Press release

FOREIGN FLAGGED SHIPS UNDER DETENTION IN THE UK DURING MARCH 2017

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that eight foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during March 2017 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.

During March, there were four new detention of foreign flagged vessels in a UK port. Four vessels remained under detention from previous months. A total of four vessels remain under detention at the end of March.

  1. In response to one of the recommendations of Lord Donaldson’s inquiry into the prevention of pollution from merchant shipping, and in compliance with the EU Directive on Port State Control (2009/16/EC as amended), the Maritime and Coastguard agency (MCA) publishes details of the foreign flagged vessels detained in UK ports each month.

  2. The UK is part of a regional agreement on port state control known as the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MOU) and information on all ships that are inspected is held centrally in an electronic database known as THETIS. This allows the ships with a high risk rating and poor detention records to be targeted for future inspection.

  3. Inspections of foreign flagged ships in UK ports are undertaken by surveyors from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. When a ship is found to be not in compliance with applicable convention requirements, a deficiency may be raised. If any of their deficiencies are so serious they have to be rectified before departure, then the ship will be detained.

  4. All deficiencies should be rectified before departure if at all possible.

  5. When applicable, the list includes those passenger craft prevented from operating under the provisions of the EU Directive on Mandatory Surveys for the safe operation of regular Ro-Ro ferry and high speed passenger craft services (1999/35/EU).

Notes on the list of detentions

  • Full details of the ship. The accompanying detention list shows ship’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) number which is unchanging throughout the ship’s life and uniquely identifies it. It also shows the ship’s name and flag state at the time of its inspection.
  • Company. The company shown in the vessel’s Safety Management Certificate (SMC) or if there is no SMC, then the party otherwise believed to be responsible for the safety of the ship at the time of inspection.
  • Classification Society. The list shows the Classification Society responsible for classing the ship only.
  • Recognised Organisation. Responsible for conducting the statutory surveys: and issuing statutory certificates on behalf of the Flag State
  • White (WL), Grey (GL) and Black lists (BL) are issued by the Paris MoU on 01 July each year and shows the performance of flag State.

SHIPS DETAINED IN MARCH 2017

Vessel Name: JAG POOGA

GT: 28823

IMO: 9310692

Flag: India (Grey list)

Company: The Great Eastern Shipping Co Ltd

Classification Society: IRS, NKK

Recognised Organisation: IRS

Recognised Organisation for ISM Doc: IRS

Recognised Organisation for ISM SMC: IRS

Date and Place of Detention: 22nd March 2017 at Milford Haven

Summary: Twenty three deficiencies with four ground for detention

Defective item Nature of defect Ground for Detention
01220 - Seafarers’ employment agreement (SEA) Missing Yes
01220 - Seafarers’ employment agreement (SEA) Missing No
07105 - Fire doors/openings in fire-resisting divisions Malfunctioning No
01314 – SOPEP Not updated No
01113 - Minimum Safe Manning Document Not properly filled No
01133 - Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage Cert. Missing No
18103 - Medical fitness Not as required No
18315 - Provisions quality and nutritional value Rotten No
18319 - Food segregation Not adequate No
18313 – Cleanliness Dirty No
18320 - Record of inspection (food and catering) Not as required No
18302 - Sanitary Facilities Damaged No
11102 - Lifeboat inventory Not as required No
11129 - Operational readiness of lifesaving appliances Not as required No
07113 - Fire pumps and its pipes Not as required No
13103 - Gauges,thermometers, etc Not properly maintained No
07109 - Fixed fire extinguishing installation Not as required No
07111 - Personal equipment for fire safety Not as required No
04109 - Fire drills Lack of control Yes
04110 - Abandon ship drills Lack of training Yes
07109 - Fixed fire extinguishing installation Not as required No
15150 – ISM Not as required Yes
07111 - Personal equipment for fire safety Not properly maintained No

This vessel was released on 25th March 2017

Vessel Name: PRT KAHO

GT: 40937

IMO: 9701152

Flag: Panama (White list)

Company: First Marine Services Ltd

Classification Society: NKK

Recognised Organisation: NKK

Recognised Organisation for ISM Doc: NKK

Recognised Organisation for ISM SMC: NKK

Date and Place of Detention: 12th March 2017 at Port Talbot

Summary: Three deficiencies with three ground for detention

Defective item Nature of defect Ground for Detention
04114 - Emergency source of power - Emergency generator Inoperative Yes
10105 - Magnetic compass Not as required Yes
15150 – ISM Not as required Yes

This vessel was released on 13th March 2017

Vessel Name: BURHOY I

GT: 674

IMO: 7726897

Flag: Belize (Black list)

Company: Great Glen Shipping Co Ltd

Classification Society: INSB

Recognised Organisation: INSB

Recognised Organisation for ISM Doc: INSB

Recognised Organisation for ISM SMC: INSB

Date and Place of Detention: 7th March 2017 at Liverpool

Summary: Eighteen deficiencies with seven ground for detention

Defective item Nature of defect Ground for Detention
01102 - Cargo Ship Safety Construction (including exempt.) Survey out of window Yes
01101 - Cargo Ship Safety Equipment (including exemption Survey out of window Yes
01104 - Cargo Ship Safety Radio (including exemption) Survey out of window Yes
01108 - Load Lines (including Exemption) Survey out of window Yes
03112 - Scuppers, inlets and discharges Corroded Yes
03104 - Cargo & other hatchways Damaged No
07113 - Fire pumps and its pipes Insufficient pressure No
18420 - Cleanliness of engine room Not as required No
14604 - Bunker delivery notes Missing No
18413 - Warning notices Missing No
02108 - Electrical installations in general Unsafe No
18302 - Sanitary Facilities Not properly maintained No
01124 - International Air Pollution Cert. Survey out of window Yes
03107 – Doors Not properly maintained No
11117 - Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition Not as required No
10133 - Bridge operation Lack of training No
01313 - Booklet for bulk cargo loading/unloading/stowage Missing No
15150 – ISM Not as required Yes

