foreign flagged vessels detained in UK ports each month.2. Inspections of foreign flagged ships in UK ports are undertaken by surveyors from the MCA. ...