This vessel was released on 10th March 2017

Vessel Name: RMS Laars

GT: 1570

IMO: 8508400

Flag: Antigua & Barbuda (White list)

Company: Rhenus Maritime Services GmbH

Classification Society: DNVGL

Recognised Organisation: DNVGL

Recognised Organisation for ISM Doc: GL

Recognised Organisation for ISM SMC: GL

Date and Place of Detention: 2nd March 2017 at Hartlepool

Summary: Ten deficiencies with one ground for detention

Defective item Nature of defect Ground for Detention
10105 - Magnetic compass Not readable No
10109 - Lights, shapes, sound-signals Inoperable No
07115 - Fire-dampers Not as required No
11108 - Inflatable liferafts Expired No
18407 - Lighting (Working spaces) Inoperative No
03107 – Doors Not properly maintained No
18421 - Guards - fencing around dangerous machinery parts Missing equipment No
02111 - Beams, frames, floors-corrosion Corroded No
11113 - Launching arrangements for rescue boats Not as required No
15150 – ISM Not as required Yes

This vessel was released on 4th March 2017

DETENTIONS CARRIED OVER FROM PREVIOUS MONTHS

Vessel Name: MALAVIYA SEVEN

GT: 3001

IMO: 9087312

Flag: India (Grey List)

Company: GOL Offshore Ltd

Classification Society: IRS

Recognised Organisation: IRS

Recognised Organisation for ISM Doc: IRS

Recognised Organisation for ISM SMC: IRS

Date and Place of Detention: 5th October 2016 at Aberdeen

Summary: Five deficiencies with five grounds for detention

Defective item Nature of defect Ground for Detention
07105 – Fire doors/openings in fire resisting divisions Not as required Ye
07113 – Fire pumps and its pipes Not as required Yes
18203 – Wages Missing Yes
01220 – Seafarers employment agreement (SEA) Invalid Yes
18204 – Calculation and payment of wages No records Yes

This vessel was still detained on 31st March 2017

Vessel Name: SEA TRIDENT

GT: 964.

IMO No: 7393169.

Flag: PANAMA (white list)

Company:

Classification Society: Expired

Recognised Organisation: Expired

Recognised Organisation for ISM DOC:

Recognised Organisation for ISM SMC:

Date and Place of Detention: 17 June 2016, West Cowes

Summary: Seventeen deficiencies with seventeen grounds for detentions

Defective item Nature of defect Ground for Detention
01101 - Cargo ship safety equipment cert Expired Yes
01102 – Cargo Ship safety construction cert Expired Yes
01104 – Cargo ship safety radio cert Expired Yes
01108 – Loadline cert Expired Yes
01117 – IOPP (International Oil Pollution Prevention cert Expired Yes
01119 – International Sewage Pollution Prevention cert Expired Yes
01124 – International Air Pollution Prevention cert Expired Yes
01137 – Civil liability for bunker oil pollution damage cert Expired Yes
01199 – Other certs (Certificate of class) Expired Yes
01201 – Certificates for master and officers Missing Yes
10111 – Charts Not updated Yes
10116 – Publications Nautical Not updated Yes
11108 – Inflatable liferafts Expired Yes
11116 – Distress flares Missing Yes
07109 – Fixed fire fighting extinguishing installation Not as required Yes
07110 – Fire fighting equipment & appliances Not as required Yes
01140 – Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance Missing Yes

This vessel was still detained on 31st March 2017

Vessel Name: SOUTHERN STAR

GT: 4450.

IMO No: 9212448.

Flag: COOK ISLANDS (black list)

Company: Coralot Consulting Ltd.

Classification Society: International Naval Surveys Bureau (INSB).

Recognised Organisation: INSB.

Recognised Organisation for ISM DOC: INSB.

Recognised Organisation for ISM SMC: INSB

Date and Place of Detention: 4th April 2016, Chatham, Orpington.

Summary: Six deficiencies with two grounds for detention

Defective item Nature of defect Ground for Detention
01201 – Certificates for masters and officers Invalid Yes
15150 – ISM Not as required Yes
13101 – Propulsion main engine Not as required No
01123 – Continuous synopsis record Missing No
01113 – Minimum safe manning document Not as required No
14119 – Oil and oily mixtures from machinery spaces Lack of familiarity No

This vessel was still detained on 31st March 2017.

Vessel Name: CIEN PORCIENTO (General Cargo)

GT: 106.

IMO No: 8944446.

Flag: Unregistered.

Company: Open Window Inc.

Classification Society: Unclassed.

Recognised Organisation: Not applicable.

Recognised Organisation for ISM DOC: Not applicable.

Recognised Organisation for ISM SMC: Not applicable

Date and Place of detention: 4 March 2010, Lowestoft

Summary: Thirty deficiencies including seven grounds for detention

This vessel was still detained on 31st March 2017

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Published 3 April 2017